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Ali Khamenei

Iran is located in Western Asia between Gulf of Omen, the Caspian Sea, and the Persian Gulf. The capital is Tehran, and Iran has a population of 65,875,224. A very important person in Iran is Ayatollah Sayyid Ali Hostyni Khanene’i, who has been the S
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Chapter8.Section1.

The main idea is to show the advances in science and technology and how it helped sovle urban problems. iicluding overcrowding of the cites and areas.Louis SullivanLouis Sullivan was an architect who designed the ten stroy Wainwright Building in St.
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US-Iran Relations

The two countries began important relations back in the 1950's. This is when the US might have sought more oil or decided that a Pro-US government was better than a Pro-Soviet government, especially since Iran could supply the Soviets with large amou
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9/25/09

Today in class we were supposed to work on our projects. The internet didn't work during the whole class period and it was extremely annoying. So all i did today was read my chapter and try to get the internet to work. My chapter is about Expanding P
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Iran in Iraq

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We have been at war with Iraq for the past eight years. Hundreds of soldiers have put their lives on the line, and we have accomplished many things over there. Some people say it's a waste of our time, and I disagree with them very strongly. If we've
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9.25

Today we started taking tests. It was also a work day for our Chapter Powerpoints.My chapter is called Immigrants and UrbanizationI got chapter 7 section 2, which is The Challenges of UrbanizationSome main topics in this section are, Urban Opportunit
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Iran's Nuclear Program

Iran already has two nuclear facilities. The US and Allies have said that Iran has a secret nuclear facility. In 2002, it was suspected that Iran was building a uranium enrichment facility in Natanz. The US said that the facility was for nuclear weap
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9/23/09

Today in class we continued our discussions. We talked about Al-Qaeda. Al-Qaeda is an international terrorist network. Osama bin Laden is the leader of this group. It was created in 1988. Al-Qaeda doesn't like the US because they think we are trying
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Technologies in the 19th century

The 19th century was called the century of tools. It was called that because the assembly line to make the production of consumer goods was invented. In 1800 Alessandro Volt of Italy invented the electric volt. He constucted this by alternating zinc,
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Jane Addams

Jane Addams was born on September 6, 1860 in Cedarville, Illinois. She was 8 of 9 children. When Jane was two years old her mother died of tuberculosis during pregnancy. Her father remarried when Jane was eight. He wanted her to get as much education
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The Gilded Age by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner

This novel was written in 1873 by both Twain and Warner. The common name given to that area of time was the Gilded Age which came from the title of their book. They got the title from Shakespeare's King John from 1595. This is the quote that they fou
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William M. Tweed

William Marcy Tweed was born on April 3, 1823 in the Lower East Side of Manhattan. He was elected into the House of Representatives in 1852, the New York City Board of Advisors during 1856, and the New York State Senate in 1867. Tweed was put in char
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The United Nations

The United Nations is a group made up of 192 countries whose goal is to achieve world peace. The United Nations is made up of five administrative bodies- the General Assembly, the Security Council, the Economic and Social Council, Secretariat, and th
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Ayatollah Ali Khamenei

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, president of Iran from 1981 to 1989, is currently the Supreme Leader of Iran (since 1989, when he took over for Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini). He was a cleric for a vast majority of his life, and still is today. As a child, he
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Leader of Iran Ahmadinejad

He is the sixth and current President of The Islamic Republic of Iran. Also a main political leader of the Alliance of Builders of Islamic Iran. He is a well-known critic of the United States foreign policy and Israel. he does not consider Israel a l
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9/25/09

We have to do todays blogs on what section and chapter we are studying. My chapter is chapter eight section one, Science and Urban life. A main technology is the building of the Brooklyn bridge. The bridge was opened in 1833, after 14 years of buildi
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9-25-09

Today I learned that our school's technology sucks. Every time I would go to hit save as draft I would lose internet so that is all I am going to say.
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9-24-09

We talked about what is expected of our presentations. Have good correct information. Make sure that the class understands what you say. Have good visuals and know you content. This is more of a teaching experience then a speech. Do not have bullets
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Iran's Nuclear Weapons?

This is my assigned blog assignment, on the topic of (as shown) Iran's nuclear weapons from the past to present. Iran's nuclear program started to progress in the era of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlevi, in which 20 nuclear power reactors were planned to b
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9-23-09

Al Qaeda was a international terrorist group and were trained to be terrorist. They are still everywhere and no one knows where they are or when they will attack. 1988 is when it started because Soviet Union invaded AF. The problem was that the Afgha
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