Obama's idea, although i diln't 100% agree with, is to help people from the bottom up. Say, an ant colony for instance. There's an injured ant on the brink of death, and a buff worker ant who scraped his knee. Who is the colony gonna pay more attenti
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us constitutionBritishamendments-17 after bill of rightsabolish slaveryProhibition amendments-alcohol1933-appealedeliminated presidential terms to two terms up to ten yearsvice president takes over after two years and may be elected twice more(two mo
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Today in 4th hour history we talked more about our 8th grade review blogs. Today we went over two more topics. The topics that we covered today were The Articles of the Confederation ,The U.S. Constitution, and The Washington Presidency.The Articles
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We started off the class with Mr. Bruns giving a mock burial for Ted Kennedy. After the appropriate time of mourning, we got down to business. We finished talking about the U.S. Constitution and moved on to Washington's presidency. Washington did not
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We pretty much did the same thing as yesterday but today we watched a videa about Edward Kennedy's death and talked about it. And talk about what people did on there two free choice blogs again.
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Today in class we went over people’s blog topics. I learned that Andrew Jackson fought in the French and Indian War. He was a U.S. hero after he saved New Orleans. He lost running for president in 1824 against Quincy Adams. In 1828 he ran for preside
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U.S. Constitution- Two main things the constitution does, protects citizens rights (Bill of Rights) and it set up our government. The British weren't including many of the things that the Americans wanted and the Constitution gave it that. Executive
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There was recently a typhoon that hit Taiwan and China. There are at least 376 total that are known to be dead, which was more than predicted/estimated. With that many dead, there are still at least 254 bodies missing and 46 who are injured. Emergenc
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Today in class we started to get our computers but some wouldnt log on. We went over some of the states and capitals. I learned i really need to study those.We went over Edward Kennedy's death. I learned that along with JFK being assasinated his brot
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Rifqa Bary is a 17-year-old girl whose family immigrated here from Sri Lanka in 2000. Rifqa's family is Muslim, and earlier this year, Rifqa was baptized as a Christian. She fled from Ohio to Florida after her parents threatened to kill her, and is n
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These are my notes from class today....Andrew Jackson..- fought in the french and indian war- US hero, after saving New Orleans- lost against Quince Adams in 1824- better person for the common people- started living poor--born in a log cabin, ended o
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Today we were going to get our computers, but half of them weren't working so we put them away. Then we went over the states and their capitals. That test is coming up and I desperatly need to study.Next we watched a video about Seneter Edward Kenned
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Well, today in CWI, we began class by talking about a really current event: JFK's brother's death. We watched a video clip about his life from CNN that gave us a little bit of an idea about his life story. Our class then began discussing what people
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Today, in class, we watched a short video about the history of the late Senator Edward "Teddy" Kennedy. Mr. Bruns even mentioned the "KENNEDY CURSE," where the Kennedy family have all died, JFK being shot as a president, Robert who died of....well, I
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Cash for Clunkers program started in late July. To be able to participate in this your car had to be 25 years old or newer, get poor mileage, and be destroyed to trade it off. If your car qualified for this you could trade it in for a new car with be
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In history today we discussed our blogs! In my class everyone got through telling about themselves. I learned some things i never knew about my classmates. I was the first and only one to go today about our assigned eighth grade history blog.
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Today we talked alittle bit about Ted Kennedy and his death and then we went into our 8th grade history. we talked about the constitution and George Washingtons presidentcy.
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Today in class we talked about Senator Kennedy’s death, and watched a movie over it. Senator Kennedy brothers, John and Robert, who were both assassinated. Since his brothers have died people have called it the Kennedy curse, and because Kennedy has
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