Agenda Update

•Weekly Word Study Sheet and Spelling Test #14 on Friday, Feb. 4.

•Part 2 Quinzee Building—bring your shovel on Friday, Feb. 4.

A Mini Inquiry Project—Something Is Happening in Egypt—What is It?

Today, your challenge in class is to investigate what is going on in Egypt. Is this a watershed moment in history—a big deal? What’s happening there? I am not going to tell you much more than that.

Working in your group, find out what’s going on. What questions do you have? Begin here and come up with a list of questions. Add to your list as you uncover the facts. Dig deeper, ask even more questions.

Take notes in your geography/history journal; begin on a new, left-hand page. Date the page and title it: Research Notes: Egypt.

Task

Your task is to create a group briefing/presentation that will be delivered to your class. Use a presentation file in Google Docs. Create at least 5 slides. Decide what information you need to share with the class such as background, etc. Plan and organize your briefing/presentation. All members must participate. Your briefing/presentation should be 4 to 5 minutes long. Cite your sources.

Briefing/presentations are due on Wednesday, Feb. 2 for Eisenhower and Carter and on Thursday, Feb. 3 for Lincoln and Washington. See change on prior post.

Here’s a list of sites to use:

Times Topic Page on Egypt: http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/international/countriesandterritories/egypt/index.html

New York Times (daily edition): http://eedition.nytimes.com

Classroom username and password: 200288397

ABC News: http://abcnews.go.com/

Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/

CNN: http://www.cnn.com/

CBS News: http://www.cbsnews.com/

NBC News: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/

Fact Check: http://factcheck.org/

Al Jazeera English: http://english.aljazeera.net/

BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/

CIA World Factbook:  https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/index.html

NPR:  http://www.npr.org/

Newsweek:  http://www.newsweek.com/

Time:  http://www.time.com/time/

USA Today:  http://www.usatoday.com/

Wikipedia 2011 Egyptian Protests:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011_Egyptian_protests

Global Issues:  http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/krhs_main?db=GIC

Also, for background information go to the KRMS Library Media Center”

http://govwentworth.k12.nh.us./schoolfolders/krms/library/library.htm

and use Country Reports and World Book Encyclopedia.

Lastly, use the search engine on the blog: Sweet Search 4Me

It is important to use as many sources as possible. You are required to use twelve (12) or more sources. Verify your information Dig Deeper to find out what is going on and Why we should know about it. What is the so what? Your questions are as important as your answers.

Requirements:

Listen or read Obama’s speech to the Muslim World made on June 4, 2009. Figure out the connection if any this speech might have to what is happening in Egypt at this time.

Text of Obama’s Speech in Cairo on June 4, 2009:  http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/06/04/obama-speech-in-cairo-vid_n_211215.html

President Obama’s Speech in Cairo: A New Beginning—June 4, 2009: http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/NewBeginning/

•Keep a list in your journal of important words, terms and/or people that are important in understanding what’s going on in Egypt