Archive for October, 2008
« Previous EntriesFall of Rome Resources
Friday, October 31st, 2008Use these links to help you with your Fall of Rome WebQuest. Remember, not all sources are created equal, and some may be filled with ‘half-truths.’
Wikipedia Page – Fall of Rome
The Plague did it
The plague under Marcus Aurelius
SparkNotes – Fall of Rome
Homosexuality and the Fall of Rome?
Why did Rome Fall?
An Asteroid May have Called the [...]
Did Rome Fall or Was it Pushed?
Friday, October 31st, 2008If Rome was so Great, why did it fall???
Like any great empire that has come before or after it, the theories surrounding the fall of Rome are many. Since the empire crumbled, all other great empires or nations have been compared to Rome, with many coming up short.
For many, understanding the fall of Rome is [...]
Approaching the witching hour
Friday, October 31st, 2008According to FirstRead:
We now have a good idea of where the two campaigns will spend their last four days until Election Day. Today, Obama campaigns in Iowa and Indiana, and in between the events he heads home to Chicago to spend part of Halloween with his daughters. On Saturday, he travels to Nevada (Henderson), Colorado [...]
Barack ‘Prime Time’ Obama
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008Tonight at 7:00 Barack Obama will show a 30 minute infomercial on NBC, CBS, FOX, Univision, BET, MSNBC and TV One.
This will be his ‘closing argument’ for the campaign that ends in 6 days.
The address will be a ‘block’ address, on all of those channels at once. Fox has even agreed to post-pone the World [...]
Washington Post Elections 2008
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008Use this great resource to help you find out the ethnic composition of your state, the economic composition, and more!
What a great resource!!!
Washington Post Election 2008
And don’t forget…
Testing Powerpoints
Monday, October 27th, 2008Unit 4 1 Public Opinion And Political Socialization
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Unit 4 2 The Role Of The Mass Media
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Unit 4 3 Voting And Voter Participation
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Unit 4 4 The Election Process
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Electoral College Graph
Monday, October 27th, 2008I thought that I would share this neat graphic from Electoral-vote.com with you.
The lines represent the number of electoral votes (EVs) that McCain or Obama will get (according to electoral-vote.com).
From electoral-vote.com:
The graph above shows the current number of electoral votes for each candidate since Mar 22, The brown horizontal line shows the 270 electoral vote [...]
Bet You Didn’t Know
Sunday, October 26th, 2008Even I didn’t know this!!!
From takeyourkids2vote.org:
Do you know why Election Day is always the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November? Don’t worry. Most people don’t. That day was picked by Congress in 1845 because most Americans were farmers back then; and by November, most of the crops were in.
But, why Tuesday? [...]
Test Review
Wednesday, October 22nd, 2008Here’s a copy of the test review for the October 28th.
Test 3 Review
Study!!!
State Profiles
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008Many of you are looking for the ‘key issues’ in your swing states.
The New York Times has good profiles for all 50 states, including several key issues for each state! Use the drop down menu on the right to select your swing state.
Check it out here.
14 days from today!