Saturday, February 28, 2009

So.......neat.

No need to respond unless you want to.
No credit involved here, just a really thoughtful piece on life.
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Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Address to Joint Session Assignment

Your assignment, due for Float period on Thursday, Feb 26 is:
1) Watch President Obama's speech to a joint session of Congress tonight at 9:00 P.M.
2) Choose ONE WORD that you think best summarizes, characterizes, or describes the speech and post it below.
3) Provide a couple of sentences that explains why you chose that word. Keep it short....maybe three sentences is too much.

Monday, February 9, 2009

Rosa Parks was NOT the first?

Who knew?
In a very interesting news story posted today, Rosa Parks was NOT the first to try to desegregate Montgomery, Alabama's city busses by sitting in the front. But just who is Claudette Colvin? Find out HERE and post your thoughts, comments, and observations by the Monday we get back (Feb 23).

(AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)