Unit 8

U.S. Imperialism to World War I

Imperialism PowerPoint

Imperialism PowerPoint2

U.S. in Latin America website

A Second Chance

Many people know the story of Ted Williams- a homeless man who grew to fame because of his "golden 'radio' voice". After leaving his family, discovering drugs and alcohol and throwing his life away, Williams was discovered and named with a voice for radio. He told people had had been sober for 2 and a half years and was trying to get his life back together and was even offered many jobs. He even appeared with Matt Lauer and Meredith Vieira on the Today Show. However, these past two weeks, the media discovered that he was lying and hasn't been sober for 2 years. In fact, he is still having problems with his addictions. He appeared on the Dr. Phil show and admitted that he had still been drinking and is not as sober as he claimed. He is now on his way back to rehab. Even though Williams is still having problems, he is trying to fix it, that's why he's going back to rehab. Everyone deserves a second chance and even though he messed up the first time, he is still a voice for the homeless. Sometimes it takes many fails until someone gets something right. We, as a society, should believe in Williams and support him...dreams do come true with work.

--Micaela Gutlove

Blast Off

On thursday january 20th at 1:10 p.m in southern californa a great outerspace feet was accomplished. The launch of the Delta 4 Heavy Launch Vechile was a succsess.Standing at 23 stories or 235 feet tall this technelogical marval is the largest space rocket to ever be launched on the west coast. According to the Los Angeles times the force of the blast off was said to break windows miles away and cause earthquake fears threw out californa. Also according to the Times the rocket was said to be carring a super spy satellite,said to be able to the highest quality of detail pictures from any satellite.

Michael Delagrange

Guns

On January 8th, in Tuscon Arizona, during a meeting addressed by Gabrielle Giffords a man by the name of Jared Loughner killed six people and injured nineteen with gunshot wombs. Gabrielle Gifford was one of the people injured and was believed to me the Loughners main target. She was shot in the head yet did not die and is still recovering. Among the ones who did die though, was Christina Green. She was only nine years old and was born on another day of American horror, September 11, 2001. She was there to support Gabrielle Giffords while just being elected to her school’s student council. The event has affected many people. Jared Loughner had a mental illness and after this horrible attack, people are beginning to question whether or not those who have a mental illness should be prohibited to have guns.

I believe that after shootings like this and Virginia Tech, America should keep a greater watch on those given guns. Overall, the shooting is a tragedy in American history.


http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-12144405


http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2011/01/11/the-arizona-shootings-a-recurrent-american-tragedy/

Crystal Chlebina

Unit 7

Topics covered here: Reconstruction, continuing racial conflicts, Indian conflicts (Bury My Heart), The Gilded Age, reforms, Populism and Progressivism, Imperialism.

Reconstruction PowerPoint

Gilded Age and Indians PowerPoint

Indians continued Power Point

Semester Current Event Blog Schedule