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Sunday, January 30, 2005
Hotel Rwanda At the end of our unit on the Holocaust, we will studying the Rwandan Genocide. Currently, there is a movie out called Hotel Rwanda that chronicles the event through a hotel manager named Paul Rusesabagina. He desparately attempts to save his family and over 1200 refugees from the certain death. It is an amazing movie that is definitely worth seeing and we are offering extra credit if you see it. 10 points if you submit your ticket stub 20 points if you also write up a 200 word review of the movie It is only playing a handful of theaters in San Diego County (Fashion Valley and Mira Mesa are the two closest theaters). You can check Sign On San Diego.Com for more information and show times. For more information about Paul Rusesabagina's heroic role in the Rwandan Genocide and to see a photograph of him, click here. Thursday, January 20, 2005
Learning to love Big Brother After reading the excerpt from Orwell's 1984, I thought you might enjoy this article. While it is obviously biased, it makes some interesting points. Thursday, January 13, 2005
Monday, January 10, 2005
Photos of the Tsunami Here is a collection of 14 before and after photographs of the devastation in Asia. Amazing images. Monday, January 03, 2005
World War I Project Welcome back from winter break. Over the next two weeks we will be working on a simulation/project revolving around World War I. Click here to access the project page.
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