Week+6-10

=Current Events Make-Up Week= =Who's that guy (or girl)???=

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http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-english/2007/August/20070820180912lnkais0.4578668.html http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/09/ron-paul-makes-an-appeal-for-third-party-candidates/?scp=8&sq=third%20party&st=cse http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1856139,00.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics/AP/story/757043.html http://www.dailycal.org/article/103020/open_the_debates_cease_the_exclusion http://www.democracynow.org/2008/10/2/stream http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TnWX4Nq-cD4

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= = =Tuesday, November 4: Election Day 2008= It is your turn to make your voice heard. Choose wisely! media type="custom" key="2557411"

Election 2008 Whether John McCain or Barrack Obama wins, this election promises a significant first in our country’s history. If McCain wins, Sarah Palin will be the first female Vice-President. However, if Obama wins, he will be the first African American elected President. Yet, as citizens we must do our duty to evaluate each candidate and vote for the person who we believe will represent the country and the ideals that we think should be upheld. Use the links below to evaluate each candidate, their beliefs and stances on various issues. Hopefully this process will also help you learn more about your own beliefs. media type="custom" key="2097613" media type="custom" key="2129875" media type="custom" key="2217449" Vice-Presidential** media type="custom" key="2098491"
 * Current Events Wk6,7,8,9—CE1, CE2, CE3, CE4,CE5 **
 * __ The Debates: __**
 * 1st Presidential**
 * 2nd Presidential (Town Hall)**
 * 3rd Presidential

http://glassbooth.org/explore/ An Awesome Link...Please explore! http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indepth/election2008.htm Issues: (use the tool bar to the right of the page to navigate between issues) http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/issues/education.html http://www.cnn.com/ELECTION/2008/issues/ Bios: http://elections.nytimes.com/2008/president/candidates/obama-mccain.html http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1117 http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1118
 * Links**:

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