| Author: | Kirk Petit | |||
| Posted: | 8/18/2004; 8:30:45 AM | |||
| Topic: | Mr. Petit's World Geography-- High School | |||
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This class was established for Broken Bow High School students to further their development in the area of geography. The class is a semester long class and will cover the following units:
1. 5 Themes of geography and basic map skills
2. Physical systems of the world
3. Human systems of the world
4. 5 themes country powerpoint project
The Study of American Civics--8th Grade
washingtonpost.com - World 7:47AM PST
Studying Japan's Dark Decade to See How U.S. Might Fare . The sky over Tokyo seemed to fall in September of 1990, when the Nikkei stock index dove almost 20 percent in one month. Real estate prices would plummet and the financial sector would crack, trapping Japan in a "lost decade" of economic growth. Is the United States now set for its own?
Western Journalists in Iraq Stage Pullback of Their Own . BAGHDAD -- The number of foreign journalists in Baghdad is declining sharply, a media withdrawal that reflects Iraq's growing stability and the financial strains faced by some news organizations.
Zimbabwe's Mugabe Asserts Claim on Ministries . JOHANNESBURG, Oct. 11 -- Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe has asserted claim to disputed government ministries, outraging the opposition and imperiling a fragile power-sharing agreement signed three weeks ago.
The Big Apple Loses Luster . NEW YORK -- This big, brash, in-your-face city suddenly seems to have lost its mojo.
Wall Street Greed? Not in This Neighborhood. . NEW DELHI -- With freshly cut keys to their new brick-and-cement homes, families in an impoverished settlement on the outskirts of India's capital honored a surprising hero this week: Richard S. Fuld Jr., head of the now-defunct Wall Street giant Lehman Brothers.
Malaysia's Self-Prescribed Rescue Debated . As more countries become enveloped by the financial pandemic that began in the United States, some in the Southeast Asian nation of Malaysia are warily watching the events with a dose of schadenfreude.
Ex-President Of Finland Is Awarded Peace Prize . PARIS, Oct. 10 -- Martti Ahtisaari, the former Finnish president who has been a tireless mediator in conflicts around the world for more than three decades, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday and expressed hope that the prize will help him raise funds for further peacemaking in hot spots to...
NATO to Target Afghan Drug Lords Who Aid Taliban . BUDAPEST, Oct. 10 -- NATO defense ministers reached a compromise agreement Friday that allows forces operating in Afghanistan to target heroin networks funding the Taliban. The deal, viewed by the Pentagon as critical to beating back a resurgent Taliban, essentially allows some members of the...
24 Killed, 45 Injured in Bombings and Shootings Across Iraq . BAGHDAD, Oct. 10 -- A car bomb exploded in a market in southern Baghdad late Friday afternoon, killing at least 14 people and prompting an outburst of sectarian rioting, according to police and witnesses.
Global Markets Fall Despite Reassurances . BERLIN, Oct. 10 -- Fear seized investors around the world Friday as stock markets dropped to levels not broached for several years. National leaders tried to intervene with reassurances and stopgap measures, to no avail.
$20 Million Job-Skills Ladder Created for Girls in Poor Nations . For years, global development experts have believed that if young women received the same schooling as young men, their families would have a path out of poverty. Now, with countries across the developing world documenting rapid progress toward gender equality in education, experts are focusing o...
