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
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Serbia Greets Arrest Of Karadzic Calmly . BELGRADE, Serbia, July 24 -- There were some small protests and brief flashes of rhetoric from hard-line nationalists, but the arrest of war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic this week revealed a Serbia that is increasingly tired of its brutal past and intent on joining the European Union, a beacon of...
In Venezuela, a Scion Opens His Family Land to the Poor . EL CONSEJO, Venezuela Alberto Vollmer is as blue-blooded as they get -- a blond, rakishly handsome heir of one of Venezuela's richest and oldest families. It is a family that owns the fabled Santa Teresa sugar cane hacienda and rum distillery, the one where 19th-century independence hero Simón...
Bush expands sanctions against Zimbabwe . WASHINGTON -- President Bush signed an executive order on Friday to expand sanctions against individuals and organizations in Zimbabwe associated with what he calls the "illegitimate" regime of President Robert Mugabe.
Beijing's Air Pollution Index Rises Despite City's Efforts . BEIJING, July 25 -- Beijing's air pollution index rose steadily this week at the same time that the city has tried to cut traffic volume in half. Readings Thursday and Friday were over 100 and considered unhealthy for children, seniors and those with allergies or asthma.
Coordinated Bombings Kill Two in India . NEW DELHI, July 25--At least seven low-intensity blasts tore through India's high-tech hub of Bangalore on Friday afternoon, killing two people and injuring at least 20 others in the second high-profile attack on an Indian city in 10 weeks.
Qantas Jet Lands With Gaping Hole in Fuselage . MANILA, Philippines -- A hole the size of a small car in the underside of a Qantas jumbo jet carrying 346 passengers over the South China Sea forced the pilot to make an emergency landing Friday after a rapid descent.
47 dead, 100 missing in Congo boat accident . KINSHASA, Congo -- At least 47 people died when a motorized boat sank on a river in Congo, and more than 100 people are missing, a district official said Friday.
Obama Says Walls Must Come Down . BERLIN, July 24 -- Addressing a huge throng in the middle of this once-divided city, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama on Thursday implored Americans and Europeans to renew the partnership that once defeated communism to address 21st-century threats that he said put the security of all...
Civilian Airstrike Deaths Probed . KABUL -- U.S. and NATO military officials in Afghanistan have launched investigations into three separate U.S.-led airstrikes that Afghan officials say killed at least 78 civilians this month.
Revived Israeli Plan for New Homes in West Bank Sparks Outcry . JERUSALEM, July 24 -- Israeli officials on Thursday revived plans to construct a new settlement in the occupied West Bank, two years after U.S. pressure forced Israel to shelve the idea.
China Set To Protect Olympics . BEIJING, July 24 -- China's public security minister told paramilitary police at a pre-Olympic rally that they must "resolutely" prevent political protests as well as terrorist attacks during next month's Beijing Games, the official press reported Thursday.
South African Named U.N. Commissioner for Human Rights . UNITED NATIONS, July 24 -- South African judge Navanethem Pillay was named Thursday as the U.N. high commissioner for human rights, culminating a remarkable ascent for a lawyer who was once barred from entering a judge's chamber during South Africa's apartheid era because of the color of her skin.
U.S. Can't Keep Up On Visas for Iraqis . The State Department cannot resettle in the United States about 25,000 Iraqi interpreters and other refugees who worked for the U.S.-led coalition over the next two years because of limits on the number of applications that can be reviewed, according to Deputy Secretary of State John D. Negroponte.
Liberia's New Lap of Luxury . Typically, you might expect hotel owner Robert L. Johnson to leave the spiel about bed linens and room decor to his marketing types.
An Oil Romance On the Rocks . The marriage of British oil giant BP and a group of Russian-bred tycoons in a joint venture in 2003 was strained from the start.
