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Avis Gunther-Rosenberg: November 2008 Archives
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8:25 PM Sun, Nov 30, 2008 | Permalink |
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How does sailor Rich Wilson take out the trash? Find out: December 1.pdf......
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12:18 PM Tue, Nov 25, 2008 | Permalink |
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When my children were small, my husband started a Thanksgiving Day tradition. Before we tasted the bounty of food on our table, we each took a turn saying what we were thankful for. Some years, it was our health......
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3:38 PM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Art Look through The Providence Journal for ads that catch your attention. Find at least four examples of ads that you like. Why are the ads so enticing? Create a list of what made the ad stand out? Was......
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1:40 AM Mon, Nov 24, 2008 | Permalink |
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Click here to find out: November 24.pdf......
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5:44 AM Sun, Nov 23, 2008 | Permalink |
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1. Chile 2. Detroit 3. Wyoming 4. San Francisco 5. Topeka 6. Vermont 7. New York......
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11:28 AM Sat, Nov 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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This is a drawing of what the lunar outpost might look like with robotic rovers and lunar habitats. It was 36 years ago, in 1972, when Apollo astronauts left their last boot prints in the lunar dust. Now NASA......
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5:38 AM Sat, Nov 22, 2008 | Permalink |
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1. Cuba 2. Uruguay 3. Ecuador 4. El Salvador 5. Bolivia 6. Barranquilla 7. Maine 8. Newfoundland 9. Uraguay 10.Paraguay......
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5:46 AM Fri, Nov 21, 2008 | Permalink |
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1. Peru 2. Canada 3. Dominican Republic 4. Mexico 5. Brazil 6. Mekong 7. Because Quito is at a higher elevation 8. Grenada 9. Nicaragua 10. Haiti......
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1:39 PM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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You spoke, and we listened. Many of you have asked about the Rhode Island College three-credit graduate-level education class ELED 535: THE NEWSPAPER IN THE CLASSROOM, but were unable to take it during the summer. In January, the class will......
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2:37 AM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Permalink |
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1. In 2006, what south American country elected Michelle Bachelet as its first female president? 2. Founded as a fort by the French in 1701, which major U.S. city is located immediately north of Windsor, Ontario? 3. Devil's Tower, which......
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6:20 AM Wed, Nov 19, 2008 | Permalink |
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1. Following the 1959 revolution, the Communist government of what island country in the Greater Antilles seized control of U.S.-owned businesses, including sugar estates? 2. In 1930, the first FIFA World Cup men's soccer tournament was held in, and won......
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10:34 AM Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Permalink |
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1. The Putamayo River forms most of the boundary between Columbia and which country to the south? 2. The Inuit and other First Nation peoples practice subsistence hunting, gathering and fishing in settlements in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut,......
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11:53 AM Mon, Nov 17, 2008 | Permalink |
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In anticipation of Geography Awareness Week, the R.I. Geography Alliance recently held a recipe content for dishes from the Americas. Each category winner received a $25.00 gift certificate to Borders and the winner in the Greenland category received an international......
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8:00 AM Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Permalink |
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In this installment of the Sites Alive Vendee Globe series, sailor Rich Wilson describes the first part of his voyage, and what he has seen so far on his race. Dr. Brien Barnewolt, chief of emergency medicine at Tufts......
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11:28 AM Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Permalink |
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In honor of Geography Awareness week, the Missouri Press Association and the Missouri Geography Alliance are offering two free geography resources to educators through NIE programs around the globe. The first, All About Maps, teaches students about different types of......
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11:53 AM Thu, Nov 13, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Rhode Island Geography Alliance offers a sample schedule of activities to help you plan for next week: Daily: Ask an Americas geography question over the intercom each morning. Give prizes on Friday for the classroom with most correct......
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12:46 PM Wed, Nov 12, 2008 | Permalink |
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Imagine traveling back in time to actually see Ancient Rome in 3D. The new Google Earth feature was developed by the Rome Reborn Project . It recreates the ancient city of Rome from the year 320 AD, at the......
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12:45 PM Mon, Nov 10, 2008 | Permalink |
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"I remember the yelling mob, the breaking glass," Albert Silverstein, told a crowd of nearly 2,000 people gathered in Veterans Memorial Auditorium last night, 70 years to the day after Nazis across Germany and Austria waged a coordinated campaign......
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10:10 AM Sun, Nov 09, 2008 | Permalink |
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Fifty-eight-year-old Rich Wilson, from Mass., is attempting his solo, non-stop sail around world. Read the first of 15 installments: November 7 2008.pdf If you haven't already done so, you can access the teacher guide and Sites Alive online activities......
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12:24 PM Fri, Nov 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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Download a free teacher guide for Veterans Day from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The guide -- veterans day.pdf -- includes a history of the holiday, ideas on observing it in your classroom, games and a coloring book.......
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10:36 AM Fri, Nov 07, 2008 | Permalink |
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In his acceptance speech, president-elect Barack Obama addressed one line to his daughters -- Sasha, 7, and Malia, 10. "I love you both more than you can imagine," he said. "You've earned the new puppy that is coming with us......
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10:52 AM Thu, Nov 06, 2008 | Permalink |
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The Voting Rights Act of 1965 Tuesday, Cranston's Jefferson family echoed the words of African-American families throughout the nation as they took their young children with them to the polls to experience history in the making. "So many of......
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12:15 PM Wed, Nov 05, 2008 | Permalink |
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In the corner of my basement is a cardboard box labeled "memories." It holds a pressed flower from my first bouquet, tassels from high-school graduation, my college sorority pledge paddle, assorted photographs and matchbooks from places I've been and......
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9:53 AM Tue, Nov 04, 2008 | Permalink |
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Over appetizers at the RIGEA Fall Geography Dinner last night, a middle-school teacher described how she was still going through "post traumatic stress" from the 2000 presidential election when she "went to bed thinking Al Gore was the next president......
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12:18 PM Mon, Nov 03, 2008 | Permalink |
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The folks at Hot Topics/Hot Serials are offering two weeks of free access to interactive lessons about the election: Teachers and students can visit the interactive wikispace as election news unfolds. You'll need a user name and password to gain......
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