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a great new feature in turnitin.com's grademark tools to support SBG - tie your comments within the paper to a specific part of the rubric

Humans of New York! How and why the media focuses on what they want. AMAZING!!!

A new site -Teacher Resources

Futurist website nowandnext.com put together this awesome infographic predicting all of the technologies, behaviors, and ideas that will probably be distant memories by 2050. Among their predictions: no more retirement four years from now, no more secretaries six years from now, and no more free parking or sit-down breakfasts by 2019. The European Union is seen as surviving the current crisis before extinct in 2039. Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/everything-that-will-go-extinct-in-the-next-40-years-2012-8#ixzz2BRtiTeVD

Online game lets students slash, tax their way to balanced budget University of Maryland (UM) College Park students last week finagled with federal spending and deficit reduction so that, at the very worst, they could delay economic Armageddon in the United States.

Seven free resources for teaching about the election Teachers, students can benefit from these interactive tools The 2012 presidential election is drawing near, and educators across the country are using campaign efforts as a chance to teach students about the democratic process, the major issues in the race, and how these issues might affect students now and in the future.

Interesting point of view - would make a good writing assignment for students to interpret US events from their own point of view!

New York Times lesson plans. Some of them look pretty good.

A cool interactive timeline of the uprisings

Great resource for current events.