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▶ Racism Is Real * BRAVE NEW FILMS - YouTube - 0 views

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shared by Adam Blumer on 01 May 15 - No Cached
  • Adam Blumer on 01 May 15
     
    subtle institutional examples in video form....
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Can You Live on the Minimum Wage? - NYTimes.com - 1 views

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  • Kate Harrigan on 09 Feb 14
     
    Minimum Wage calculator -- need to use with Current Events class asap
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How people in Muslim countries prefer women to dress in public | Pew Research Center - 0 views

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shared by Adam Blumer on 09 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Adam Blumer on 09 Jan 14
     
    fantasticly interesting chart about what people in different muslim countries think is appropriate dress for women in public. Could be used in 6th grade simply to show the differences between the items or also to discuss  the issue.
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howlawsmadeWIRTH21.jpg 3,215×1,584 pixels - 0 views

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shared by Adam Blumer on 19 Dec 13 - No Cached
  • Adam Blumer on 19 Dec 13
     
    really cool info graphic...not sure what we'd do with it, but excellent visual.
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▶ Rocky Relationship: Partisan politics push rural Colorado to vote on secess... - 0 views

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  • Kate Harrigan on 18 Nov 13
     
    Colorado secession movement
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Channel One News | Current Events in Context - 0 views

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  • Adam Blumer on 01 Nov 13
     
    A possible alternative to CNN student news and source of current events
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Five myths about gun control - 0 views

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  • Kate Harrigan on 04 Oct 13
     
    gun control myths
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Dronestagram: What the Drones See - ABC News - 0 views

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  • Kate Harrigan on 29 May 13
     
    drones
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Spy Drone Can See What You are Wearing From 17,500 Feet - YouTube - 0 views

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  • Kate Harrigan on 29 May 13
     
    Drones 101 from PBS
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SPENT - 0 views

playspent.org simulation homelessness current events
shared by Adam Blumer on 21 May 13 - No Cached
  • Adam Blumer on 21 May 13
     
    fascinating (and depressing game) about homelessness that is really part of outreach to get people to invest in help for  homeless
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There Are Almost No Chechens in the United States-Here's Why - Olga Khazan - The Atlantic - 0 views

www.theatlantic.com/...275195 current events World Religions
shared by Adam Blumer on 23 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • Adam Blumer on 23 Apr 13
     
    Great Article about how few Chechens there are in the US- fewer than a couple hundred. BTW, we have one student at WMS in Kirsten's cluster.
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How the Media Have Misunderstood Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's Miranda Rights - Adam Goodman - Th... - 0 views

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  • Adam Blumer on 23 Apr 13
     
    a bit dense, but perhaps the best summary of what miranda does and doesn't say
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Terrorism on U.S. soil: By criminal or enemy combatant? - Washington Times - 0 views

www.washingtontimes.com/...-by-criminal-or-enemy-combatan Constitution Bill of Rights current events
shared by Adam Blumer on 22 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • Adam Blumer on 22 Apr 13
     
    another article on enemy combatants, from Washington times, a very conservative newspaper
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G.O.P. Lawmakers Push to Hold Boston Suspect as Enemy Combatant - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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shared by Adam Blumer on 22 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • Adam Blumer on 22 Apr 13
     
    info on "enemy combatant" and the marathon suspect
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Dzhokhar Tsarnaev interrogation: Can the government legally question someone who has li... - 0 views

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shared by Adam Blumer on 22 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • Adam Blumer on 22 Apr 13
     
    fascinating Constitution article about whether police can ask questions, use it as evidence, or even threaten to withhold medical treatment of injured  suspect to get information.
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Free Technology for Teachers: Ten Good Video Sources for Social Studies Students and Te... - 0 views

www.freetech4teachers.com/...-video-sources-for-social.html technology current events
shared by Adam Blumer on 11 Apr 13 - No Cached
  • Adam Blumer on 11 Apr 13
     
    AMAZING collection of video resources for kids. Lots of this is geard a bit more towards HS, but there are great world history music parodies, wacky US history "crash course" videos that re 10 minutes long and other traditional stuff.
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Same-sex couple: We want tax equality - Video - Personal Finance - 0 views

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shared by Adam Blumer on 20 Mar 13 - No Cached
  • Adam Blumer on 20 Mar 13
     
    This could be an interesting resource on the economic aspects of gay marriage and the Constitutional question of the DOMA
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