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1.7.16
CURRENT EVENTS
ON THIS DAY:
1782 - The Bank of North America opened in Philadelphia. It was the first commercial bank in the United States.
1789 - Americans voted for the electors that would choose George Washington to be the first U.S. president.
1927 - Transatlantic telephone service Service began between New York and London. 31 calls were made on this first day.
1927 - In Hinckley IL, the Harlem Globetrotters played their first game.
1932 - Chancellor Heinrich Brüning declared that Germany cannot, and will not, resume reparations payments.
1942 - The World War II siege of Bataan began.
1953 - U.S. President Harry Truman announced the development of the hydrogen bomb.
1959 - The United States recognized Fidel Castro's new government in Cuba.
1999 - U.S. President Clinton went on trial before the Senate. It was only the second time in U.S. history that an impeached
president had gone to trial.
BELL WORK:
PICK-UP A COPY OF upfront.
READ THE NEWS & TRENDS
ARTICLES ON P. 4-5.
WHICH STORY DID YOU FIND MOST
INTERESTING? WHY?
AGENDA:
WATCH, TAKE NOTES ON
& DISCUSS NATIONAL
NEWS.
WORK ON 2015 TOP
STORIES PARTNER
PRESENTATION.
CE QUIZ & GP
TOMORROW.
TOP STORIES OF 2015
SELECT A PARTNER.
SHARE YOUR TOP 10 LIST WITH YOUR PARTNER.
DISCUSS & DEBATE WHICH STORIES ARE THE MOST
IMPORTANT.
WITH YOUR PARTNER MAKE A LIST OF THE TOP 5
STORIES OF 2015 & EXPLAIN YOUR DECISIONS:
1 INTERNATIONAL
1 U.S.
1 MICHIGAN
1 ENTERTAINMENT/TECHNOLOGY
1 SPORTS/BUSINESS