Social+Studies


 * Nov. 28th / 2008

Warm-up:** If you could, how would you change The Sniper? When considering the changes, please consider how it would change the story.

[|**India's defining moment**] - In September we completed a 9/11 memorial in honour of the victims that were involved in the September 11th, 2001 terrorist attacks that took place in the U.S.

Unfortunately, this week India has experienced a terror attack that many are comparing in severity to the 9/11 attacks. The loss of human life has not grown to such numbers as 9/11, but the ferocity of the attacks has been similarly co-ordinated and intense. There have also been some questions raised as to how this could happen. While India has been targeted quite frequently over the past few months, the magnitude of this attack and how it was carried out has created many questions.

Today we will look at this attack and discuss the similarities between it and 9/11. Most of you expressed in our edmodo chat earlier this week that you would not want to be a member of the Armed Forces or the Police. Does an attack like this strengthen your opinion?


 * During the 2008-09 school year, we will be looking at many interesting, fun, thought-provoking topics. A few of these are:**
 * **politics**
 * **current events**
 * **9/11**
 * **violence in video games**
 * **the Titanic**
 * **culture**
 * **weather**
 * **geography**
 * **the Greatest New Brunswicker- what is that you ask? Well, last year a group of social studies teachers here at NMS began working on a project that will allow the students of NMS the opportunity to determine which New Brunswicker has had the greatest impact on the world.**