"Home is a place you grow up wanting to leave, and grow old wanting to get back to." ~John Ed Pearce

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It's Homecoming Week! Do you know the origins of Homecoming? Check out this link for the history of how it all got started. 

US= You have all been given the first project assignment for this semester. Your Native American Tribal Pamphlet is due Tuesday, 11/3 (for odd periods) & Wednesday, 11/4 (for even periods). You should get started on that...it is 10% of your semester grade! We will be moving on to Chapter 3 this week and you will find that the homework packet for this chapter is very different. It will be explained in class this week.

IR/PacRim= You have a Map Test on South America this Thursday, 10/22...don't forget to study! We will continue with the topic of Minority Rights this week & start to look at some specific situations.



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