2000s

 Apprentice

Complete all of the following:

1. Read A History of Us, volume 10, chapters 46-52

2. Write the definitions to the following terms from the Dictionary of Cultural Literacy on note cards:

• preemptive strike
• PLO

3. On your fold-out timeline in your history binder, look up the dates and label the important political events for the 2000s, including: World Trade Center attack, War on Terror, South East Asia Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, and Hussein executed.

CONTEST: See if you can find important events for your timeline in other areas like science, entertainment, sports, etc. We will vote on the best or most unique one found! There will be a prize :)

4. Create a notebook page or two for your History binder on the events from the 2000s. Be creative and artistic. Include a summary of the chapters you read and include any applicable pictures and maps. Write a paragraph or two about your conclusions about these events. What do you think about them? Also, print or draw some pictures and write short bios on the following people: George W. Bush, Colin Powell, Osama bin Laden, and Yasir Arafat. (These are also found in The Dictionary of Cultural Literacy.) 

Journeyman

Pretend that it is Sept. 11, 2001 and you just watched the World Trade Center topple on live television. Create a piece of art or poetry responding to the event. Think about how it affected people all over the world. 

Master

1. Read Son of Hamas by Mosab Hassan Yousef