Practice your vocabulary skills at this fun website, which also includes an online dictionary. This is where I collect our word of the day list for the semester.
Dogme 95 was an avant-garde filmmaking movement started in 1995 by the Danish directors Lars von Trier and Thomas Vinterberg, who created the "Dogme 95 Manifesto" and the "Vow of Chastity". These were rules to create filmmaking based on the traditional values of story, acting, and theme, and excluding the use of elaborate special effects or technology.
Follow-up to the 200 Countries video with emphasis on the position of the US and the speed at which 3rd world countries begin to surpass our dominance, thereby requiring more energy and food.
In 2011, world population reached 7 billion. This clever 2 minute video shows how population has grown by continent since the beginning of time; and how the pressure for more food and energy threatens the quality of life around the world, especially recent dynamic growth in India and China.
These challenges must be met by both the US government and leaders of these world countries as the global political landscape changes and become more diverse and complicated.
Follow the link and read and/or listen to WJB's 1894 landmark "Cross of Gold" speech. Be prepared to discuss it in class on Wednesday, June 6. You will have a quiz over the major talking points of the speech Thursday, June 7.
Obama accomplishments (17 min. video)