Sorry I could not be at the awards ceremony. I created the show to express my affection and thanks to all of you for such a great year. I am way behind in my writing of thank you notes . . . I hope to catch up soon. Thank you for the party and the gifts and the cards and the letters and the email . . . Thank you for everything! I hope the slideshow illustrates that we all had a great year!!!!!!Pictures came out fuzzy on Youtube; i am trying to fix that.

Thursday, January 31, 2008

Numbers theory

This question takes more thinking than writing. It is difficult to grasp the enormity of genocide involving 6 million people. Hitler's Germany is usually credited with killing 6,000,000 Jews. I want you to come up with a math equivalent to help your classmates appreciate that number--in terms they can relate to. For example, how does 6 million people compare to the population of your school? City? State? How many football stadiums would be needed to hold six million people? How many train cars? How far would they stretch? Think of details normally connected to World War II and war in general. Please create your own, original standard of comparison. You can use the Internets to help you--say if you want to estimate how many people fit into a certain thing--Ralph Wilson Stadium for example. Be creative. Everyone should contribute their own example.

Wednesday, January 30, 2008

p.s. try voting on the polls from your home computer.

HATE LIST

Players & Part of the World /// Description of Conflict
What do you already know about the Holocaust? Be sure to read your classmates comments first.