Ms. Harrigan's Discussing Current Events Elective Class

Friday, September 19, 2014

Learning about what interests you

Document you will be completing during class

You have 3 choices to learn about today:

1. Ebola

Link #1:  A background on Ebola, to get started.


Link #2:  Violence in Guinea against medical workers as fear of disease rises

Link #3: What Sierra Leone is doing this weekend to attempt to slow down the spread.

2.  Scotland votes to stay a part of Great Britain in landmark voting

Link #1: What was the issue really about, anyway?  The basics
Link #2: Scotland says no
Link #3: The day after the vote

Link #3:  Interesting map showing the world as it has been controlled at some point in history by Great Britain.

3. The 2014 Massachusetts Governor's Race

Link #1: From a few weeks ago, but still a good reader background on the race.

Link #2: Here's is how WBUR, the local NPR station is talking about the race. Specifically about the role gender might play.

Link #3: If you like looking at poll numbers and want to see lots of varying opinions about who has the lead, take a look here.

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