Oil Spill in Gulf of Mexico

• 200,000 gallons a day were spilled which equalled a total 3,600,000 gallons
• Hundreds of thousands of fish and animals died b/c of the spill
• seafood, fishing, and tourist industries were ruined
• Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida was affected by the spill

What was positive about the spill?
What was negative about the spill?
How did you react to it?

War in Afghanistan (bloodiest war)

• The never-ending was in Afghanistan replaced the war in Iraq as the most important, and most controversial.
• The 9th year has been the bloodiest, with 700 allied troops killed. Among the 700, 497 were U.S. troops compared to the 317 killed in 2001
• Most were killed by road-side bombs-with children suffering the worst. There was a 21% increase in child deaths in 2010

What was positive about the war? What was negative about the war? How did you respond to it?

Earthquake in Japan Causes Tsunami

On March 11, 2011 Japan was hit with an earthquake measured at 8.9 on the Richter scale. But the problems didn't end there...this earthquake that was recorded as one of the worst earthquakes in history then caused a tsunami that reached up to 23 feet of water. These two horrible events caused massive power outages across Japan. And the United States, being the nice people that we are:), put aside 30 international search and rescue teams to assist Japan!

What was positive about the earthquake? What was negative about the earthquake? How did you respond to the earthqauke and tsunami?

33 Miners Survive Being Buried For 69 Days!!

After being trapped for 69 days underground, out of the 33 Chile miners they ALL survived. They were united with their families on October 12, 2011. It took them 22 hours to get ALL miners out from being trapped. What was positive about this? What was negitive about this? How did YOU respond to this event happening?