This has been quite a year!This has been quite a year! In March, the U.S. and Great Britain Great Britain, officially United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, constitutional monarchy (2005 est. pop. 60,441,000), 94,226 sq mi (244,044 sq km), on the British Isles, off W Europe. The country is often referred to simply as Britain. waged a preemptive war In political rhetoric "preemptive war" may also be used to refer to preventive war Preemptive war (or preemptive attack) is waged in an attempt to repel or defeat a perceived imminent offensive or invasion, or to gain a strategic advantage in an impending (allegedly in Iraq to oust dictator Saddam Hussein, who was thought to be harboring weapons of mass destruction Weapons that are capable of a high order of destruction and/or of being used in such a manner as to destroy large numbers of people. Weapons of mass destruction can be high explosives or nuclear, biological, chemical, and radiological weapons, but exclude the means of transporting or . Much work remains to be done to establish stability and self-rule in Iraq. The SARS epidemic, which began in China, spread to people in 30 countries before being contained. North Korea appears to be resuming its nuclear weapons program. The fight against AIDS continues in many parts of the world, with sub-Saharan Africa the most severely affected region; millions of people have died and millions of children have become orphans. The people of Liberia begged the U.S. to send peacekeeping troops as a civil war raged there. The Middle East continues to see violence between Israelis and Palestinians, although President Bush's "roadmap" to peace offers hope. In our own country: Americans continue to cope with high unemployment, a slow-growth economy, a ballooning national deficit, and corporate wrongdoing wrong·do·er n. One who does wrong, especially morally or ethically. wrong  do . And
earlier this year, Americans--and the people of Israel--mourned the
deaths of the crew of the space-shuttle Columbia, which included the
first Israeli astronaut.
The news makes it very clear how interdependent our world is. We want our students to become knowledgeable individuals, critical thinkers, and responsible citizens. Our aim at Junior Scholastic is to provide you with teaching resources that help you accomplish these goals. We hope that you will find the 2003-2004 World Affairs Atlas and Almanac almanac, originally, a calendar with notations of astronomical and other data. Almanacs have been known in simple form almost since the invention of writing, for they served to record religious feasts, seasonal changes, and the like. issue, this Skills Manual, and each of the JS issues throughout the year to be valuable teaching tools in your classroom. Sincerely, Lois Cohen cohen or kohen (Hebrew: “priest”) Jewish priest descended from Zadok (a descendant of Aaron), priest at the First Temple of Jerusalem. The biblical priesthood was hereditary and male. 2003-2004 Skills Manual author |
|
||||||||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion