Learning Target: I can express my opinion about a story in the news that developed during our spring break.
Warm Up: Directions: After looking at today's political cartoon students should ask themselves what they think about Captian Crozier being removed from command of the aircraft carrier U.S.S. Theodore Roosevelt.
Political Cartoon: Captain Crozier
Opening: Directions: The students will watch the video of our opening meeting.
The links show in the video of opening meeting are included below. Students may look at them if they wish. However, students are not required to do anything with these links.
Video: Opening Meeting
Video: Sailors Cheer Navy Captain Relieved Of Command After Raising Alarm On Coronavirus | NBC Nightly News
Fired Theodore Roosevelt skipper tests positive for COVID-19 - Military Times
Acting secretary of the Navy resigns after calling ousted aircraft carrier captain 'stupid' - CNN
Work Session: Directions: Pick one of the news stories that happened during our spring break and read the corresponding articles. After you've read the articles click on the corresponding discussion post in Its Learning and write a response of at least 5 sentences.
***Note: Remember that when you click on the link to the discussion post you may get an error that says, "403 - Forbidden: Access is denied." All you have to do to get past that error page is to refresh the webpage.
Article: Coronavirus: Boris Johnson moved to intensive care as symptoms 'worsen' - BBC News
Article: Coronavirus: Boris Johnson says 'it could have gone either way' - BBC News
Article: The UK does not have a clear emergency succession plan for its prime minister - Quartz
Discussion Post: Boris Johnson in and out of the hospital
Article: A Tiger Has Coronavirus. Should You Worry About Your Pets? - NPR
Discussion Post: Tiger with Coronavirus
Picture: This is Ridiculous
Article: Georgia primary delayed again to June 9 during coronavirus emergency - Atlanta Journal Constitution
2020 United States presidential primary election results
Discussion Post: Wisconsin holds its primary. Georgia's is delayed further.
Article: Biden, now presumptive nominee, holds edge over Trump in general election polls - Fox News
Discussion Post: Bernie Sanders drops out of the presidential election
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