May Field Trip sign up

If you are on the list below  choose a partner from the list, communicate your choice to your partner, and then go to the linked google doc (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Bath9G_0umwGCTQMs4IAYCeWVzXuMxJ9gZeN8wLA8J8) and write down your partnership.

Students going on field trip -

Gerst - 2nd periodMatthew ChangRobert CoatsAlicia HaydonThomas HseeTeddy NeerSamantha RodmanAlyssa RusselReuben SladeMitchWalterGrace WatsonGerst - 5th periodJackie BrownOtto BrownMadison ChristmasArjun DharGrant FishmanHannah HerreraLeah IosevichOlivia JaradSofia MondragonBassem NognhoughErin RogersMatteo TorquatiNate WestneatAbe ZelchenkoJanus - 8th periodAlexandra BillingsleyGavin CunninghamSofia KouriJonah LindauYale RolnikConnor SmithJoshua Ulane

Chicago Council on Global Affairs

Mr. Janus will be taking groups of students to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs two times this quarter.  The first is  "'Beyond the Book: Education for the next Generation" on 4/25 at 6:00 pm, while the second is "Europe's Year of Destiny" on 5/15.  Please see one of us for a sign-up sheet. 

Brexit Shook Pillars of the West, but they are not crumbling yet.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/world/europe/uk-brexit-article-50-analysis.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

Stefan Zweig, World of Yesterday

Make sure you have Stefan Zweig's World of Yesterday: you need it for Tuesday night's homework and thereafter. I have 1 extra copy and will look into the secretary scanning the reading for Wednesday.

https://www.amazon.com/World-Yesterday-Stefan-Zweig/dp/0803226616/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1490623921&sr=8-1&keywords=zweig+world+of+yesterday

European Union Turning Sixty and Searching for Something to Celebrate

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/24/world/europe/eu-is-turning-60-and-searching-for-something-to-celebrate.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

Populist Politician Falls Short as Wary Dutch Scatter Votes

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/16/opinion/geert-wilders-dutch-election-shows-how-not-to-defeat-populism.html?smprod=nytcore-

How Gerry Wilders, the Dutch Trump, Wins Even if he Loses

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/how-geert-wilders-the-dutch-trump-wins-even-if-he-loses?intcid=mod-latest

The Hard Truth about Refugees

The Hard Truth About Refugees https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/07/opinion/the-hard-truth-about-refugees.html

Russian Czar Alexander II's Emancipation Proclamation

The Emancipation of the Russian Serfs, 1861: A Charter of Freedom or an Act of Betrayal?

Declaration of Alexander II Emancipating the Serfs

A New French Revolution?

http://www.economist.com/news/leaders/21717814-why-french-presidential-election-will-have-consequences-far-beyond-its-borders-vote?fsrc=scn/fb/te/bl/ed/francesnextrevolutionthevotethatcouldwrecktheeuropeanunion

Law of the Sea and Space

Law of the Sea
http://www.cfr.org/content/publications/attachments/LawoftheSea_CSR46.pdf

https://www.asil.org/sites/default/files/ERG_LOS.pdf

Law of Space
http://www.americanbar.org/groups/young_lawyers/publications/the_101_201_practice_series/space_law_101_an_introduction_to_space_law.html

https://www.forbes.com/sites/kerenblankfeld/2016/06/09/buzz-aldrin-the-government-should-stop-competing-with-private-sector-in-space/#110f7957626c

https://www.asil.org/community/space-law

Tony Blair's lessons

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/01/opinion/tony-blairs-lesson-for-president-trump.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share

The Crimean War

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/10675182/In-pictures-Roger-Fentons-historic-Crimean-War-photographs.html