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OSCAR CONTEST TIE!

You have tied with A Block in the Win An Oscar Party Contest. You both made seven correct predictions. So here's the tiebreaker:

Your class must pick the number of seats the Kadima Party will win in the Israeli elections on March 28th. How do you know how to pick your guess? Read this:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060316/wl_nm/mideast_dc

This article will tell you how many seats there are in the Knesset, the Israeli legislature, as well as how many seats Kadima would be expected to win if the election were held today according to the latest polls.

Your answer should be determined by group discussion and must be submitted BEFORE SPRING BREAK. You also need to pick how many seats you think the next largest party will win to act as a tiebreaker for this tiebreaker, if necessary.

Tonight's Homework

Last names Amescua to Henry:

http://www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/1914m/blk-cons.html --“Purpose and Name” only. Who wrote it? What do they want? Why?

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/mod/1799Ottomans.html --ALL. Summarize the condition of the Ottoman Empire according to the observer, a visiting foreigner.

1/2 page minimum about each primary document.


Last names Henry to VanNieuwenhze:

http://www.h-net.org/~habsweb/sourcetexts/twain1.htm--“The Government in the Frying Pan” only. Explain what writer and traveler Mark Twain means by the title of this section in terms of the political situation in Austria-Hungary.

1 page minimum.

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