Top Events of 2011
What were the key events of 2011? Which ones made the biggest impact? Was it a natural disaster? Economic disaster? Political revolution? Scientific mind blowing event? according to you, which one made the biggest impact on people?
Using the sites below to guide you, decide which event had the most impact? Research, why the event occurred. What were the causes? What happened exactly? What were the effects? Not just on people, but on other elements too.... Governments, science, countries, economies...
--- Be sure to use a Cause and Effect graphic organizer to guide you. An example will be provided on this blog and in class.
Finally, create an Infograph to help persuade your peers that the event you chose was the greatest, most influential event of 2011. To create your Infographto, go to Eduglogster.com... Remember, you will need to access your account information from Ms. SM.
Finally, link your glog to your kidblog account so that others can check it out. Be sure to do a trial run to ensure that it works.
Sources:
http://www.googlezeitgeist.com/en/video
United nations video
Good Magazine
Reuters
http://www.blogger.com/goog_2130961986
YouTube - United Nations year in review 2011
Maps of the world video of 2011 in 60 seconds
http://m.youtube.com/index?desktop_uri=%2F%3Fgl%3DCA%26hl%3Den&hl=en&gl=CA#/watch?v=b8iTKG72xhs
Map of 2011 Key Events...
http://www.mapsofworld.com/events/year-2011/
You can vote for the top event from the site via Twitter!
Google's Top Searches Video
http://www.googlezeitgeist.com/en/
Google's Top Ten Lists - Global Searches...
http://www.bbcmotiongallery.com/gallery/home/showreelsbbc.do#showreel=15230698
What can we infer about what was important to people of different continents and nations?
http://www.googlezeitgeist.com/en/
Yahoo's year in review...
http://yearinreview.yahoo.com/2011/blog/7055/2011-a-choronological-look-back/
How did Canada impact the world in 2011? See CBC and learn how....
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2011/12/19/f-canada-influence-world-2011.html
CBC Rewind
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_National/1242568525/ID=2183101287
Rex Murphy 's Rant - The original man of The Rant... Oh I love this guy! He really makes you think... and laugh!
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_National/Rex_Murphy/1275870718/ID=2179208803
Bob Macdonald's look at Science and Technology
http://www.cbc.ca/video/#/Shows/The_National/Technology_&_Science/1275187183/ID=2180052105
Discover top new stories
http://news.discovery.com/human/weirdest-stories-2011-111209.html
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