Monday, March 21, 2011

Mar 21, 1980: Carter tells U.S. athletes of Olympic boycott

President Jimmy Carter informs a group of U.S. athletes that, in response to the December 1979 Soviet incursion into Afghanistan, the United States will boycott the 1980 Olympics in Moscow. It marked the first and only time that the United States has boycotted the Olympics.


Today in Social Studies:


7th- prepared for ITBS which start Tuesday, also viewed & discussed a video that covered the geography of Canada.

6th- prepared for ITBS which start Tuesday, also viewed & discussed a video over Moscow: From Marx to Mc Donalds.

8th- prepared for ITBS which start Tuesday, previewed Chapter 4, Section 2 "Colonial Society" in our online textbook.  Students had time to read in class and will be able to discuss it Wednesday in class.

Mr. Johnson



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