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Updated as of 2 October 05 Today in History: On October 2, 1780, Major John André, a British spy associated with Benedict Arnold, was executed on this day in history. Quote of the Day: "In my view we are much worse off now than when we went into Iraq. This is not a partisan position. I voted for these guys." A senior figure at a military-sponsored think tank as told to James Fallows in "Bush's Lost Year" in The Atlantic Monthly (Oct. 2004) Take the Ann Coulter Quiz Where are you politically? Take the Neocon Quiz and find out. "History is Far too Important to be left to History Professors" Teaching isn't such a novel idea
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History of Disease Contemporary Terrorist Organizations Map of Islamic Terrorist Cells in the U.S.A.
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Practical Classroom Exercise One
Directions: Students will be expected to provide the analysis of this case by role playing a CIA analyst, FBI analyst, or representative from the Office of Homeland Security. Students will then by August 4, 2005, submit their report, derived from all of the available evidence concerning the events that had unfolded at LAX on Thursday, July 4, 2002. Students are encouraged to use the news items found on the Cybrary, LAX Map, and NTSB Transcript of EgyptAir Flight 990. Your final report will be either dropped off in the Social Science Office or e-mailed to the instructor on or before August 4. |