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The 2000's
Theme Unit
Reading Comprehensions
Politics
What If? The 2000 Presidential Election (Grades 5-7)
President George W. Bush (Grades 5-8)
Hillary Clinton Elected Senator (Grades 5-8)
Nancy Pelosi Elected Speaker of the House (Grades 6-8)
Events in the U.S.
Confederate Flag Controversy (Grades 5-8)
Elian Gonzalez (Grades 5-8)
A Day Without Immigrants (Grades 6-8)
The Sago Mine Disaster (Grades 6-8)
Population Three Hundred Million (Grades 6-8)
September 11th Theme Unit
World Events
Conflict Between Serbia and Kosovo (Grades 5-8)
G8 Summit 2001 (Grades 5-8)
War in Afghanistan (Grades 5-8)
Europe Switches to the Euro (Grades 5-8)
New World Heritage Sites (Grades 5-8)
Protesting the Iraq War (Grades 6-8)
Elections in Iraq, 2005 (Grades 6-8)
Beginning of the Darfur Conflict (Grades 6-8)
Train Bombing in Madrid (Grades 6-8)
Tsunami in the Indian Ocean (Grades 6-8)
Drought in Zambia (Grades 6-8)
Election of Pope Benedict XVI (Grades 6-8)
Trans-Asian Railway (Grades 6-8)
Live 8 Concert (Grades 6-8)
Live Earth Concert 2007 (Grades 6-8)
Women Vote in Kuwait (Grades 6-8)
Endangered Dolphins (Grades 6-8)
Nuclear Testing in North Korea (Grades 6-8)
USS Cole Attack (Grades 9-12)
People
Bill Cosby Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom (Grades 6-8)
President Carter's Mission of Peace (Grades 6-8)
Steve Irwin Killed by Stingray (Grades 6-8)
Environment
Leaded Gasoline Becomes a Thing of the Past (Grades 5-8)
Cyanide Polluted Danube River (Grades 5-8)
Rainforest Logging Banned in New Zealand (Grades 5-8)
Mexico's Rainforest (Grades 5-8)
President Clinton, Vice President Gore, and the Environment (Grades 5-8)
Conflict Over the Three Gorges Dam (Grades 5-8)
Sustainable Development (Grades 6-8)
Yellowstone Buffalo (Grades 6-8)
The Kyoto Treaty (Grades 6-8)
Whaling Controversy (Grades 6-8)
Melting Glaciers (Grades 6-8)
Technology
Wikipedia (Grades 5-8)
Y2K (Grades 6-8)
You Tube
Begins (Grades 6-8)
Space
What Is a Mir? (Grades 5-8)
Galileo Tours Io (Grades 5-8)
Space Shuttle Columbia (Grades 6-8)
GIOVE Satellites Pave the Way for Galileo (Grades 6-8)
Stardust Mission (Grades 6-8)
New Horizons Mission to Pluto (Grades 6-8)
A Dream Job (Grades 6-8)
Medicine
Human Genome Project (Grades 5-8)
Bird Flu (Grades 6-8)
Sports
2000 Summer Olympics (Grades 5-8)
2002 Winter Olympics (Grades 5-8)
Literature
Spending Time in the World of Harry Potter (Grades 5-8)
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