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Program Content for November 6th, 2009

Read the selected story and answer the attached study questions.

A Desert of Despair (Kate Linthicum, Main A3)

Pre-Reading

1. Read the title. Based on the title make a prediction of what you think the article will be about. What did you base your prediction on?

2. Have you ever seen a desert before? Name one thing you know about the desert.

Vocabulary: Match the words to their definition below.

Rehabilitation Imposed Commissioned Mesas

_________to authorize

_________A broad, flat-topped elevation with one or more cliff like sides

________to restore to a condition of good health, ability to work, or the like

_________to lay on or set as something to be borne, endured, obeyed, fulfilled, paid, etc.

Comprehension Questions

Name the two tribes that were involved in this land dispute.
During the dispute development was halted on 1.6 million acres of tribal land while the two tribes negotiated _____________. (fill in the blank – one word)
What did the dispute become know as?
How many years did the dispute drag on for?
Which tribe did the dispute mostly affect?
What do 60% of the homes on the disputed land lack?
Residents on the disputed land lived under constant monitoring to ensure that they didn’t do what to their homes?
Since most houses on the disputed land lack plumbing about one-third of residents haul water. What do other residents resort to doing?
Since the ban has been lifted have residents received any federal funding to help rehabilitate the area?
According to the article do most residents trust the tribal government to handle the rehabilitation?

Additional Activities

1. Choose on the two tribes from the article to research and write a one page essay about that tribe. Topics could include the history of the tribe and US relations, traditions of the tribe, or a person of importance from that tribe.

2. As a class discuss what residents of the disputed tribal land had to endure. Make a list of all the things residents had to endure over the last 40 years. Then make a list from the article of what is being done to rehabilitate the area. What other things might be done to help residents? Are there people here in our community enduring the same kinds of things? Talk about what things you can do to help the people in your own community who may be experiencing something similar.

3. Look through the archives of the e-Edition and find another article that discusses a dispute of some kind. What is the dispute about? Has the dispute been resolved, if so how? Make a list of the similarities or differences between the two disputes.

Scavenger Hunt

NEWS BREAK-Friday, November 6, 2009

Friday’s News Break challenges you to hunt through The Seattle Times to find answers to the following questions.

1. How many votes, as of Thursday, was Mike McGinn leading Joe Mallahan by in the Seattle Mayoral race? (NW Friday)

2. Name the golfer from Puyallup who qualified for the World Golf Championship in China. (Sports)

3. What company is the world’s largest online provider of family histories? (Business)

4. What does MSHA stand for? (NW Friday)

5. A land dispute between the Navajo and Hopi tribes that dragged on for 40 years became known as what? (Main)

6. For the first time a _________ was named “best of” at an auto show (fill in the blank, one word) (NW Autos)

7. Who is the author of Gloria’s Miracle? (NW Friday)

8. What 20 year anniversary are Germans preparing to celebrate? (Main)

9. What girls soccer team won its first Metro championship Thursday? (Sports)

10. What fast food chain will Starbucks be partnering with? (Main)

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