Let's get civilized, civilized. You know I wanna get civilized, civilized

Humanitarians,

First, let me thanking you for being super awesome when our fellow teachers were away! Siddiqui and I very much appreciate you!

Today, as many of you may know, is Pumpkin Spice Latte Day. The day were women like me everywhere rejoice as our favorite fall beverage is back to both keep us caffeinated and help us pack on weight before the cold winter months.

so, Virdin??

me, this morning, in starbucks

Today, in class, after I was thoroughly awake, we discussed civilizations! Be thinking about the characteristics of civilizations we talked about (SPICE!) (LIKE PUMPKIN SPICE, OMG) and how they apply to our own civilization. Tomorrow - next week we will be looking at our SPICE characteristics in action. 

Social

Political

Interaction (w/ the environment)

Culture (we probably spend the most amount of time on this one)

Economic 

last one, promise

This day in history time!

• 1864: Atlanta, Georgia fell to General William Tecumseh Sherman and the Union during the Civil War. 



used this last year; still funny



• 1939: WWII began when Nazi Germany invaded Poland
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• 1969: A coup in Libya toppled the monarchy of King Idris and brought Muammar al-Qaddafi to power. Qaddafi is the dictator who was toppled in the Arab Spring. 



Qaddafi

• 1985: A joint US-French expedition located the wreck of the Titanic 560 miles off the coast of Newfoundland. 
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• 2004: Chechen terrorists took about 1200 schoolchildren and others hostage in Beslan, Russia. COmmandos stormed the school on Sept. 3. 
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For social media to follow today, I'm keeping with my theme of lattes....

I bring you: @yoyoha on instagram. It's an account where Josh, the owner, draws pictures on coffee cups and posts them. I love coffee. I love art. What a combo.

Enjoy your Thursday! Here's a little #tbt action for ya: 

PUMPKINS EVERYWHERE. Also we were cute kids

- cbg