Students, here are your three discussion questions for today’s Three Things Thursday…

• Why do you think that the international community is concerned about Iran’s nuclear program?
• What’s one reason for tension between China and the U.S.? How could diplomatic missions impact trade between the two countries?
• According to the program, under what conditions do students at a charter school in Ohio get paid? What do you think are the advantages and disadvantages of this plan? How do you think that parents and students might react to this idea? Do you think that paying students to attend school is a good idea?

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Today we will be going back to the early days of the exploration of the Louisiana Purchase and we will be talking about explorers that visited Arkansas during that time period…more specifically, we will be discussing the journey of Henry Schoolcraft. Schoolcraft was a New Yorker who toured Arkansas in 1819 and wrote about his experience with early Arkansans:

Schools are…unknown, and no species of learning cultivated. Children are wholly ignorant of the knowledge of books, and have not learned even the rudiments of their own tongue. Thus situated, without moral restraint, brought up in the uncontrolled indulgence of every passion and without a regard of religion, the state of society among the rising generation in this region is truly deplorable. In their childish disputes, boys frequently stab each other with knives, two instances of which have occurred since our residence here. No correction was administered in either case, the act being rather looked upon as promising trait of character. They begin to assert their independence as soon as they can walk, and by the time they have reached the age of fourteen, have completely learned the use of rifle, the arts of trapping beaver and otter, killing the bear, deer, and buffalo, and dressing skins making mockasons and leather clothes.

Quite the glowing review…today in class we are going to take a look at this passage and dissect it in three questions (it is a Thursday after all).

1. What was Schoolcraft’s opinion of Arkansas during the territorial years?
2. What act did Schoolcraft describe as “a promising trait of character”? Did he agree with this practice and do you support his stance?
3. What does he say most 14 year old boys know how to do? Is this a good or bad thing in your opinion?

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Here we go, today we will be discussing the Republican nomination, honoring veterans, and old people in arcades…get pumped.

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…Just in case you weren’t sure.

Students, today for our Three Things Thursday we will be discussing Facebook, the republican primary, and of course Groundhog Day…act like you know.

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Students, today we will be discussing the President’s State of the Union Address as well as talking about money and current tax rates…get pumped!

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Today we will be discussing the GOP primary, among other things, as a part of our Three Things Thursday discussion.

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It’s that time again, we will spend some time today watching the news for our 3 Things Thursday assignment.

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As apart of our 3 Things Thursday, we will be watching our weekly installment of CNN Student News as we discuss current events in our world.

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Yes y’all! It’s that time again to do some things on three things Thursday. Today we will be watching CNN News with a special interest towards the occupy Wall Street movement that is currently taking place.

We will not only discuss what is going on in New York, but we will also talk about small protests that have broke out in our own city of Fayetteville. The picture above was taken early this week when some protestors were out on Dickson Street in front of the University’s Kappa Sigma house. We will discuss the significance of this picture and what is actually going on here.

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In class today we took a look at an interactive map from CNN that displays the US casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq. We used this map as a part of our discussion of the war on terror being the longest US military conflict in history.

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Students, listed below are our three discussion questions for today’s Three Things Thursday.

• Why does the end of August mark a tragic milestone in the conflict in Afghanistan? In your opinion, what should be done to honor those who lost their lives in this conflict?
• What do you think may have been the value of the information delivered by the National Hurricane Center for East Coast residents? Do you think the media and the government overreacted to this hurricane? Why or why not?
• What was your reaction to the grocery store using scents to increase sales? In your opinion, how else could a retailer change a store’s environment to encourage shoppers to buy products.

For today’s Three Things Thursday we will be taking a look at some recent headlines in news including Libya, earthquakes in Virginia, and cost of schooling around the world.

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For today’s three things Thursday we will be watching CNN Student News which is taking a closer look at the death of Osama Bin Laden.

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For today’s three things we will be focusing on the US economy…more specifically we will be focusing on unemployment rate. Today we will take a look at three charts that are provided by one of my favorite podcast, NPR’s Planet Money, to examine current economic trends.

The unemployment rate is always much higher for teenagers and young adults than it is for people age 25 and older. That relationship held true through the recession and beyond. In absolute terms, the jump in unemployment was bigger for the young. But in relative terms, all ages saw comparable increases. The unemployment rate for each group is now down from the peak.

- NPR’s Planet Money

When the recession hit, the unemployment rate for men rose more than the unemployment rate for women. That was driven partly by large cuts in industries where the workforce is mostly men (construction, manufacturing, transportation and warehousing). The gap between men and women is now declining, as some of those jobs are returning.

- NPR’s Planet Money

A similar story to unemployment by age: The unemployment rate is always much higher for those with less education. Those with the least education saw the biggest absolute rise in the unemployment rate, but in relative terms the rise was comparable for each group. The rate for all groups has fallen in the past few months.

- NPR’s Planet Money

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