Civics Assignment Top Events

1.)  9/11 hijacking by Al Quaeda affected my life along with many others greatly when I , at such a young age, had to have the words "terroristic attack" explained to me. My school (Milanesi) did not explain the events of that day until after we had gone home and talked to our parents. The event that occured was so close to home (in New Jersey) that they didn't want to frighten us or tell us something our parents didn't want us to know. I remember how big of an impact that made on our country and the impact it still leaves in our airports and stereotypes still today.

2.)  Hurricane Isabel was a very significant time in my life, because it was the first natural disaster that I can possibly remember. I remember they were so scared, because we lived right near the shore and my 3rd grade teacher had to explain how dangerous it was while also giving us a science lesson. We discussed how it could effect us and possibly the school, and how a class 5 hurricane seemed to be so terrible, but it barely hit South Jersey.

3.)  Patriots Won  the SuperBowl: Although this isn't an actual historic event, I remember 2004 was the first superbowl I had ever watched and I was rooting for the Eagles (that was probably my first mistake). Because Philadelphia was the closest team to South Jersey, I had been partial to them, even though I never understood the game. I was in 3rd grade, I believe... or fourth... and we had a superbowl party with wings and pizza and I remember the excitement and all the yelling. This was quite an influential point in my life, because I also learned how to make green cake.

4.)  Presidential Election in 2004: A lot of significant events of my life occured in 2004, but this one was one of the reasons I became so interested in learning about our presidents although it is quite hard to keep up. In my class we held a fake election and our teacher taught us about the electoral college and all the decisions put into deciding a president. I also remember learning how important it was to choose a good, competent leader to be the face of our Nation.

5.) Sago Mine Disaster in 2006: I remember moving here in August of 2006 and hearing about the coal mining disaster just about 45 minutes away from where I had moved in just about 8 months before. I didn't quite understand the impact it had on the schools and the people until I had realized how many people lost their parents and family members in that mine. This disaster helped me grasp what coal mining was and how dangerous it could be. I never appreciated the hard work of the blue collar workers until I moved to West Virginia.

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