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Thanksgiving travel projected to dramatically decline
 Nov. 23, 2020 - The pandemic will no doubt have a major impact on travel for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and weekend. Air travel is projected to decline by nearly 50 percent. Modes of transportation, other than cars, are projected to decline by 76 percent. And about two million fewer people will be driving, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA).  Word of the Daystrategically: adverb;with strategy, thought to achieve the best outcome possible; Find it in blue in today's top story!Writing Practice
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Complete this Writing Practice. Then print or email your document, or if available, save it to Google Drive. Writing ProgressTrack your progress all year. For your Student Summary Report Form: Weekly VOCABWeek of November 23 appointed: verb; named to a position, usually after a selection process;Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg (1933-2020) detected: Select Part of speech...; found, usually after looking What a spotlight on planet Earth! intensified: verb; made stronger, more intense, with greater intensity; Zeta is now a tropical storm recorded: Select Part of speech...; noted, measured; entered into an official form; Hurricane Sally to make landfall tonight or early tomorrow Today In HistoryNovember 23 1863: Library of Congress: The Battle of Chattanooga began. Over the next three days, Union forces drove Confederate troops away from Chattanooga, Tennessee, into Georgia, setting the stage for Union General William T. Sherman's triumphant march to the sea. The Battle of Chattanooga was one of the most dramatic turnabouts in American military history. Northern forces captured the steamboat and railhead center shortly after their September defeat at Chickamauga. In the early fall of 1863, Rebel forces moved into the mountains and bluffs overlooking Chattanooga, preventing the Union Army's escape. On November 23, Union troops overtook Confederates occupying Orchard Knob between Chattanooga and Missionary Ridge.More from Student News Net
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Studio glass art is a recent development but creating functional glass from silica sand is thousands of years old. Through this Student News Net video, tour the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, Washington to marvel at the beauty of glass and the chemical elements! Student News Net was there in 2017. Read More: Seattle sights are simply stupendous Pink diamonds are rareOver 90 percent of the world's pink diamonds come from The Argyle Diamond Mine in Western Australia. Pink Diamonds are very rare and very expensive, but all diamonds are tetrahedrons of carbon atoms.  A rush for gold ended quicklyThe story of the short-lived Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899) is told at the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in downtown Seattle.  Glass: a hot and cool combo of art and scienceGlassblowing is a red hot, totally cool combination of art and science. In The News Thanksgiving travel projected to dramatically declineNov. 23, 2020 - The pandemic will no doubt have a major impact on travel for the upcoming Thanksgiving holiday and weekend. Air travel is projected to decline by nearly 50 percent. Modes of transportation, other than cars, are projected to decline by 76 percent. And about two million fewer people will be driving, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA).  CDC: 'No Time for Flu' this yearNov. 19, 2020 - Influenza cases remain low across the nation except for the state of Iowa, according to the CDC.  Fifth graders can 'roam' free at national parksNov. 12, 2020 - Entrance fees to national parks and wildlife refuges are being waived for 5th grade students and their families.  Honor veterans on 11-11Nov. 11, 2020 - At the eleventh hour on the eleventh day in the eleventh month in 1918, WWI hostilities ended.   |
