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Tiffi wastes no time getting on Google
Did we expect her to be any different? Of course not! She goes back to the article that she was at because they seem to have the best history details. Feb. 1, 1960: Lunch Counter Sit-in (Greensboro, North Carolina) - When four African American college students – Ezell A. Blair, Franklin E. McCain, Joseph A. McNeil and…
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Tiffi finds more history facts
‘June 5, 1967: Six-Day War (Middle East) - Amid escalating tensions with its neighbors, Israel launches a pre-emptive strike that destroys most of Egypt's air force. Syria, Jordan, and Iraq also attack Israel. As the war continues, Israel takes the Gaza Strip and the Sinai Peninsula from Egypt, captures East Jerusalem and…
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Tiffi continues her search
When Tiffi wakes up the next morning she can smell fresh brewed coffee coming from the kitchen. Time to get up! Mr. Toffee has already left for the day. She checks her phone, no messages. No history class today either. Great! She will have more time to more googling. ‘Aug. 8, 1974: Nixon Resigns Out (Washington D.C.) -…
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Tiffi promises herself to just read a bit more
‘June 5, 1981: AIDS Impacts America (Los Angeles) - The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention publishes a report about five gay men who had been diagnosed by local physicians with a rare form of pneumonia – the first reported U.S. cases of what would later become known as HIV/AIDS. The autoimmune disease spread…
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That’s it, she’s done!
Tiffi has to take a break. It’s a beautiful day outside so maybe she should go for a nice walk outdoors. She is quite surprised to feel the warmth considering that it’s just January, mid-winter. As she gets closer to Chewy’s house she sees him outdoors so she stops to say hello. “Hi Chewy, what are you up to?” Tiffi asks.…
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Tiffi reads facts about social media
Tiffi is going to give the googling a bit more time and then she wants to do some of what the students have to do so she can share it with Rip when she sees him tomorrow. Wow, now she’s getting to the good stuff. All the history on social media! ‘July 5, 1994: Amazon.com is Born (Seattle) - With an initial aim of becoming…
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Is Tiffi becoming a student?
Bright and early the next morning Tiffi heads outdoors to meet up with Elsa. “Hi Tiffi, looks like we both got here at the same time,” says Elsa. “Let’s go inside to see if Rip is in his class yet.” On the way inside some of the students that Tiffi met in Rip’s class the other day stop to say hello to her. They start…
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The girls decide to create a PowerPoint pdf
“Rip, here are quite a few facts that I’ve gathered for you,” says Elsa. “If it’s ok with you I’d like to create a PowerPoint with pictures and the information from the article that I found online. It was a super article and gave out so many history events. Since we couldn’t put them all in the story and it would take…
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Tiffi & Elsa learn a lot about world history
One day as Tiffi is walking through Bamboo Forest she hears someone talking out loud. She listens to what he is saying ….. The world was a much different place 1000 years ago. Life expectancy was shorter, Vikings kept stealing people’s things, and Wi-Fi signals were quite poor. Those who believe in reincarnation say we’ve…
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Tiffi does some googling
A short while later Tiffi arrives at her house. She has to check on Google if this guy’s story is real. She searches for his name and comes up with a couple of articles. ‘Set in pre-Revolutionary New York, Rip Van Winkle lives a life of ease – much to the chagrin of his wife, Dame Van Winkle. Rip's passions include…
