The Silk Road

Explore this website from Stanford University.

http://virtuallabs.stanford.edu/silkroad/SilkRoad.html

Optional Reading

Travel through Asia . . .

http://blogs.wsj.com/scene/2011/04/26/freezing-to-sweltering-in-just-two-suitcases/

Maundy Thursday? Good Friday?

http://christianity.about.com/od/easter/qt/maundythursday.htm

http://christianity.about.com/od/holidaytips/qt/whatisgoodfrida.htm

Is this language "degradation"?

Verbing--changing nouns into verbs

http://grammar.about.com/od/grammarfaq/f/verbingfaq.htm

Optional Science Reading

Many parents would choose to have gene tests for their children, according to this study (research):

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/04/18/us-genetests-kids-idUSTRE73H3P320110418

Change the drinking age? One man's opinion

http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052748704641604576255161172364474-lMyQjAxMTAxMDEwMjExNDIyWj.html

For your Reading Log

Read about the future of farm subsidies in the United States: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704587004576245093010870216.html