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Day 1
Thought about biography ideas and decided to find a war story -
Day 2
Went to the library in search of war story and found "1001 Nights in Iraq" -
Day 3
Learned of Shant Kenderian's background as an Armenian by ethnicity, an Iraqi citizen by birth, but a permanent resident of the United States (pgs. 1-36) -
Day 4
Learned of Shant's resourcefulness with almonds after getting dafted into the Iraqi army (pgs. 37-80) -
Day 5
Talked with my mom about someone I could interview and decided on a war veteran -
Day 6
Read about the people of Qaro Island considering Shant and his comrades heroes (pgs. 81-93) -
Day 7
Read about Shant and his comrades surrendering to the Americans and being taken as POWs (pgs. 94-106) -
Day 8
Learned about Shant's asking for food and blankets on behalf of the Iraqi POWs since he could speak both Arabic and English (pgs. 107-140) -
Day 9
Read about Shant being accused of being a spy by American interrogators (pgs. 141-170) -
Day 10
Wrote first blog post about how I went to the library and picked my biography -
Day 11
Read about Shant revealing the truth about Saddam Hussein's power (pgs. 171-199) -
Day 12
Made a list with my mom of all the war veterans we know -
Day 13
Read about Shant meeting Monica (pgs. 200-212) -
Day 14
Edited and posted first blog post on postress -
Day 15
Learned of Shant's becoming friends with the American soldiers and playing cards (pgs. 213-230) -
Day 16
Read about Monica contacting Shant's mother to let her know he was okay (pgs. 231-245) -
Day 17
Wrote first paragraph of second blog post on my childhood heros -
Day 18
Wrote second paragraph of second blog post about supposed heroes from the media -
Day 19
Wrote third paragraph of second blog post about heroes in the literature we've read this year in English class -
Day 20
Read about Shant being handed to the Saudis by the Americans (pgs. 246-258) -
Day 21
Edited second blog post and posted it to posterous -
Day 22
Read about Shant being able to contact the United States embassy (pgs.259-266) -
Day 23
Read about Shant's arrival back in the U.S. (pgs.267-280) -
Day 24
Recorded days 1-16 on timeline -
Day 25
Read about Shant's life after returning to the U.S. and what happened to the people he met during his imprisonment -
Day 26
Shared passage about Shant's saving Bassim from his suicide attempt with the class -
Day 27
Recorded days 17-27 on timeline
