We watched some clips about the year 2010 in review, some clips about future predictions regarding population growth, the environment, etc. and then the students made some predictions of their own for 2011.
How big is a trillion dollars? http://www.pagetutor.com/trillion/index.html
One of the quotes discussed after the break came from my favorite book of all time: "All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others."