Tuesday, November 25

Good morning!

Life is back to normal for Jets fans......

Today in History -

1758

The British captured Fort Duquesne (Pittsburgh) in the French and Indian Wars.

1783

The British evacuated New York City, their last military position, after the Revolutionary War.

1841

The slaves who seized the Amistad in 1839 were freed by the Supreme Court. They had been defended by former president John Quincy Adams.

1947

Movie executives blacklisted the "Hollywood Ten."

1986

Iran-Contra scandal broke.

2002

President George W. Bush signed into law the Department of Homeland Security and named Tom Ridge as head.

Monday, November 24

Good morning!

Did you see Odell Beckham Jr's catch last night?!?!?!?!Greatest NFL catch ever?

There is a Winter Storm Warning for Wednesday - Snow Wednesday?  Bring home anything you need for the long weekend TODAY or TOMORROW - just in case!

Today - We will be working on a THEMATIC ESSAY on Andrew Jackson taken from the 2006 US History Regents.

Today in History:

On Nov. 24, 1944, during World War II, U.S. bombers based on Saipan attacked Tokyo in the first raid against the Japanese capital by land-based planes.

In 1859, British naturalist Charles Darwin published "On the Origin of Species," which explained his theory of evolution by means of natural selection.

In 1950, the musical "Guys and Dolls," based on the writings of Damon Runyon and featuring songs by Frank Loesser (LEH'-suhr), opened on Broadway.

In 1963, Jack Ruby shot and mortally wounded Lee Harvey Oswald, the accused assassin of President John F. Kennedy, in a scene captured on live television.

In 1969, Apollo 12 splashed down safely in the Pacific.

In 1971, a hijacker calling himself "Dan Cooper" (but who became popularly known as "D.B. Cooper") parachuted from a Northwest Orient Airlines 727 over the Pacific Northwest after receiving $200,000 dollars in ransom — his fate remains unknown.

Friday, November 21

Good morning!

Today we will finish the film on Andrew Jackson.

Today in History

1789

North Carolina became the 12th state.

1922

Georgia's Rebecca Felton was sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman U.S. Senator.

1934

Cole Porter's musical Anything Goes opened in New York City.

1969

For the first time since 1930, the U.S. Senate rejected a Supreme Court nominee, Clement Haynsworth.

1973

The 18 1/2 min gap in the Richard Nixon Watergate tapes was revealed.

Have a great weekend!

Thursday, November 20,

Good morning!

Here is a link to see the snowstorm in Buffalo live - Buffalo - SNOW-vember It is expected that they will receive 8-9 FEET of snow this week when it is over.

Today we will look at the presidency of Andrew Jackson

This date in History -

1789 - New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

1945 - The war crimes trials of 24 German World War II leaders began in Nuremberg, Germany.

1962 - President John F. Kennedy agreed to lift the American blockade of Cuba, ending the Cuban missile crisis.

1967  U.S. census reports the population at 200 million. 

 1981   Microsoft Windows 1.0 released. 

 2008   Dow Jones Industrial Average sinks to lowest level in 11 years in response to failures in the US financial system. 

Tuesday, November 18

Good morning!!  Next week the Bear Mountain Bridge will turn 90 - Bear Mountain Bridge turns 90

Today in History:

1928

Mickey Mouse made his debut in Steamboat Willie.  Click the link - Steamboat Willie - Disney World Cartoon - 1928

1978

Jim Jones, a U.S. pastor, led 914 of his followers to their deaths at Jonestown, Guyana, by drinking a cyanide-laced fruit drink. Cult members who refused to swallow the drink were shot.  THIS EVENT IS WHERE THE term "Don't drink the Kool-Aid" came from.

BLOG QUESTION - Explain why Andrew Jackson was so loved by the American people.

Monday, November 17

Good morning! Congratulations to the girls' soccer team on a tremendous season!

Today we will continue working on Chapter 7 Section 2 and 3.

Today in History -

In 1800, Congress held its first session in Washington in the partially completed Capitol building.

In 1869, the Suez Canal opened in Egypt.

In 1947, President Harry S. Truman, in an address to a special session of Congress, called for emergency aid to Austria, Italy and France. (The aid was approved the following month.)

In 1973, President Richard Nixon told Associated Press managing editors in Orlando, Florida: "People have got to know whether or not their president is a crook. Well, I'm not a crook."

In 1979, Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini ordered the release of 13 black and/or female American hostages being held at the U.S. Embassy in Tehran.

Friday, November 14

Good morning!

Good Luck to the Girls Soccer team this weekend!

Today in History

1851		Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick is published in New York.
1908		Albert Einstein presents his quantum theory of light.
1921		The Cherokee Indians ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review their claim to 1 million acres of land in Texas.
1960		New Orleans integrates two all-white schools.
1968		Yale University announces its plan to go co-ed.
1969		The United States launches Apollo 12, the second mission to the Moon, from Cape Kennedy.
1995		Budget standoff between Democrats and Republicans in the US Congress forces temporary closure of national parks and museums; federal agencies forced to operate with skeleton staff.

Thursday, November 13

Good morning!!!  Today we will examine more of Henry Clay and the American System.

How would you feel in this position?  Luckily, both men survived!!! 69 floors up at 1 World Trade Center yesterday.

Today in History

1775

U.S. forces, under the command of Gen. Richard Montgomery, captured Montreal during the American Revolution.

1927 - The world's first long, mechanically ventilated underwater tunnel, the Holland Tunnel, opened between New York and New Jersey.

1942 - The minimum draft age was lowered from 21 to 18.

1982 - The Vietnam War Memorial, designed by Maya Lin, was dedicated in Washington, DC.

Wednesday, November 12

Good morning!

Winter sports begin today (Hockey began on Monday)  - Good luck to all trying out!

We will continue to look at how the Regional Economies Create Differences in the US.

Today in History

1859		The first flying-trapeze circus act is performed by Jules Leotard at the Circus Napoleon.
1867		Mount Vesuvius erupts.
1923		Adolf Hitler is arrested for his attempted German coup.
1927		Canada is admitted to the League of Nations.
1938		Mexico agrees to compensate the United States for land seizures.
1944		U.S. fighters wipe out a Japanese convoy near Leyte, consisting of six destroyers, four transports and 8,000 troops.
1948		Hikedi Tojo, Japanese prime minister, and seven others are sentenced to hang by an international tribunal.
1968		The U.S. Supreme Court voids an Arkansas law banning the teaching of evolution in public schools.
1971		President Richard Nixon announces the withdrawal of about 45,000 U.S. troops from Vietnam
1997		Ramzi Yousef convicted of masterminding the 1993 World Trade Center bombing.
2003		Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record (311 mph or 501 kph) for commercial railway systems.

Monday, Nov 10th

Good morning!!!
Congrats to the Girls Soccer team!!!  Congrats to the NY Jets!!!!
Today in History:

1493		Christopher Columbus discovers Antigua during his second expedition.
1647		All Dutch-held areas of New York are returned to English control by the treaty of Westminster.
1775		U.S. Marine Corps founded.
1782		In the last battle of the American Revolution, George Rogers Clark attacks Indians and Loyalists at Chillicothe, in Ohio Territory.
1917		Forty-one US suffragettes are arrested protesting outside the White House.
1941		Churchill promises to join the U.S. "within the hour" in the event of war with Japan.
1952		U.S. Supreme Court upholds the decision barring segregation on interstate railways.
1969		The PBS children's program Sesame Street debuts.
1989		German citizens begin tearing down the Berlin Wall. BONUS - Why is Veteran's Day celebrated on Nov 11 at 11 a.m.? Why was it originally called Armistice Day?

Friday, November 7

Good morning!  Today in History

1814		Andrew Jackson attacks and captures Pensacola, Florida, defeating the Spanish and driving out a British force.
1846		Zachary Taylor, one of the heroes of the Mexican War, is elected president.
1916		President Woodrow Wilson is re-elected, but the race is so close that all votes must be counted before an outcome can be determined, so the results are not known until November 11.
1916		Jeannette Rankin (R-Montana) is elected the first congresswoman.
1944		President Franklin D. Roosevelt is elected to a fourth term by defeating Thomas Dewey.
1967		In Cleveland, Ohio, Carl B. Stokes becomes the first African American elected mayor of a major American city.
1989		Douglas Wilder wins Virginia's gubernatorial election, becoming the first elected African American governor in the US; during Reconstruction Mississippi had an acting governor and Louisiana had an appointed governor who were black.
1994		The world's first internet radio broadcast originates from WXYC, the student radio station of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
2000		Hilary Rodham Clinton becomes the first First Lady (1993–2001) elected to public office in the US when she wins a US Senate seat.
2000		Election Day in the US ends with the winner between presidential candidates George W. Bush and Al Gore still undecided.

Thursday, November 6

Good morning!

Today we will discuss impacts of a 2nd revolution in America (1st Industrial Revolution) and the economic systems that developed in the north and south and the impact these decisions had on the Civil War.

Tomorrow, period 5 and 8 will be attending an assembly for the blood drive. Monday, Period 1 will be participating in Veteran's Day ceremonies and Keenan Strong Day.

Today in History -

1860		Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th president of the United States.
1861		Jefferson Davis is elected to a six-year term as president of the Confederacy.
1891		Comanche, the only 7th Cavalry horse to survive George Armstrong Custer's "Last Stand" at the Little Bighorn, dies at Fort Riley, Kansas.
1923		As European inflation soars, one loaf of bread in Berlin is reported to be worth about 140 billion German marks.
1945		The first landing of a jet on a carrier takes place on USS Wake Island when an FR-1 Fireball touches down.

Wednesday, November 5

Good morning!!!

Click here - NY Times - Midterm Elections - for information on yesterday's state and national elections.

Click here - Rockland Congressional Races - for information on yesterday's local races.

Today we will begin Chapter 7 - examining: War of 1812, Erie Canal and other technological advances.

Did you ever hear Bruce Springsteen sing the song about the Erie Canal?? Erie Canal, Bruce Springsteen

More about Jacksonian Democracy here -Jacksonian Democracy - History.com

Today in History -

1862		President Abraham Lincoln relieves General George McClellan of command of the Union armies and names Maj. Gen. Ambrose Burnside commander of the Army of the Potomac.
1872		Susan B. Anthony is arrested for trying to vote.
1911		Calbraith P. Rodgers ends first transcontinental flight–49 days from New York to Pasadena, Calif.
1912		Woodrow Wilson is elected 28th president of the United States.
1917		General John Pershing leads U.S. troops into the first American action against German forces.
1935		Parker Brothers company launches "Monopoly," a game of real estate and capitalism.
1940		President Franklin D. Roosevelt is re-elected for third term.
1968		Shirley Chisholm of Brooklyn, New York, becomes the first elected African American woman to serve in the House of Representatives.

Monday, November 3

Good morning!

The Freedom Tower opens for business today!!!!
One World Trade Center opens today!

Tomorrow is Election Day - these elections are called "Mid-Term" Elections on the national level. Do you know why? There are also numerous state and local elections that you should follow.

In social studies today, we will begin Chapter 7.

Did you watch the High Wire walk last night on the Discovery Channel? If not, here is the link - High Wire Act

Today in History -

1813	American troops destroy the Indian village of Tallushatchee in the Mississippi Valley.
1921	Milk drivers on strike dump thousands of gallons of milk onto New York City's streets.
1957	The Soviet Union launches Sputnik II with the dog Laika, the first animal in space, aboard.
1964	For the first time residents of Washington, D.C., are allowed to vote in a presidential election.
1964	Lyndon B. Johnson is elected the 36th president of the United States.
1964	Robert Kennedy, brother of the slain president, is elected as a senator from New York.
1983	Jesse Jackson announces his candidacy for the office of president of the United States.
1986	The Lebanese magazine Ash-Shiraa reports the US has secretly been selling weapons to Iran in order to secure the release of 7 American hostages being held by pro-Iranian groups in Lebanon.
1992	Arkansas Governor Bill (William Jefferson) Clinton is elected 42nd president of the United States.