Thursday, March 12

Good morning!

I hope you enjoyed yesterday's beautiful weather!!! Be careful on your day off tomorrow - it will be Friday the 13th!!!

Today, you will be working on a Thematic Essay from the June 2007 Regents on Industrialization. Be sure to INCLUDE outside information (i.e America - Story of Us and/or some of the links I have used in class from the blog).

Today in History

1912

Juliette Gordon Low founded the Girl Scouts.

1930

Mohandas Gandhi began his 200-mile march to protest the British salt tax.

1933

President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave the first of his nation-wide "fireside chats" on radio.

1947

President Truman established the "Truman Doctrine" to aid in the containment of Communism.

1993

Janet Reno was sworn in as the first female attorney general of the United States.

2002

The color-coded terror alert system was unveiled by Homeland Security chief Tom Ridge.