November 30

Good morning!

Thematic essay is due today.

Today we will continue to explore America in the 1810's and 20's.

I saw Creed -  Creed trailer - yesterday, what a great film!!!  As many of you know, I am a HUGE Rocky fan.


Current Events

Board of Regents to examine Algebra scores from last regents.

Kobe to retire at the end of the year

Patriots lost!



Today in History

1804

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase was tried for political bias.

1940

Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz were married.

1966

Barbados became independent of Great Britain.

1974

The fossilized remains of a female human ancestor named Lucy (after the Beatles song Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds) were found in Ethiopia.

1993

The Brady Bill, requiring a five-day waiting period for handgun purchases, is signed.

1995

President Bill Clinton became the first U.S. president to visit Northern Ireland.

2004

Ken Jennings ended his 74-game winning spree on the game show, Jeopardy!

Wednesday, Nov 25

Good morning!!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families!!!!!

Today we will view - America - The Story of US

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.

1998

Jiang Zemin became the first Chinese head of state to visit Japan since World War II.

1999

Elian Gonzalez was rescued off the coast of Florida.

2002

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

Tuesday, November 24th

Good morning!

Today we will continue to work on the power point (See Nov 23)

Thematic due - Nov 30

Today in History

1642

Abel Tasman discovered Van Diemen's land, later renamed Tasmania.

1859

Darwin's Origin of Species was published.

1871

The National Rifle Association was incorporated.

1963

Jack Ruby shot Lee Harvey Oswald, JFK's accused assassin, in the garage of Dallas police headquarters.

1971

D. B. Cooper parachuted from a Northwest Airlines flight with $200,000.

Monday, November 23

Good morning!

DBQ's are due today

We will begin studying Chapter 7 - Clay's American System Power point

Interesting article in yesterday's The Journal News - East Ramapo Yeshiva lawsuit seeks epic changes

Today in History:

***YESTERDAY WAS THE 52nd anniversary of President Kennedy's assassination***

1889

The first jukebox was installed at the Palais Royal Saloon in San Francisco.

1936

First issue of Life magazine hit the newsstands. The cover photograph, by Margaret Bourke-White, featured the Fort Peck Dam.

1945

U.S. wartime food rationing, of meat, butter, and other foods, ended.

1971

People's Republic of China was seated at the UN Security Council.

Thursday, Nov 19

Good morning!!!

Today we will continue to study the War of 1812 and the beginning of the first Industrial Revolution.

This is the 152nd anniversary of the Gettysburg Address - this is a copy of one of the draft's in Lincoln's own handwriting. For more on the Address, click on the link under Today in History. The entire speech was only 2 minutes!!!!

Today in History

1703

A masked man held prisoner in the Bastille in Paris died. His true identity was the cause of much intrigue, and his story became the basis of literary works by François Voltaire and Alexandre Dumas.

1794

John Jay and Lord Grenville signed Jay's Treaty.

1863

Lincoln delivered his Gettysburg Address at the dedication of the national cemetery on the Civil War battlefield of Gettysburg, Pa. Lincoln at Gettysburg

1977

Egyptian president Anwar Sadat became the first Arab leader to visit Israel.

1985

Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev meet for 1st time at Geneva 

1990

Milli Vanilli's Grammy award was rescinded after it was discovered they didn't do their own singing. Here's one of the songs that they didn't sing - Girl you know its true

Wednesday, Nov 18

Good morning!!!

Today we will display your Political Cartoons and slides and determine whose work we will use for our DBQ.

BREAKING NEWS

2 Dead in Paris Raids; 7 arrested - New York Times

Today in History

1820

Captain Nathaniel Palmer discovered Antarctica.

1883

Standard time began in the United States.

1886

Chester A. Arthur, the 21st president of the United States (1881–1885), died in New York at 56.

1928

Mickey Mouse made his debut in Steamboat Willie.Steamboat Willie clip here

1976

Spain's parliament approved a bill to establish a democracy after 37 years of dictatorship.

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.  Biography - Jim Jones

2003

The Massachusetts Supreme Court ruled 4-3 that the right to same sex marriage was guaranteed by the state constitution.

2004

The UN Security Council held a two-day session in Nairobi. This was the first time it had convened outside of New York headquarters.

Tuesday, Nov 17

Good morning!!

Today we will finish constructing our Political Cartoons and display them around the classroom.

Homework - Ch 6 S4 worksheet - due tomorrow.

Today in History

1558

Queen Elizabeth I of England ascended to the throne upon the death of her half-sister Queen Mary.

1800

Congress met in Washington, DC, for the first time in the unfinished US Capitol building.  Below is how it appeared on the day of LINCOLN'S inauguration in 1861!!!!

1869

The Suez Canal opened in Egypt.

1968

Night of the "Heidi bowl:" NBC switched from football to movie of Heidi. In the missing 42 seconds, the lagging Raiders scored two touchdowns, defeating the Jets.  NFL Films - The Heidi Bowl

1973

President Nixon said "I am not a crook." Nixon press conference

1989

The beginning of the "Velvet Revolution," which led to the downfall of communism in Czechoslovakia.

2003

Arnold Schwarzenegger was sworn in as governor of California.

Monday, Nov 16

Good morning!       

Today - we will continue to work on your political cartoons.

Today is Burgess Meredith's 108 birthday. Here are two clips of his work:
Win     Training Montage
                          Burgess Meredith as the Penquin

Who is he? Well, he was born in Cleveland, but lived most of his adult life in Pomona, right near Burgess Meredith Park   Burgess Meredith Park, Pomona NY




Today in History

1864

General Sherman and his Northern troops began their "March to the sea" during the Civil War.

1907

Oklahoma became the 46th state.

1933

The United States and the Soviet Union established diplomatic relations.

1973

President Nixon signed the bill authorizing the construction of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline.

2004

President George W. Bush nominated Condoleezza Rice to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state.

Friday, November 13th

Good morning!!!

Good luck to those of you who suffer from Triskaidekaphobia - fear of Friday the 13th!

Reminder - Democratic Presidential Debate on Saturday, November 14th - 9 p.m. on CBS (channel 2). Please try to watch some of it OR read about it on Sunday.

Today - you will be working on creating your own political cartoons.

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.

1940

Walt Disney's Fantasia debuted.

1942

The minimum draft age was lowered from 21 to 18.

1946

Vincent Schaefer produced artificial snow from a natural cloud for the first time at Mount Greylock in Massachusetts.

1956

The Supreme Court struck down laws calling for racial segregation on buses.

1982

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

2001

The Taliban abandoned Afghanistan's capital of Kabul when the Northern Alliance entered the city.

Thursday, Nov 12

Good morning!!

Today we will finish examining the first three presidents - Washington, Adams and Jefferson - and begin to study the War of 1812.

Legoland looks to be alive and well in Orange County

Good neighbors? Montreal begins dumping raw sewage into St. Lawrence River

Next presidential debate - Saturday, Nov 14 - Democratic debate - Details tomorrow!

Happy 200th birthday to Elizabeth Cady Stanton!!!

Today in History

1920

Judge Kenesaw Mountain Landis was elected the first commissioner of baseball.

1927

Leon Trotsky was expelled from the Communist Party and Joseph Stalin became the ruler of the Soviet Union.

1954

Ellis Island stopped serving as the chief immigration station for the United States. Twenty million immigrants went through Ellis Island in its 62 years of operation.

1981

The space shuttle Columbia was launched for the second time. It was the first time a space vehicle was used more than once.

1990

Akihito becomes emperor of Japan.

1997

Ramzi Yousef, the man behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, was convicted in New York.

Tuesday, Nov 10

Good morning!

Period 1 - We will attend the Veteran's Day serivce in the lobby.

Period 2, 8 - We will begin to wrap up Ch 6. Today we will continue to look at Adams and Jefferson's presidency and its impact on the new country.

Homework - Please remember to watch some of either the 7 or 9 p.m. debates (Republican) - Ch 106 on Optimum.

***Sexting scandal at Colorado HS   This may be an eye-opener for some of you on the laws surrounding sending inappropriate pictures/video***

Tappan Zee Bridge opening delayed

Today in History

1871

Journalist and explorer Henry Stanley found the missing David Livingstone in Central Africa and made his famous comment, "Dr. Livingstone, I presume?"

1928

Hirohito was crowned Emperor of Japan.

1951

The first long distance telephone call without operator assistance took place.

1969

Sesame Street premiered on PBS TV.

1970

The Great Wall of China opened to the world for tourism.

1982

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened in Washington, DC.

Monday, Nov 9

Good morning!

Today we will continue to work on (or begin) our thematic essay on the presidencies of Washington, Adams and Jefferson.

The next presidential debate (Republican) is tomorrow night on Fox Business Network - Channel 106 on Optimum.
9pm ET – Main Debate

Candidates: Trump, Carson, Rubio, Bush, Fiorina, Cruz, Kasich, Paul

7pm ET  – Undercard Debate
Candidates: Christie, Huckabee, Jindal, Santorum

Moderators: Neil Cavuto, Maria Bartiromo, and Gerard Baker

Here is a follow up article on this past Saturday's memorial of the plane crash - Stony Point memorial for downed flight of 40 years.

Today in History

1888

Jack the Ripper killed his last victim, Mary Jane Kelly.

1938

Nazis burned and looted temples and Jewish-owned stores and houses in Germany and Austria in what became known asKristallnacht (Crystal Night—referring to broken glass on streets).

1953

Author-poet Dylan Thomas died in New York at age 39.

1965

A switch at a station near Niagara Falls failed. The Northeast - 8 states and NEW YORK CITY - as well as parts of Canada went dark for more than 13 hours.

1989

Borders between East and West Germany were opened and the Berlin Wall began to be dismantled the next day. DID YOU KNOW THAT A PIECE OF THE BERLIN WALL STANDS IN FRONT OF STONY POINT TOWN COURT????

What does the GOOGLE face page represent today? (Hint - it has to do with movies & 101 years ago) List your guess in the POST section.

Friday, November 6

Good morning!!

Today we will continue to examine the presidencies of Washington, Adams and Jefferson.

Enjoy your weekend! ***Reminder - there is a memorial tomorrow at St. John's in the Wilderness for the plane that crashed 40 years ago***



Today in History

1860

Abraham Lincoln was elected president of the United States.

1861

Jefferson Davis was elected president of the Confederate States of America.

1869

The first intercollegiate soccer game took place (Rutgers 6, Princeton 4).

1913

Mohandas Gandhi led a march of miners in South Africa. He was arrested three times in the first four days of the march

Wednesday, November 4

Good morning!!!

Today we will finish looking at Ch 6 Sec 1 & 2 and begin examining Sec 3 (be sure to read the sections in your textbooks at home).

Interesting article in The Journal News - Stony Point memorial for crew of 727 plane crash 40 years ago  If you are free this weekend and attend, please let me know!

Complete election day results for Rockland County - County wide results in Rockland elections

Today in History

1842

Abraham Lincoln married Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill.

1922

Howard Carter discovered the tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt.

1924

Nellie T. Ross of Wyoming was elected the nation's first woman governor, to serve out the term of her husband who died in office.

1956

Russian troops attacked Budapest and crushed the Hungarian revolt under Premier Imre Nagy.

1979

The American embassy in Tehran, Iran, was seized by militants and 90 Americans were taken hostage.

1980

Ronald Reagan defeats President Jimmy Carter in a landslide.

2008

Democratic senator Barack Obama wins the presidential election against Sen. John McCain, taking 338 electoral votes to McCain's 161. Obama makes history as the first African American U.S. president.

Then...................................and Now

Monday, November 2

Good morning!

This picture was taken this weekend - it's the Kingston-Rhinebeck (NY) bridge, about an hour north of North Rockland.  Enjoy the great weather this week!!

Tough day for Mets fans - but it was a great ride!!!!!  Consider this from the World Series - The Mets were two outs from winning Game 1, five outs from winning Game 4 and one out from winning Game 5. Kansas City led at the end of just 13 of the 53 innings in this series (source - NY Post).  The Mets were t-h-a-t close to winning the whole thing!

Pitchers and catchers report in 109 days!!!!

HOMEWORK - Read Ch 6 Section 3 and answer the HANDOUT.

Today in History

1889

North Dakota and South Dakota became the 39th and 40th states, respectively.

1947

Howard Hughes flew the Spruce Goose on its first and only flight.

1948

Harry S. Truman defeated Thomas E. Dewey to the surprise of pollsters and newspapers, in the greatest presidential upset in history.

1959

Twenty-One game show contestant Charles Van Doren admitted that he had been given questions and answers in advance.

1976

Jimmy Carter defeated Gerald Ford, becoming the first U.S. president from the deep South since the Civil War.

1984

Velma Margie Barfield, a convicted murderer became the first woman to be executed since capital punishment was reinstated in 1976.