Friday, Feb 26

Good morning!!!

Today we will continue/finish watching Gangs of NY

Congrats to the Girls Basketball team - they meet Ossining on Sunday at 2 pm in the championship!!!

Current Events
Republican debate turns testy

"Lauren's Law" extended 4 more years

Skimmer found at Stony Point bank

Today in History

1815

Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the island of Elba.

1870

A 312-ft long pneumatic subway was opened in New York City; funding for a larger version never materialized.

1901

Leaders of the Boxer Uprising in China, Chi-hsui and Hsu Cheng-yu, were beheaded.

1919

Grand Canyon National Park was established.

1935

RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) was first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt.

1993

A bomb exploded at the World Trade Center in New York. The blast killed six people and injured more than 1,000.

Thursday, Feb 25

Good morning!

We will continue viewing Gangs of NY.

Congratulations to the NRHS Hockey team - beating #3 seed Clarkstown last night, 4-1. Next up - Suffern.

Girls basketball team plays tonight at 6:30 at the County Center in a Section 1 semifinal vs. John Jay

Current Events
Apple looking to make it harder to hack Iphones

Republican debate tonight at 9 p.m. on CNN - down to 5 candidates - Trump, Rubio, Cruz, Kasich, Carson

Today in History

1836

Samuel Colt patented the first revolving barrel multishot firearm.

1870

Hiram Revels became the first black United States senator, taking over the term of Jefferson Davis.

1901

J.P. Morgan formed U.S. Steel Corporation, the first billion-dollar corporation in the world.

1948

Communists took control of the government in Czechoslovakia.

1964

Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) became world heavyweight boxing champion for the first time by knocking out Sonny Liston in Miami Beach.

1983

Tennessee Williams, American playwright, died.

1986

President Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines; Corazon Aquino took over the office.

Wednesday, Feb 24

Good morning!

Today we will continue to view Gangs of NY.

Current Events
Trump wins Nevada; 3rd win in a row

NR Girls Track team having a season to remember!

Govt wants to unlock 9 more iphones

Obama wants to close Gitmo
Today in History

1582

Pope Gregory XIII issued a papal bull introducing the Gregorian calendar reform.

1803

The Supreme Court ruled in Marbury v. Madison that any act of Congress which conflicts with the Constitution is null and void.

1821

Mexico declared its independence from Spain.

1868

Andrew Johnson, 17th president of the United States, became the first president to have impeachment proceedings brought against him by the House of Representatives.

1903

The lease for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was signed. IRONICALLY, GITMO is in the news today!!!

1920

Adolf Hitler outlined the basic points of the Nazi party at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich.

1968

The discovery of a pulsar was announced.

1980

The U.S. hockey team defeated Finland to win the gold medal at the Lake Placid Olympics.

Tuesday, Feb 23

Good morning!

Since I'm still battling laryngitis, I'm going to change up our plans. We will begin viewing Gangs of New York today. Here is what the film's director, Martin Scorsese, said of the production:

"The country was up for grabs, and New York was a powder keg. This was the America not the West with its wide open spaces, but of claustrophobia, where everyone was crushed together. On one hand, you had the first great wave of immigration, the Irish, who were Catholic, spoke Gaelic, and owed allegiance to the Vatican. On the other hand, there were the Nativists, who felt that they were the ones who had fought and bled, and died for the nation. They looked at the Irish coming off the boats and said, ‘What are you doing here?’ It was chaos, tribal chaos. Gradually, there was a street by street, block by block, working out of democracy as people learned somehow to live together. If democracy didn't happen in New York, it wasn't going to happen anywhere."

—Martin Scorsese on how he saw the history of New York City as the battleground of the modern American democracy[4]

Current Events

Sea Level rising fastest in past 28 centuries

NY looks to replace Common Core by 2017

Today in History

1836

Mexican general Santa Anna began the siege of the Alamo.

1896

The Tootsie Roll was introduced by Leo Hirshfield.

1945

U.S. Marines raised the American flag on Iwo Jima.

1997

Scottish scientists announced the successful cloning of a sheep, Dolly.

2011

The Obama Administration determines that the Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional.

Monday, Feb 22

Good morning!

Today we will work on a DBQ from the June 2009 US History Regents. You will have class time to work on it - finished product due tomorrow.  NO PENCIL!!!

Current Events
Haverstraw celebrating 400 years of history

US moves to stop ISIS threat in Libya

Jeb Bush suspends his campaign following South Carolina primary

Today in History

1819

Spain ceded Florida to the United States.

1879

Frank Winfield Woolworth opened his first "Five Cent Store" in Utica, New York.

1924

Calvin Coolidge made the first presidential radio broadcast from the White House.

1935

Airplanes were no longer permitted to fly over the White House.

1980

In a major upset, the U.S. Olympic hockey team defeated the Soviets 4–3 at Lake Placid, N.Y.

Friday, Feb 19

Good morning!

Today we will study - Carnegie, Vanderbilt, Rockefeller, Morgan and other Captains of Industry.

Industrial Revolution Power point by mrkash.com

Current Events
Legoland to Ramapo???

NY Times Opinion - Why Apple is right to challenge courts

Today in History

1674

The Netherlands and England signed the Peace of Westminster, by which New Amsterdam passed to the English (and was renamed New York).

1807

Aaron Burr, vice president under Thomas Jefferson, was arrested for treason. He was later acquitted.

1878

Thomas Edison patented the gramophone (phonograph).

1942

President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order that resulted in the internment of thousands of Japanese-Americans living on the West Coast.

1945

The U.S. Marines went ashore at Iwo Jima.

1968

The first nationwide broadcast of Mr. Roger's Neighborhood aired on PBS.

1997

Deng Xiaoping, Chinese Communist leader, died.

2008

Fidel Castro resigned as President of Cuba after 49 years in power. Raúl Castro, Fidel's brother, succeeded him as president.

Thursday, February 18

Good morning!

Today - We will explore the Expansion of Industry and the Age of Railroads

Homework - Readings on Carnegie and Standard Oil

Current Events
Opinion - Should Apple have to unlock i-phone for gov't?

President Obama to visit Cuba, first sitting president in almost 90 years


Today in History

1546

Martin Luther, German leader of the Protestant Reformation, died.

1564

Michelangelo Buonarotti, Italian painter, sculptor, and architect, died.

1885

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was published.

1930

Pluto, the ninth planet in the solar system, was discovered by American astronomer Clyde Tombaugh.

2001

FBI agent Robert Philip Hanssen was arrested and charged with spying for Russia.

2001

Dale Earnhardt, Sr., died from injuries sustained at the Daytona 500.

Wednesday, Feb 17

Good morning! I hope you enjoyed your Mid-Winter Break!!!

NY Mets pitchers and catchers report for Spring Training today (Yankees tomorrow)

PLAYOFFS - YES, PLAYOFFS - Jim Mora - playoffs -  Boys and Girls Basketball teams HOME tonight; girls at 4:30 p.m. vs. Yorktown, boys at 7 p.m. vs. White Plains

Today - We will study Westward Expansion, Chinese workers and Conflict with Native Americans  (Karl Sagan power points, Elk River High)

Current Events
Apple calls court order "Unprecendented step" - YOU SHOULD ALL READ THIS

President Obama on filling the vacant Supreme Court seat left by Justice Scalia's death

Meet Rockland's first woman voter

Today in History

1801

The electoral tie between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr was broken by the House of Representatives who elected Jefferson president.

1817

Baltimore became the first U.S. city lit by gas.

1864

The Confederate submarine Hunley, equipped with an explosive at the end of a protruding spar, rammed and sank the Union's ship Housatonic off the coast of Charleston, S.C.

1972

President Richard Nixon left on his trip to China.

1996

Chess champion Garry Kasparov beat the IBM computer, Deep Blue, winning the six-game match.

Friday, Feb 12

Good morning!

Today you will work on the Key People, Events and Ideas for Chapters 14 & 15

WIND CHILL WARNING THIS WEEKEND!!!!!!

Happy Birthday to 2 famous people born in SAME YEAR! 1809 – Charles Darwin, English geologist and theorist (d. 1882)  AND Abraham Lincoln, American lawyer and politician, (d. 1865)

Enjoy your Mid-Winter Break!

Current Events
NYPD Officer found guilty of shooting an unarmed man

Tomorrow on CNN - Republican Presidential Debate - 9 p.m.

NYPD using cellphone trackers

Today in History

1733

Led by philanthropist James Edward Oglethorpe, the first English colonists arrived in Georgia, at the site of Savannah.

1818

Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain.

1870

The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote (revoked in 1887).

1909

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.

1973

The first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam war took place.

1999

The Senate voted to acquit President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.

2010

The 2010 Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The games got off to a tragic start when a luger from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, dies tragically in a crash during training run.

Thursday, Feb 11

Good morning!

We will finish the America - Story of US - Heartland video and begin studying the period following Reconstruction.

Homework - Watch 10 minutes of the Democratic debate, tonight at 9 p.m. between Sanders and Clinton - PBS and Youtube

Current Events

Mastermind of 1981 Rockland Brink's robbery released from prison

NYSED Commish visits East Ramapo yesterday

Cuomo orders Indian Point to investigate radioactive leak

RFK's assassin denied parole again yesterday

Today in History

1805

Lewis and Clark's Shoshone guide Sacajawea gave birth to a son, Jean Baptiste.

1809

Robert Fulton patented the steamboat.

1929

Lateran Treaty was signed, with Italy recognizing the independence and sovereignty of Vatican City.

1945

Yalta Agreement signed by President Franklin Roosevelt, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, and Soviet leaderJosef Stalin during World War II.

1970

Japan became the fourth country to put a satellite into orbit.

1979

Ayatollah Khomeini's followers seized control of the Iran government.

1990

South African resistance leader, Nelson Mandela, was released from prison after more than 27 years.

2011

As a result of the Arab Spring protests, Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak announces his resignation and hands power of the country over to the military.

2012

Pop star Whitney Houston died at the Beverly Hilton hotel in Los Angeles, the night before the annual Grammy Awards.

Wednesday, Feb 10

Good morning!

We will finish up America - Story of US - Heartland today.

Congrats to the NRHS Girls' basketball team on winning their 2nd straight undefeated league championship! They are the 2nd seed in the upcoming playoffs.

Current Events 

Trump and Sanders win in New Hampshire

US sending more troops to Afghanistan

Today in History

1763

Treaty of Paris signed, ending the French and Indian War. France ceded Canada and all its North American territories east of the Mississippi to Great Britain.

1837

Russian poet and novelist Alexander Pushkin was killed in a duel.

1840

Queen Victoria married Prince Albert.

1942

Glenn Miller received the first ever gold record for selling a million copies of "Chattanooga Choo Choo."

1962

The Soviet Union exchanged captured American U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers for Rudolph Abel, a Soviet spy held by the United States.

1967

The 25th Amendment was ratified, establishing presidential succession.

1996

IBM's computer, Deep Blue, beat the world chess champion, Garry Kasparov, in the first game of their match.

2005

Pulitzer Prize winning playwright Arthur Miller died.

Monday, Feb 8

Good morning! Congratulations to the Broncos on their Super Bowl 50 championship!

Tomorrow is the New Hampshire presidential primaries - they begin at midnight at Dix Notch. (Historically, the first town in New Hampshire and the nation to vote in a primary (Iowa holds the first caucus)

Today we will view America - The Story of US - Heartland.Story of US - Heartland link

Current Events

Stony Point Seals Hudson River Plunge Pictures

Gov. Christie and the GOP debate from Saturday

Today in History

1693

College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va., received its charter, becoming the second institution of higher learning in the United States.

1870

The National Weather Service was established under the U.S. Army Signal Corps.

1904

The Russo-Japanese war began when the Japanese launched a surprise attack on the Russian fleet at Port Arthur in northeast China.

1915

D. W. Griffith's controversial epic, The Birth of a Nation premiered in Los Angeles.

1924

The gas chamber was used for the first time as a method of execution in the United States. Gangster Gee Jon was put to death at the Nevada State Prison in Carson City.

1960

The payola (pay for broadcast airplay) hearings opened in the U.S. House of Representatives. Dick Clark would testify in April.

1980

President Jimmy Carter revealed his plan to reinstate selective service draft registration.

Thursday, February 4

Good morning!!

Homework - Democratic Presidential Debate tonight at 9 p.m. on MSNBC. Please watch 5 - 10 minutes. There will only be 2 candidates - Mrs. Clinton and Mr.Sanders - as Mr. O'Malley suspended his campaign earlier this week.

Current Events

Nyack puts Breathalyzer plans on hold

ISIS in America

Today in History

1783

England proclaimed the formal end to the hostilities with the United States.

1787

Shays's Rebellion, an uprising of Massachusetts farmers, was defeated.

1789

George Washington and John Adams are elected the president and vice president of the United States.

1861

Delegates from six southern states met at Montgomery, Ala., to form the Confederate States of America.

1945

Roosevelt, Churchill, and Stalin met at the Yalta Conference.

1969

The Palestine National Congress appointed Yasir Arafat head of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

1974

Patricia Hearst, granddaughter of newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst, was kidnapped by the Symbionese Liberation Army.

2003

The country of Yugoslavia disappeared, to be replaced by the loose federation of Serbia and Montenegro.

2004

The Massachusetts Supreme Court declared that gays had the right to marry.

Wednesday, Feb 3

Good morning!

Homework - P1 - Finish Ch 13 Key Terms and Ch 13 S1/3 worksheet;  P2/8 - Read p 420-424 and answer #3.

Populism/Farmers Alliance power point

Current Events
One year ago today, the Metro-North train crash took place in Valhalla - killing 5 passengers on the train and the driver who was trapped at the train crossing - Metro-North crash

Zika virus passed through sex in Texas; scientists continue to study illness

Today in History

1468

Johann Gutenberg, German printer and inventor, died.

1870

The 15th Amendment (black suffrage) passed.

1913

The 16th Amendment, establishing federal income tax, was ratified.

1917

The U.S. broke off diplomatic relations with Germany. (World War I)

1959

Rock singers, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and Big Bopper died in a plane crash. The song - American Pie - was written about this event - Bye Bye Miss American Pie.  

1995

Col. Eileen Collins became the first woman to pilot the space shuttle when the Discovery blasted off.

1998

Texas executed Karla Faye Tucker, the first woman to be executed in the United States since 1984.

Tuesday, February 2

Good morning!

Today is Groundhog Day - will the Ground hog see his shadow?

Homework - Period 1 - Reconstruction Essay; Period 2 & 8 - Ch 13 Sec 1 & 3 worksheet

Current Events

Ted Cruz wins Iowa Caucus on Republican side, Trump second, Rubio close behind; Clinton and Sanders in a virtual tie. Next up - New Hampshire next week.

Rockland County counts its homeless population

Zika virus is a World Health emergency

Today in History

1536	The Argentine city of Buenos Aires was founded.
1653	New Amsterdam - now New York City - was incorporated.
1848	The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed, ending the Mexican War.

1876

The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs was formed.

1887

The first gathering at Gobbler's Knob in Punxsatawney, Pa. to wait for the groundhog's shadow occurred.

1922

James Joyce's Ulysses was published.

1943

Nazi troops surrendered in the World War II Battle of Stalingrad.

1971

Idi Amin became dictator of Uganda.

1980

The Abscam scandal was revealed.

1990

South African President F. W. de Klerk lifted a ban on the African National Congress and promised to free Nelson Mandela.

Monday, February 1

Good morning!

Welcome to the 1st day of the 2nd half of the year! Are you where you want to be academically? If not, this is a chance to hit the "re-set" button and take care of yourself!!!

Civil War test today

Current Events
2016 Presidential primaries begin today in Iowa - What it means - NY Times

Nyack School Board considering Breathalyzer testing for some students

Today in History - February is Black History Month

1790

The Supreme Court of the United States convened for the first time, in New York City.

1862

Julia Ward Howe's poem "Battle Hymn of the Republic" was published in the Atlantic Monthly.

1884

The first volume of the Oxford English Dictionary A–Ant, was published.

1946

A press conference announced the first electronic digital computer, ENIAC, was held at the University of Pennsylvania.

1960

Four black college students began a series of sit-ins at a white-only lunch counter in Woolworth’s, Greensboro, N.C.

1968

During the Vietnam War, a Viet Cong officer was executed with a pistol shot to the head by Saigon's police chief and the image captured in a famous news photograph.

1979

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini returned to Tehran after 15 years of exile.

2003

The space shuttle Columbia disintegrated as it tried to reenter the Earth's atmosphere after a sixteen-day mission in space. All seven members of the crew died.