Friday, April 29

Good morning!  Ahhhh, nothing like a short week!

Homework - Complete classwork for Monday

Current Events

Look out for the textalyzer!!!

A look at each draft pick at the NFL first round last night

Oldest North American human - 9,000 years old - to be re-interred

Today in History

1429

Joan of Arc entered the city of Orléans. She would end its months-long siege and would become known as the "Maid of Orléans."

1916

The Easter rebellion in Ireland ended with the surrender of Irish nationalists.

1945

American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp.

1978

Japan's Naomi Uemura, traveling by sled dog, became the first person to reach the North Pole alone.

1980

Film director Alfred Hitchcock died at age of 80.

1986

Pitcher Roger Clemens set a major league baseball record by striking out 20 batters in a regular nine-inning game. He repeated his feat in 1996.

1992

A Los Angeles jury acquitted four police officers accused of beating Rodney King. Massive rioting and looting ensued.

1997

The first joint U.S.-Russian space walk was made by Jerry Linenger and Vasily Tsibliyev from space station Mir.

2011

Kate Middleton marries Prince William in a lavish royal wedding at Westminster Abbey in London.

Thursday, April 28

Good morning! Welcome Back from your break!

Today we will finish Cinderella Man. Homework - Complete the handout on Cinderella Man.

Current Events
Orangetown and Clarkstown Police reporting Felony Lane Gang in area

Bannerman Island restoration work continues


Cruz selects Fiorina as his running mate; Sanders lays off hundreds

Today in History

1788

Maryland became the 7th state in the United States.

1789

Fletcher Christian led the mutiny aboard the British ship Bounty against Captain William Bligh.

1945

Benito Mussolini was executed.

1947

Thor Heyerdahl and five others began their Pacific Ocean crossing on the raft, Kon-Tiki.

1967

Boxing champion Muhammad Ali refused to be inducted into the Army.

1992

The U.S. Dept. of Agriculture unveiled its first “food pyramid.”

2001

Dennis Tito became the first space tourist.

2004

The Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal first comes to light when graphic photos of U.S. soldiers physically abusing and humiliating Iraqi prisoners were shown on CBS's 60 Minutes II.

Thursday, April 21

Good morning!

Today we will continue to view "Cinderella Man"

Homework - Complete Key Terms - Chapters 24 & 25

Enjoy your Spring Break!!!! Happy Passover to those who observe

Current Events
TZ toll collectors say Good-Bye as cashless tolls take over this weekend

British Queen Elizabeth turns 90

New looks coming for $5, $10 and $20 bills

Today in History

1836

Texan army under Sam Houston defeated Mexicans in the Battle of San Jacinto.

1910

Samuel Clemens (Mark Twain), author of the novel Huckleberry Finn, died at the age of 74.

1918

Baron Manfred von Richthofen, the notorious World War I German flying ace known as the "Red Baron," was killed in action today.

1980

Rosie Ruiz was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Boston Marathon. She was later disqualified for cheating.

1995

Timothy McVeigh was arrested in connection with the Oklahoma City bombing.

1997

The ashes of Timothy Leary, Gene Roddenberry, and 22 others blasted into space for the first space funerals.

Wednesday, April 20

Good morning!

Today we will continue to view "Cinderella Man."

Homework - Read p. 684-689

Current Events
Trump and Clinton win NY easily

President Obama arrives in Saudi Arabia

Intel to cut 12,000 jobs as demand for PCs is dropping

St. Lawrence resigns from 2 committees; stays on as Supervisor of Ramapo

Today in History

1769

Ottawa Indian chief Pontiac murdered.

1841

The first detective story, Edgar Allen Poe's Murders in the Rue Morgue was published.

1902

Marie and Pierre Curie isolated radium.

1912

The Boston Red Sox played their first game at Fenway Park. They beat the N.Y. Highlanders (who in 1913 would become known as the Yankees) 7-6.

1971

The U.S. Supreme Court upheld the practice of busing for racial desegregation.

1999

Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold went on a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. 14 students (including the shooters) and 1 teacher were killed; 23 others were wounded.

2008

Danica Patrick won the Indy Japan 300, becoming the first woman to win an IndyCar race.

2010

An explosion on a BP oil drilling rig off the coast of Louisiana kills 11 people and injures 17. Experts estimate that 13,000 gallons of crude oil per hour are pouring into the Gulf of Mexico.

Tuesday, April 19

Good morning!!

Today we will begin viewing Cinderella Man.

Homework - Read pages 670 - 683 in the textbook on the Great Depression.

NY Primary Day today; polls close at 9 p.m.

Current Events
Camp Addison Boyce (Girl Scout camp) in Stony Point to be preserved

Obama immigration plan seems to divide Supreme Court

Saudi Arabia readies for President Obama's visit later this week

Tomorrow TODAY IN  HISTORY 1775 The "shot heard around the world" was fired. Colonial Minute Men took on British Army regulars at Lexington and Concord, Mass., starting the American Revolution. 1824 Lord Byron died of a fever while helping the Greeks fight the Turks. 1882 Naturalist Charles Darwin, developer of the theory of evolution, died. 1897 The first Boston Marathon was run. 1933 The United States went off the gold standard. 1943 The Warsaw ghetto uprising began, one of the first mass rebellions against the Nazis. 1993 The siege at Waco, Texas, ended when FBI moved into the Branch Davidian compound with tear gas and cult members set fire to the compound killing over 80 people. 1995 The Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Okla., was destroyed by a car bomb. 168 people, including 19 children were killed in the worst terrorist attack in U.S. history up to that time. 2005 Germany's Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger became Pope Benedict XVI.

Friday, April 15th

Good morning!

Today we will work on Key Terms of the Great Depression. Next week, we will view Cinderella Man, which is a story of boxing great James J. Braddock and his life around the Roaring 20's and Great Depression.

Normally today is Tax Day, but it is Monday, April 18th this year.

Today is the 3-year anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombing.

Today is the 69th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier in baseball. Typically baseball honors his legacy with ALL players wearing #42.

Current Events
Ramapo Supervisor St. Lawrence arrested; pleads not guilty

NFL schedules released

5 Questions after Democratic debate

Today in History

1755

Samuel Johnson published his Dictionary of the English Language.

1817

Thomas Hopkins Gallaudet opened the first free American school for the deaf in Hartford, Conn.

1861

In response to the attack on Fort Sumter three days earlier, President Abraham Lincoln declared a state of insurrection and called out Union troops.

1912

Titanic sank off the coast of Newfoundland on its maiden voyage after it struck an iceberg.

1920

A paymaster and guard were murdered in Braintree, Mass. Sacco and Vanzetti were accused of the crime.

1945

Nazi concentration camp Bergen-Belsen was liberated by Canadian and British forces.

1947

Jackie Robinson made his Brooklyn Dodger debut and scored the game-winning run. On April 15, 1997, his number, 42, was retired.

1955

Ray Kroc acquired McDonald's and opened his first restaurant in Des Plaines, Ill., today the official McDonald’s Corporate Museum.

1996

The 100th Boston Marathon was won by Moses Tanui of Kenya.

1998

Cambodian despot Pol Pot, leader of the Khmer Rouge, died.

2013

Two bombs exploded at the Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts, killing 3 and injuring at least 170 others.

Thursday, April 14

Good morning!

Today we will continue to look at the Roaring 20's (using the power point on Monday's blog)

Warriors win 73rd game, breaking Bulls mark.

Kobe scores 60 in final game; on 50 shots.

Rangers lose; Lundquist injured.

Current Events
Sanders, Clinton to debate in Brooklyn tonight on CNN; what to look for. Please watch a few minutes tonight; it begins at 9 p.m.

FBI tried to beat encryption 10 years ago

Today in History

1775

Benjamin Rush was among those who founded the first American antislavery society.

1828

Noah Webster copyrighted the first edition of his dictionary.

1860

The first pony express rider reached his destination of San Francisco. He left St. Joseph, Mo., on April 3.

1865

Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.

1894

The first kinetoscope parlor opened in New York City.

1912

Titanic hit the iceberg that would sink her the next morning.

1969

In a record breaking night at the Academy Awards, a tie between Katherine Hepburn and Barbra Streisand resulted in the two sharing the the Best Actress Oscar and Hepburn broke the record as the only actress to win three Best Actress Oscars.

2002

Hugo Chávez returned as president of Venezuela after being forced out of office two days previously.

2003

Abu Abbas, the leader of the terrorist group Palestine Liberation Front when the group hijacked the liner Achille Lauro, was captured by U.S. forces in Iraq.

2010

An explosion in the Eyjafjallajokull volcano in Iceland results in a volcanic ash plume in the atmosphere over northern and central Europe. Air travel in the region is halted for several days.

Tuesday, April 12

Good morning!

Today we will continue to study the Roaring 20's.

NY Primaries 1 week from today

Current Events
CDC more concerned about Zika virus

Boko Haram using more children as suicide bombers, Unicef says

NY middle class tax cuts come with a risk

Today in History

1861

The Civil War began when Fort Sumter was attacked.

1862

James J. Andrews led the raiding party that stole the Confederate locomotive "The General," inspiring the 1926 Buster Keaton movie.

1945

President Franklin Roosevelt died.

1955

The polio vaccine of Dr. Jonas Salk was called "safe, effective, and potent."

1961

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin became the first human in space and also the first human to orbit the earth in a spacecraft.

1981

The first space shuttle, Columbia, took its first test flight.

1983

Harold Washington was elected Chicago’s first African-American mayor.

1999

Arkansas federal judge Susan Webber Wright found President Clinton in contempt of court for lying about his relationship with Monica Lewinsky.

Monday, April 11

Good morning!

Today we will begin studying the Roaring Twenties

Harlem Renaissance video

Roaring 20's video

Driving around NYC 1928

Building of George Washington Bridge

Homework

Write a 4 paragraph essay explaining why the 20's are known as the Roaring 20's. Be sure to include social, economic and political climate of the times.

Current Events
Did you see this video on the NR School Community?

Rockland shifts from farms to suburbs

Ramapo fire inspector accused of "fudging" reports involving private schools

Rich live longer everywhere in US; for the poor, geography matters

Sec of State Kerry becomes highest ranking US official to visit Hiroshima park

Warriors tie Bulls mark of 72 wins, can break record this week.

Rangers, Islanders begin playoffs this week.

Today in History

1814

Napoleon was exiled to the island of Elba.

1899

The treaty ending the Spanish-American War took effect.

1921

Iowa imposed the first state cigarette tax.

1945

Allies liberated Buchenwald concentration camp.

1951

President Harry Truman fired General Douglas McArthur.

1968

President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the 1968 Civil Rights Act.

1979

Ugandan dictator Idi Amin was overthrown.

1981

President Ronald Reagan returned to the White House after he was shot in an assassination attempt.

2007

Science-fiction writer Kurt Vonnegut died in New York City at age 84.

Thursday, April 7

Good morning!

Today we will finish examining the causes/effects of World War I

Tonight the FINAL American Idol winner will be crowned. This show began in 2002 and has given us artists such as - Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood!

Country star Merle Haggard died yesterday at the age of 79

Current Events
Water woes in Rockland?

Unmarried couples in Florida can now live together legally; 148-year-old law repealed

Delaware student's essay about Costco helps get her into 5 Ivy schools!

Today in History

1862

Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle of Shiloh.

1913

5,000 suffragists march to the Capitol in Washington, D.C. , seeking the vote for women.

1927

U.S. secretary of commerce Herbert Hoover’s Washington speech was seen and heard in New York in the first long-distance television transmission.

1948

The World Health Organization, a UN agency, was founded.

1949

Rodgers’ and Hammerstein’s Pulitzer Prize winner, South Pacific opened on Broadway.

2003

Cécile de Brunhoff, creator of Babar the elephant, died.

2009

Vermont becomes the fourth U.S. state to legalize same-sex marriage, just days after Iowa becomes the third.

Yesterday | Tomorrow 

Wednesday, April 6

Good morning!

P 1 & 8 - We will be discussing the power point following the completion of the film.

Period 2 - Assembly

Yankees lost their 5th straight opening day; tying franchise record (1934-38); Islanders clinch a playoff spot.

UCONN wins championship again in Division 1 women's basketball

Current Events

Cruz & Sanders win Wisconsin primaries. Next up - New York. John Kasich is opening a campaign headquarters in Clarkstown; expected to attend a Republican Party dinner at the Pearl River Hilton on Saturday.

Large numbers of students Opt-out of Common Core tests yesterday in NY; 57% of N. Rocklanders refuse the exams

Today in History

1830

Joseph Smith and five others organized the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Fayette, New York.

1862

The Battle of Shiloh in the American Civil War began.

1896

First modern Olympic Games opened in Athens, Greece.

1909

Robert Peary and Matthew Henson became the first to reach the North Pole.

1917

U.S. declared war on Germany and entered World War I.

1994

The presidents of Rwanda and Burundi were killed in a plane crash.

Tuesday, April 5

Good morning

Today we will continue to study the causes/effects of World War I - Power point

Homework - View the power point (link above) and be able to discuss tomorrow.

The Century - World War 1

Current Events

Nova wins chip on buzzer beater

What to watch for in tonight's Wisconsin primaries

Kitty Genovese's killer dies

Today in History

1614

Pocahontas married John Rolfe.

1792

George Washington cast the first presidential veto.

1887

Anne Sullivan makes the breakthrough to Helen Keller by spelling "water" in the manual alphabet.

1951

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were sentenced to death for giving away atomic secrets to the Russians.

1955

Winston Churchill resigned as prime minister of Britain.

1971

Canadian Fran Phipps became the first woman to reach the North Pole.

1999

Libya gave over two suspects in the Lockerbie, Scotland Pan Am bombing.

Monday, April 4

Good morning!

Today we will begin studying impact of The Great War - later called World War I - on the US.

Mets lost, 4-3, to Royals last night
                                                 Yankees host Astros today at 1 p.m. (POSTPONED, now  tomorrow at 1)

Current Events
Men's Division I National Championship tonight - Villanova vs. N. Carolina

Tomorrow is the Wisconsin Presidential Primaries

2 killed in Amtrak crash near Philly

Today in History

1818

Congress adopted a U.S. flag with one star for each state.

1841

President William Henry Harrison died from pneumonia, one month after his inauguration.

1945

The Ohrdruf death camp was liberated from Nazi occupation.

1949

The treaty establishing the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) was signed.

1968

Martin Luther King, Jr., was assassinated.

1973

The ribbon was cut to open the World Trade Center in New York City.

1981

Henry Cisneros became the mayor of San Antonio, Texas: the first Hispanic mayor of a major U.S. city.

1983

Sally Ride became the first U.S. woman in space aboard the space shuttle Challenger.