Tuesday, Feb 28

Good morning!

Today we will begin exploring the effects of patronage, Boss Tweed, immigration and other topics of the 1870's and 1880's

Ithaca SD power point - Boss Tweed and his friends.....

Homework - Read 436-439; answer questions 2-4

Current Events
What to watch for during President Trump's address to a joint session of Congress tonight, 9 p.m. - NYT

2 lucky civilians will go to the moon in 2018 - NYP

Mary Nagle basketball tournament to end this year - TJN

Today in History

1784

John Wesley issues “Deed of Declaration” formally establishing the Methodist Church.

1849

The steamship California landed in San Francisco, bringing the first East Coasters to the Gold Rush.

1916

Henry James, American novelist and critic, died.

1948

The last British troops left India.

1953

James Watson and Francis Crick described their theory that two DNA strands were coiled in a double helix.

1983

The final episode of M*A*S*H aired. It was the most watched television program in history.

1986

Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme was shot to death in central Stockholm.

1993

Four federal agents were killed in Waco, Texas, after they tried to serve an arrest warrant for weapons charges on Branch Davidian sect leader David Koresh, starting a 51-day standoff.

Monday, Feb 27

Welcome Back! I hope you enjoyed your break!

Today we will work on June, 2015 Regents

Current Events
Oscar's biggest blunder ever - CNN

Today in History
1844

Dominican Republic gained independence from Haiti.

1933

German Reichstag building in Berlin was destroyed by fire.

1951

The 22nd Amendment to the Constitution was ratified, limiting the President to two terms.

1973

Members of the American Indian Movement occupied the village of Wounded Knee, S.D.

1991

Kuwait was liberated in the Gulf War.

2003

Fred Rogers, of Mister Rogers' Neighborhood, died.

2012

Ali Abdullah Saleh stepped down as president of Yemen after months of protests.

Thursday, Feb 16

Good morning!

Today we will finish America, Story of US

Current Events
Legacy of Rio Olympics - 6 months later, broken promises - NYT

What we know about the Trump campaign, the White House and Russia - CNN

Today in History

1804

U.S. frigate Philadelphia, captured and held by Barbary pirates at Tripoli during the Tripolitan War, was set fire to and destroyed by a small group of men led by Stephen Decatur.

1918

Lithuania proclaimed its independence from Russia.

1923

The tomb of King Tutankhamen, discovered in 1922, was opened.

1937

Nylon was patented.

1959

Fidel Castro became the leader of Cuba after having ousted the right-wing dictator Fulgencio Batista.

1968

The country's first 911 phone system went into service in Haleyville, Ala.

1999

Turkish commandos captured Kurdish rebel leader Abdullah Ocalan in Kenya, sparking seizures of embassies in Europe by Kurds.

Wednesday, Feb 15

Good morning!

Today we will continue viewing America, Story of US - Heartland

Current Events
40 years later, Etan Patz's killer brought to justice - NYT

Gov. Cuomo blocks NYC plastic bag law - NYT

Ramapo Central applies to NY state to change its' name to Suffern Central - TJN

Today in History

1764

St. Louis, Mo., was founded as a French fur-trading post.

1879

President Rutherford Hayes signed a bill allowing female attorneys to argue cases before the Supreme Court.

1898

USS Maine blew up in Havana harbor, touching off the Spanish-American War.

1913

The New York Armory Show opened, introducing America to Picasso, Duchamp, and Matisse.

1933

Chicago Mayor Anton J. Cermak was killed in an assassination attempt on president-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt in Miami.

1965

The Maple Leaf Flag officially became the new national flag of Canada.

1989

More than 100,000 Soviet troops withdrew from Afghanistan almost 10 years after the USSR invaded the country.

2002

Olympics officials resolved the judging scandal by awarding Canadian pairs figure skaters Jamie Sale and David Pelletier a gold medal while allowing the Russians, Elena Berezhnaya and Anton Sikharulidze, to keep their medal.

2003

Millions of protesters around the world demonstrated against the threat of a U.S. war on Iraq.

2012

A prison fire in Comayagua, Honduras killed 360.

Monday, Feb 13

Good morning!

Today we will view America, The Story of US - Heartland

Did you see this video over the weekend - What a moment!

Current Events
Thousands in California told to evacuate their homes due to flooding - NYT

2017 Grammy Winners - NYT

Today in History

1866

The gang that included Jesse James and Cole Younger committed their first bank robbery in Liberty, Mo.

1867

Johann Strauss's Blue Danube waltz premiered in Vienna.

1935

Bruno Hauptmann was found guilty of murder in the Lindbergh kidnapping case.

1960

France exploded its first atomic bomb.

1974

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, who won the 1970 Nobel Prize for literature, was deported from the Soviet Union.

2002

The French judge was accused of throwing the pairs skating decision to the Russians at the Olympics.

Friday, Feb 10

Good morning!

Today we will work on handout in class (finish for homework)

How "Billy Da Weather Guy" predicted the big storm yesterday - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXYzOi-idFY

Current Events
Trump loses bid to reinstate travel ban - NYT

How NYC Gets its electricity - NYT

Driver dies after 18-wheeler blown off Chesapeake Bay Bridge/Tunnel - NYP

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.

Wednesday, Feb 8

Good morning!

Today we will finish the Power Point on Farmers and Populism.

Current Events
Before the Wall - Life along the border -  NYT Interactive story

New York's middle class is being left behind - NYP Editorial

Today in History

1587

Mary Queen of Scots was beheaded.

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.

Tuesday, Feb 7

Good morning!

Today we will examine the economic and social movements in the period after Reconstruction.

Current Events
Crack in Antartic crack grew 17 miles in the past 2 months - NYT

Trump claims news media downplays terror attacks - NYT

Today in History

1795

The 11th Amendment to the Constitution was ratified.

1904

Disastrous fire destroyed more than 1,500 buildings in downtown Baltimore.

1926

Carter G. Woodson founded Negro History Week, which later evolved into Black History Month.

1964

The Beatles arrived in the U.S. for the first time.

1971

Women in Switzerland were finally granted suffrage.

1974

The island of Grenada won its independence from Britain

1986

President Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier fled Haiti.

1990

The Communist Party of the Soviet Union allowed other parties to compete for power.

1991

Jean-Bertrand Aristide sworn in as first democratically-elected president of Haiti.

Monday, Feb 6

Good morning!

Today we will work on Ch 13 S1 & 2 handout in class.

What a tremendous comeback by the Patriots! 1st time a team came back from 25 in the Super Bowl and the first time the Super Bowl went to overtime.

Current Events

People took the plunge at Stony Point's Polar Plunge yesterday. Were you one of them? TJN

Man arrested in August slaying of jogger - NYT

Today in History

1788

Massachusetts ratified the U.S. Constitution, becoming the sixth state to join the Union.

1804

Joseph Priestley, British chemist, died. His work on the isolation of gases led him to discover oxygen in 1774.

1899

The Spanish-American War ended when a peace treaty between Spain and the United States was signed.

1933

The 20th Amendment to the Constitution, which set the date for the president's inauguration on Jan. 20, was adopted.

1935

The popular board game Monopoly® went on sale for the first time.

1952

Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain.

1952

Astronaut Alan B. Shepard hit a golf ball and Edgar Mitchell threw a "javelin" on the moon. They landed in the same crater and remain on the Moon today.

2001

Ariel Sharon was elected prime minister of Israel.

2012

The Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II marked the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne.

Friday, Feb 3

Good morning!

Today, 58 years ago, is the "Day the Music Died"  (1959; the song American Pie by Don McLean is about this event)

We will continue to work on the Reconstruction era and begin to look at it's long reaching effects.

Current Events
Stony Point Selals annual Polar Plunge this weekend - TJN

New York's Football Hall of Fame (in honor of Super Bowl weekend) - NYT

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.

1959

Rock singers, Buddy Holly, Richie Valens, and Big Bopper died in a plane crash.

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.

Thursday, Feb 2

Good morning!

Today is Groundhog Day in the US.  UPDATE!!!!!! Puxatawney Phil saw his shadow - 6 more weeks of winter!   8:12 am

We will work on Key Terms for Ch 13/14

Current Events

Girl expelled after suing to be on boys basketball team - NYP

Day care's "Get off your phone" sign goes viral - NYP

TZ Bridge tolls to rise says NYS Thruway Authority head in West Haverstraw yesterday - TJN

Today in History

1536

The city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was founded by Spanish conquistador Pedro de Mendoza.

1709

Scottish sailor Alexander Selkirk, the inspiration for Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe, was rescued after four years alone on an island off the coast of Chile.

1848

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War, was signed. In the treaty, Mexico ceded to the United Statesa huge portion of what is today the American West and Southwest, including California and New Mexico.

1870

The Cardiff Giant was revealed to be a hoax.

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.

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.

2003

Czech Republic President Vaclav Havel stepped down after 13 years.

Wednesday, Feb 1

Good morning!

Today we will continue to work on Reconstruction.

Reconstruction of US video (from class)

Homework - Complete handout.

Current Events
Neil Gorsuch nominated to US Supreme Court - NYT

Tracy Morgan at Bounce last weekend in Valley Cottage - TJN

Boston Marathon bombing survivor to marry Boston firefighter who saved her - NYP

Today in History

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 were lost.

2004

Janet Jackson's famous "wardrobe malfunction" occurred at Super Bowl XXXVIII.

2009

Johanna Sigurdardottir takes office as Iceland's first female prime minister.