Tuesday, Oct 31

Good morning!  Happy Halloween!

Today we will continue the power point.

Current Events
Getting the keys to a Habitat home in Haverstraw - LoHud

Special Prosecutor Mueller hands out first indictments - NYT

Today in History

• 1517

  Martin Luther posted the 95 Theses on the door of the Wittenberg Palace church, marking the start of the Protestant Reformation in Germany.

• 1846

  A heavy snowfall trapped the Donner Party in the Sierra Nevada mountains.

• 1864

  Nevada became the 36th state.

• 1941

  Work on the Mount Rushmore monument was completed.

• 1956

  Rear Admiral G. J. Dufek became the first person to land an airplane at the South Pole.

• 1984

  Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated.

• 1992

  Pope John Paul II admitted that the Roman Catholic Church had erred in convicting Galileo of heresy 350 years earlier.

Monday, October 30

Good morning!

Today we will view power point on Launching the New Nation

Current Events
Stony Point Police Dept celebrates 50 years - LoHud

Recovery efforts continue in Rockland, 5 years after Superstorm Sandy - LoHud

Former President Obama summoned for jury duty in Cook County, Illinois - NYT
Today in History

• 1534

  The English parliament passed the Act of Supremacy, making King Henry VIII head of the English church.

• 1938

  Radio broadcast of The War of the Worlds, starring Orson Welles, caused nationwide panic among listeners.

• 1944

  Martha Graham's ballet Appalachian Spring, with music by Aaron Copland, premiered.

• 1953

  Gen. George C. Marshall won the Nobel Peace Prize for originating the Marshall Plan.

• 1974

  Muhammad Ali knocked out George Foreman in the eighth round of a 15-round bout in Kinshasa, Zaire ("rumble in the jungle") to regain his world heavyweight title.

Friday, October 27

Good morning!

Today we will begin Ch 6 Key Terms

Current Events
Stony Point Library expansion on next month's ballot. LoHud

2,800 JFK files released last night; 6 month moratorium on some - NYT

Fascinating story on JFK assassination - Umbrella Man - NYT

Today in History

• 1787

  The first of the Federalist Papers, which called for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution, was published.

• 1904

  New York City's first rapid transit subway, the IRT, opened.

• 1938

  Du Pont announced that it would name its new synthetic yarn nylon.

• 1978

  Egyptian President Anwar Sadat and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin were named winners of the Nobel Peace Prize for their work toward a Middle East accord.

• 1997

  The Dow Jones industrial average fell 554.26 points, forcing the stock market to shut down.

• 2004

  After an 86 year wait, the Boston Red Sox finally captured a World Series trophy.

Thursday, Oct 26

Good morning!

Today we will complete Constitution

Homework - Read 182-187 and answer questions 2 & 3

Current Events
Mississippi students need permission to read, "To Kill a Mockingbird" - NYP

Legoland is approved in Orange County, building begins Nov 1. It will open in 2020 and NYS has kicked in $25 million - THR

Today's the day; JFK papers to be released after 50 years - NYT

Today in History

• 1774

  The First Continental Congress adjourned in Philadelphia.

• 1825

  The Erie Canal, connecting Lake Erie to the Hudson River, opened.

• 1881

  Wyatt Earp, his two brothers, and Doc Holliday were involved in the gunfight at the O.K. Corral in Tombstone, Arizona.

• 1975

  Anwar Sadat became the first Egyptian president to pay an official visit to the United States.

• 1979

  South Korean president Park Chung Hee was killed by the head of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency.

• 1994

  Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin of Israel and Prime Minister Abdel Salam Majali of Jordan signed a peace treaty in a ceremony attended by President Clinton.

• 2002

  Russian government forces stormed the Moscow theater held by Chechen rebels. More than 100 hostages were killed.

• 2005

  The Chicago White Sox sweep the Houston Astros to win their first World Series in 88 years.

Wednesday, Oct 25

Good morning!

Today we will finish up the power point from Monday, 10/23

Current Events
For Haverstraw's Dominguez, community is the family business - LoHud

4 Republicans sound alarm on Trump. Will others follow? NYT

Clinton campaign and Democratic party helped pay for Russia Trump Dossier - NYT

Today in History

• 1400

  Geoffrey Chaucer died in London.

• 1415

  The Battle of Agincourt between England and France during the Hundred Years War took place.

• 1760

  King George III of Britain was crowned.

• 1854

  The Charge of the Light Brigade took place at Balaklava during the Crimean War.

• 1962

  John Steinbeck was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature.

• 1971

  The U.N. General Assembly voted to admit mainland China and expel Taiwan.

• 1983

  The United States invaded the Caribbean nation of Grenada.

Tuesday, Oct 24

Good morning!

Today we will continue the power point from yesterday.

Current Events
North Rockland students turn Haverstraw a little creepy - LoHud

Like going back in time; Puerto Ricans use survival skills to get by - NYT

Today in History

• 1648

  The treaties for the Peace of Westphalia were signed, ending the Thirty Years War, ultimately destroying the Holy Roman Empire, and ushering in the modern European state system.

• 1901

  Anna Edson Taylor became the first person to survive going over Niagara Falls in a barrel.

• 1931

  The George Washington Bridge, connecting New York and New Jersey, opened to traffic.

• 1939

  Nylon stockings were sold publicly for the first time, in Wilmington, Del.

• 1940

  The 40-hour work week went into effect under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938.

• 1945

  The United Nations officially came into being as its charter took effect.

• 1992

  The Toronto Blue Jays became the first non-U.S. team to win the World Series.

• 2003

  The last Concordes landed in London, ending supersonic air travel.

• 2005

  Civil rights activist Rosa Parks, 92, died.

Monday, Oct 23

Good morning!

Today we will work on the US Constitution

Current Events
Did you know that the LA Dodgers were once Brooklyn's own? NYT

President Trump to visit Senate and discuss taxes, health care - CNN

Today in History

• 1915

  25,000 women marched in New York City, demanding the right to vote.

• 1946

  The United Nations General Assembly convened in New York for the first time.

• 1973

  President Richard Nixon agreed to turn White House tape recordings requested by the Watergate special prosecutor over to Judge John J. Sirica.

• 1983

  A suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International airport in Lebanon killed 241 U.S. Marines and sailors.

• 2002

  Chechen rebels seized a crowded Moscow theater, taking hundreds hostage. Russian forces stormed the building the next day.

• 2003

  Madame Chiang Kai-shek died at age 105.

Friday, Oct 20

Good morning!

Today we will finish up America Story of Us; wrap up US Constitution

Answers to Constitution sheet - 1) Y 2.2, 2) No 3.3, 3) Yes 3.4, 4) No 6.1, 5) No 6.2, 6) Yes 5.2, 7) No 7.3, 8) No 9.3, 9) No 10.2, 10) Yes 5..1, 11) No 7.2, 12) Yes 10.3

Articles 2 & 3 - 1) Yes, 2) Yes, 3) No, 4) No, 5) No, 6) Yes, 7) Yes, 8) Yes, 9) Yes, 10) No  Article 3 - 11) No, 12) No, 13) Yes, 14) No, 15) Yes, 16) No

Current Events
Planned transmission lines re-routed? Stony Point and Haverstraw residents need to view this - LoHud

Video - Historic Stony Point cemetery and transmission lines - LoHud (goes with article above it)

A boom in credit cards; great news for banks, for us, not so much - NYT

Today in History

• 1803

  The Senate ratified the Louisiana Purchase.

• 1944

  Gen. Douglas MacArthur returned to the Philippines, 30 months after he said "I shall return."

• 1947

  The U.S. House Un-American Activities Committee opened meetings about alleged Communist infiltration in the Hollywood film industry.

• 1964

  The 31st president of the United States, Herbert Hoover, died in New York at age 90.

• 1968

  Jacqueline Kennedy married Aristotle Onassis.

• 1973

  During the Watergate scandal, Attorney General Elliot L. Richardson and Deputy Attorney General William B. Ruckelshaus resigned and special prosecutor Archibald Cox was dismissed by President Nixon in what came to be known as the "Saturday Night Massacre."

• 2011

  Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi is killed by rebel troops in Surt, Libya, his hometown.

Thursday, Oct 19

Good morning!

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

Current Events

How the Nike designs for an NBA athlete - NYT

County Executive race - Day vs. Porette - LoHud

Today in History

• 1781

  British General Cornwallis surrendered to General George Washington at Yorktown, Va., bringing an end to the last major battle of the American Revolution.

• 1812

  French troops under Napoleon Bonaparte began their retreat from Moscow.

• 1960

  The United States imposes a partial embargo on goods exported to Cuba.

• 1983

  The Senate passed a bill (78–22) making Martin Luther King, Jr.'s, birthday a public holiday.

• 1987

  The stock market crashed on what came to be known as "Black Monday." Stocks dropped a record 508 points, or 22.6%, topping the drops on October 28 and 29 in 1929 that ushered in the Great Depression.

Wednesday, October 18

Good morning!

Today we will view America, Story of US - Revolution

Yankees tied the ALCS at 2-2. Game 5 is tonight at 5:08 p.m.

Current Events
Filming in Rockland is on the rise - LoHud

Private Ramapo school can rent Boulders Stadium for its classes - LoHud

Today in History

• 1469

  Ferdinand II of Aragón married Isabella of Castile, uniting Spain and making it a dominant world power.

• 1685

  Louis XIV revoked the Edict of Nantes.

• 1767

  The boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania, the Mason-Dixon line, was agreed upon.

• 1867

  The United States took possession of Alaska from Russia.

• 1912

  The first Balkan War broke out.

• 1931

  Inventor Thomas Alva Edison died in West Orange, N.J., at age 84.

• 1968

  The U.S. Olympic Committee suspended two black athletes for giving a "black power" salute during a victory ceremony at the Mexico City games.

• 2011

  Gilad Shalit, a 25-year-old Israeli soldier, is released after being held for more than five years by Hamas. He is exchanged for 1,000 Palestinian prisoners. Shalit had been held in Gaza since Palestinian militants kidnapped him in 2006.

Tuesday, Oct 17

Good morning!

Today we will work on handouts regarding the US Constitution. (Homework if not completed).

Current Events
Harvey Weinstein's fall opens the flood gates in Hollywood - NYT

Three weeks after Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico struggles to get back - NYT

Today in History

• 1777

  British Gen. Burgoyne surrendered in Saratoga, N.Y. during the American Revolution.

• 1931

  Mobster Al Capone was convicted of income tax evasion for which he was sentenced to 11 years in prison.

• 1933

  Albert Einstein arrived in the United States as a refugee from Nazi Germany.

• 1979

  Mother Theresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for her work with the poor in Calcutta, India.

• 1989

  An earthquake measuring 7.1 in magnitude killed 67 and injured over 3,000 in San Francisco.

• 2011

  Occupy Wall Street, an organized protest in New York's financial district, expands to other cities across the U.S., including Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Occupy Wall Street defines itself as a group of activists who stand against corporate greed, social inequality, and the disproportion between the rich and poor.

Monday, Oct 16

Good morning!

Today we will finish the power point on effects of American Revolution and creation of government

Current Events
Colin Kaepernick files a grievance against the NFL - NYT

The world once laughed at the thought of North Korea as a cyber power - No More - NYT

ATM fees in NYC area are out of control - NYP

Today in History

• 1793

  French queen Marie Antoinette was guillotined for treason.

• 1859

  Abolitionist John Brown and his men captured the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry.

• 1916

  Margaret Sanger opened the first birth-control clinic in New York City.

• 1962

  The Cuban Missile Crisis began.

• 1964

  China detonated its first atomic bomb.

• 1978

  John Paul II was elected pope.

• 1995

  Hundreds of thousands of black men gathered in Washington for the "Million Man March" led by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.

• 2001

  Twelve Senate offices were closed when a letter to Sen. Tom Daschle was found to contain anthrax.

• 2002

  The White House announced that North Korea had disclosed the existence of a secret nuclear weapons program.

Friday the 13th (October)

Good morning!

Today we will work on the effects of the Revolution and the first government (Articles of Confederation). Here is the Articles of Confederation power point from class

Current Events
Have you Ubered? Its' popular outside of Manhattan - NYT

Did TZB demolition leak chemicals into Hudson? LoHud

Today in History

• 1775

  The Continental Congress authorized the construction of a naval fleet.

• 1792

  The cornerstone of the White House was laid.

• 1843

  The Jewish organization B'nai B'rith was founded.

• 1903

  Boston defeated Pittsburgh in the first World Series.

• 1943

  Italy declared war on Germany, its former Axis partner, during World War II.

• 1974

  Ed Sullivan died in New York City at age 72.

• 1981

  Egypt's vice president Hosni Mubarak was elected president, one week after Anwar Sadat'sassassination.

Thursday, Oct 12

Good morning!

Today we will examine the effects of the American Revolution on the new country

Yankees win; advance to ALCS against Houston!

Current Events
New Hempstead school approved without running water or power - LoHud

10 Hurricanes in 10 weeks; a 124-year-old record is matched - NYT

The Bronx's quiet war with opioids - NYT

At least 23 dead, hundreds missing in California wildfires - CNBC

Today in History

• 1492

  Columbus landed in present-day Bahamas.

• 1870

  Gen. Robert E. Lee died in Lexington, Va., at age 63.

• 1960

  Soviet premier Nikita Krushchev created a disturbance at the U.N. General Assembly by pounding his desk with his shoe.

• 1964

  The Soviets launched Voskhod I, the first space capsule to carry three people into orbit.

• 1999

  NBA Hall-of-Famer Wilt Chamberlain died at his Bel Air home at age 63.

• 2000

  17 U.S. sailors killed with the terrorist attack on the USS Colein Yemen.

• 2002

  A bomb destroyed a nightclub in Bali, killing 202, mostly tourists.

Wednesday, Oct 11

Good morning!

Today we will continue viewing America, The Story of US.

Yankees vs. Indians in deciding Game 5 tonight, 8 p.m.

Current Events
Nuclear waste stranded at Indian Point; Feds search for solution - LoHud

Seen from above; reduced to ash in California - NYT

Today in History

• 1779

  Polish patriot and American Revolutionary War commander Casimir Pulaski was killed in the battle of Savannah.

• 1899

  The Boer War began in South Africa.

• 1915

  English nurse Edith Cavell was executed by the Germans.

• 1939

  A letter from Albert Einstein was delivered to President Franklin D. Roosevelt concerning the possibility of atomic weapons.

• 1962

  The first session of Vatican II was convened by Pope John XXIII.

• 1968

  The first staffed Apollo mission, Apollo 7, was launched with astronauts Wally Schirra, Donn Fulton Eisele, and R. Walter Cunningham aboard.

• 1984

  Space shuttle Challenger astronaut, Kathryn Sullivan, became the first American woman to walk in space.

Tuesday, Oct 10

Good morning!

Today we will continue to examine the events of the American Revolution

Current Events
Northern California plagued by wild fires - NYT

Quandary in Las Vegas; what to do with the murder scene - NYT

Today in History

• 1845

  The U.S. Naval Academy opened in Annapolis, Md.

• 1886

  The tuxedo dinner jacket made its debut at a ball in Tuxedo Park, N.Y.

• 1911

  Sun Yat-sen's revolutionaries overthrew the Manchu dynasty in China.

• 1935

  George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess debuted on Broadway.

• 1943

  Chiang Kai-shek took the oath of office as president of China.

• 1970

  Fiji gained its independence from Great Britain.

• 1973

  Vice President Spiro Agnew resigned after being charged with tax evasion.

• 1985

  Actor and director Orson Welles died in Hollywood at age 70.

• 2001

  California representative Nancy Pelosi became minority whip.

• 2002

  The US Congress gave President Bush authorization to use military force against Iraq.