Thursday, Nov 30

Good morning!

Today we will begin viewing "Glory"

Current Events
Study shows NY suburbs could use 250,000 more homes - LoHud

NYT Analysis - It started as a tax cut; now it could CHANGE American lives

Brexit cost rises as Britain retreats on some demands - NYT

Today in History

• 1804

  Supreme Court Justice Samuel Chase was tried for political bias.

• 1900

  Irish author Oscar Wilde died in Paris at age 46.

• 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!

Wednedsday, Nov 29

Good morning!

Today we will work on Regents questions

Current Events

Breaking - Matt Lauer fired from NBC - CNN

Video - Manhattanhenge visible today and tomorrow - LoHud

Galleria shooter turns himself in - THR

Giants stop Eli Manning's streak - NYP

Today in  History

• 1924

  Italian composer Giacomo Puccini died in Brussels before he could complete his opera "Turandot.'"

• 1929

  Commander Richard E. Byrd and a crew of three became the first to fly over the South Pole.

• 1947

  The United Nations voted to grant the Jewish people a homeland to be established in Palestine.

• 1963

  The Beatles released I Want to Hold Your Hand in Great Britain.

• 1986

  Actor Cary Grant died in Davenport, Iowa, at age 82.

• 2001

  Beatle George Harrison died of cancer.

Tuesday, Nov 28

Good morning!

Today we will finish America The Story of US

Current Events
Two accused of stealing snow blowers in Stony Point - LoHud

Section 1 drops County Center for playoffs - LoHud

Police have still not captured suspect in Galleria mall shooting - THR

Today in History

• 1520

  Portuguese explorer Ferdinand Magellan passed through the strait which bears his name to the Pacific ocean.

• 1919

  American-born Lady Astor became the first woman to take a seat on the British Parliament.

• 1942

  Almost 500 people died in the Coconut Grove nightclub fire in Boston.

• 1943

  Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin met in Tehran for their first meeting during World War II.

• 1964

  The U.S. spacecraft Mariner 4 launched—on its way to the first successful mission to Mars.

• 1990

  Margaret Thatcher resigned as prime minister of Great Britain; John Major took over.

Monday, November 27

Good morning!

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

Current Events
Anthony Senerchia, from Westchester, the man who created the Ice Bucket Challenge, dies at 46 - LoHud

2 injured after gun discharges at Middletown mall - LoHud

Today in History

• 1841

  Thirty-five Amistad survivors return to Africa.

• 1852

  Lord Byron's daughter Ada died. She had assisted Charles Babbage with his "analytical engine" and is credited with inventing computer language.

• 1895

  Alfred Nobel signed his last will, which established the Nobel Prize.

• 1910

  New York's Pennsylvania Station opened.

• 1953

  Playwright Eugene O'Neill died in Boston at age 65.

• 1970

  Pope Paul VI was attacked at the Manila airport by a Bolivian painter disguised as a priest.

• 1973

  Gerald R. Ford was confirmed by the Senate to become vice president, succeeding Spiro T. Agnew.

• 2003

  President Bush secretly flew to Iraq to spend Thanksgiving with the troops.

Wednesday, November 22

Good morning!

Today we will work on our DBQ.


Current Events
Uber data breach; effects 57 million - NYT

Today in History

• 1497

  Portuguese explorer Vasco de Gama became the first navigator to sail around the Cape of Good Hope in his search for a sea route to India.

• 1718

  Edward Teach, better known as Blackbeard the pirate, was killed off the east coast of North America.

• 1842

  Mount St. Helens in Washington state erupted. Ash fallout reached as far as 48 mi away.

• 1906

  "S-O-S" was adopted as a distress signal at the International Radio Telegraphic Convention in Berlin.

• 1943

  President Franklin Roosevelt, British prime minister Winston Churchill, and Chinese leader Chiang Kai-shek met in Cairo to discuss measures for defeating Japan.

• 1963

  President John F. Kennedy was assassinated while riding in a motorcade in Dallas.

• 1990

  Margaret Thatcher announced her resignation as prime minister of the United Kingdom.

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Tuesday, November 21

Good morning!

Today we will work on a DBQ from the June, 2015 US Regents. It will be due when you return to school on Monday, Nov 27

Current Events
Thruway Authority defends "cashless" tolls - LoHud

Justice Dept sues to block AT&T - Time Warner merger - NYT

Today in History

• 1783

  With the Marquis d'Arlandes, Pilâtre de Rozier made the first free flight in a balloon, reaching a peak altitude of about 3,000 ft and traveling about 5 1/2 mi in 20 min.

• 1789

  North Carolina became the 12th state.

• 1922

  Georgia's Rebecca Felton was sworn into the U.S. Senate, becoming the first woman U.S. Senator.

• 1934

  Cole Porter's musical Anything Goes opened in New York City.

• 1969

  For the first time since 1930, the U.S. Senate rejected a Supreme Court nominee, Clement Haynsworth.

• 1973

  The 18 1/2 min gap in the Richard Nixon Watergate tapes was revealed.

• 1991

  Egypt's Boutros Boutros-Ghali was chosen to become secretary-general by the UN Security Council.

Monday, November 20

Good morning!

Today we will finish our studies of Andrew Jackson

Current Events
NYC didn't notice error that got thousands of tickets dismissed - NYP

Charles Manson dead at 83; NYT

Call it Splitsville, NY; Hasidic enclave to get its own town - NYT

Today in History

• 1789

  New Jersey became the first state to ratify the Bill of Rights.

• 1910

  Francisco Madero began an armed revolt against the president of Mexico, Porfirio Diaz.

• 1945

  The war crimes trials of 24 German World War II leaders began in Nuremberg, Germany.

• 1947

  The future Queen Elizabeth II married Philip Mountbatten, Duke of Ediburgh.

• 1962

  President John F. Kennedy agreed to lift the American blockade of Cuba, ending the Cuban missile crisis.

• 1975

  Spain's General Francisco Franco died.

• 2000

  Peru's president Alberto Fujimori resigned.

Friday, November 17

Good morning!

Today we will work on Ch 9 Key Terms

Current Events
Subway and bridge tolls going up again - LoHud

House passes tax cut bill; Senate hopes to follow next week - NYT

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.

• 1869

  The Suez Canal opened in Egypt.

• 1917

  Sculptor Auguste Rodin died in Meudon, France.

• 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.

• 1973

  President Nixon said "I am not a crook."

• 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.

Thursday, November 16

Good morning!

Today we will study the life of Andrew Jackson and the impact of his presidency.

40 years ago - Saturday Night Fever soundtrack released

Current Events

Rockland drug court graduates take "hard way" out of addiction - LoHud

Georgia students will share in $3 million after intrusive searches by schools - NYT

Leonardo da Vinci painting sells at $450.3 million at auction yesterday - NYT

Overnights in Walmart parking lots - NYT

Today in History

• 1864

  General Sherman and his 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.

Tuesday, November 14

Good morning!

Today we will finish power point of 11/9

Current Events
Recalling Rockland before Tappan Zee Bridge (1955) - LoHud

Justice Dept to look into Clinton Foundation - NYT

Today in History

• 1851

  Herman Melville's novel Moby Dick was published.

• 1889

  Nellie Bly set out to beat Jules Verne's fictional Phileas Fogg's time of 80 days to travel around the world. She did it in 72.

• 1922

  The British Broadcasting Corporation began its domestic radio service.

• 1969

  Apollo 12, the second manned lunar expedition, was launched.

• 1995

  The U.S. federal government began a partial shut down of government services after the U.S. Congress could not pass a budget.

• 2002

  Nancy Pelosi of California became the first woman to lead a party in Congress.

• 2003

  The most distant object ever found in our solar system, named Sedna, was discovered by astronomers at the Mount Palomar Observatory.

Monday, November 13

Good morning!

Today we will continue to work on the power point from Thursday, Nov 9th

Current Events
Petition circulating to drop Cuomo name from new bridge - LoHud

Earthquake kills more than 300 at Iran-Iraq border - NYT

Ugg boots are killing your knees - NYP

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, November 9

Good morning!

Tomorrow Veteran's Day is observed, but Veteran's Day is really celebrated on November 11th - Here is the history behind it - Fox

Today we will begin Era of Good feeling power point

Current Events
Federal tax plan would cost North Rockland residents more $$ - LoHud

Why the Texas shooting could draw Apple back into security debate - NYT

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 as Kristallnacht (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 and parts of Canada went dark for more than 13 hours.

• 1970

  Former French president Charles De Gaulle died at age 79.

• 1989

  Borders between East and West Germany were opened and the Berlin Wall began to be dismantled the next day.

Wednesday, Nov 8

Good morning!

Today we will work on Ch 8 Key Terms

Current Events 
Day re-elected as County Executive in Rockland - LoHud

First sections of old TZ Bridge down - LoHud

Now you can tweet in 280 characters - NYT

Today in History

• 1889

  Montana became the 41st state.

• 1892

  Former president Grover Cleveland beat incumbent Benjamin Harrison and became the only president to win nonconsecutive terms in the White House.

• 1923

  Adolf Hitler attempted, and failed, to seize control of the German government in the Beer Hall Putsch.

• 1960

  John F. Kennedy defeated Richard M. Nixon for the presidency of the United States.

• 1966

  Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts became the first African American to be elected to the U.S. Senate since Reconstruction.

• 1994

  After a 40-year Democrat domination, the Republican Party gained control of the U.S. House of Representatives, as well as a Senate majority.

• 2016

• Republican Donald Trump defeats Democrat Hillary Clinton. Trump wins the Electoral vote, Clinton won the popular vote.

Monday, Nov 6

Good morning!

Today we will finish America Story of US

Current Events
Gunman kills at least 26 in Texas church, at least 20 more injured - NYT

Our smartphone is killing us, says new study - NYP

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).

• 1893

  Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky died in St. Petersburg, Russia, at age 53.

• 1913

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

Friday, November 3

Good morning!

Today we will view America Story of US, Westward

Current Events
President Trump's twitter account shut down for 11 minutes last night - NYT

I phone 10's are selling quicker than first thought - NYT

Today in History

• 1839

  The first Opium War between China and Britain broke out.

• 1903

  Panama proclaimed its independence from Colombia.

• 1952

  Clarence Birdseye marketed the first frozen peas.

• 1957

  The Soviet Union sent the first animal, a dog named Laika, into space aboard the Sputnik II. Laika died in orbit.

• 1986

  A Lebanese magazine broke the story of U.S. arms sales to Iran, leading to the Iran-Contra affair.

• 1992

  Carol Moseley-Braun became the first black woman elected to the U.S. Senate.

• 2004

  Hamid Karzai was declared the winner in Afghanistan's first presidential election.

Thursday, Nov 2

Good morning!

Today we will work on Ch 7 Key Terms

Homework -Read p 212 - 218 and answer #2 &3

Current Events
Halloween attack in Manhattan was planned to maximize death - NYT

9 weeks after Hurricane Harvey, Houston celebrates a World Series - NYT

This SI cover is from June 30, 2014 and accurately predicted the Astros would win the WS in 2017 and George Springer would be the MVP!

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.

• 2003

  V. Gene Robinson was consecrated as bishop by the U.S. Episcopal Church, becoming the first openly gay bishop in the church.

Wednesday, Nov 1

Good morning!

Today we will answer questions off the power point in class

World Series Game 7 tonight in Los Angeles

Current Events
8 killed in "act of terror" in Manhattan - NYT

Super crane readying for TZB demolition - LoHud

Study shows humans love dogs more than other people - NYP
Today in History

• 1512

  Michelangelo's paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel were shown to the public for the first time.

• 1755

  Earthquake, fires, and tsunami leveled Lisbon and claimed 70,000 lives.

• 1765

  The Stamp Act, the first direct tax on the American colonies, went into effect.

• 1870

  The U.S. Weather Bureau made its first meteorological observations.

• 1936

  Benito Mussolini described the new alliance between Nazi Germany and Italy as an "axis" running between Berlin and Rome.

• 1952

  The United States exploded the first hydrogen bomb in a test in the Marshall Islands.

• 1993

  The Maastricht Treaty was enacted, establishing the European Union.