Wednesday, Jan 31

Good morning!

Did you watch the eclipse before school?Super Blue Blood moon today; first time in 150 years - NPR

Today we will - finish the terms for the assessment; take a practice regents exam.

Current Events
First Trump SOTU makes appeal for unity - NYT

What's new; what's ahead for the environment (especially Hudson River) - PJ

Today in History

• 1606

  Guy Fawkes, a co-conspirator in the Gunpowder Plot, was executed.

• 1865

  Robert E. Lee was appointed commander-in-chief of the Confederate forces.

• 1940

  The first social security check was issued to Ida Fuller for $22.54.

• 1958

  The first U.S. earth satellite, Explorer I, was launched.

• 1990

  The first McDonald's opened in Russia.

Tuesday, Jan 30

Good morning!

Today we will continue to prep for Mid-year assessment. (Thur & Fri 2/1, 2/2)

Homework - Please watch some/all of the State of the Union speech tonight at 9 p.m. on most channels. This speech is a constitutional requirement, that the president must give Congress and "update from time to time about the "State of the Union."

Current Events
Cleveland Indians to abandon "Chief Wahoo" logo next year - NYT

President Trump to deliver annual "State of the Union" speech, tonight at 9 p.m. - FN

Today in History

• 1649

  King Charles I of England was beheaded.

• 1933

  Adolf Hitler was named Chancellor of Germany.

• 1948

  Gandhi was assassinated.

• 1968

  North Vietnamese forces launched attacks against the South Vietnamese, beginning the Tet offensive.

• 1972

  British troops opened fire on civil rights marchers in Northern Ireland, sparking the "Bloody Sunday" massacre.

• 1979

  The Iranian civilian government announced that the exiled Ayatollah Khomeini would be allowed to return.

Monday, January 29

Good morning!

Today we will continue to review for the Mid-Year assessment. The assessment will be on Thursday, Feb 1st.

Current Events
The Corporate Giant behind cashless tolls - LoHud

Indian slavery once thrived in New Mexico. Latinos are finding family ties to it - NYT

US soldiers are revealing sensitive and dangerous information ........by jogging - Washington Post

Today in History

• 1802

  John Beckley became the first Librarian of Congress. He was paid $2 a day.

• 1845

  Edgar Allan Poe's The Raven was published.

• 1850

  Henry Clay introduced the Compromise of 1850 to the Senate.

• 1861

  Kansas became the 34th state in the United States.

• 1886

  Karl Benz received a patent for the first successful gasoline-driven car.

• 1936

  Ty Cobb, Babe Ruth, Honus Wagner, Christy Mathewson, and Walter Johnson were the first players elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

• 1963

  Poet Robert Frost died in Boston.

• 2002

  In his State of the Union address, President Bush labels Iraq, Iran, and North Korea an "axis of evil."

Thursday, January 25

Good morning!

Today we will continue to work on the mid-year review

Current Events
Rockland's hidden secret: Human trafficking - LoHud

Why family believes Alcatraz escapees survived their journey - NYP

Kentucky school shooting on Tuesday was the 11th in the US......this year -  NYT

Today in History

• 1890

  United Mine Workers of America was founded.

• 1915

  Alexander Graham Bell inaugurated transcontinental telephone service.

• 1924

  The first Winter Olympic games opened at Chamonix, France.

• 1961

  President John F. Kennedy held the first presidential news conference carried live on radio and television.

• 1971

  Charles Manson was found guilty of murdering Sharon Tate and six others.

Wednesday, January 24

Good morning!

Today we will continue with our mid-year review

Current Events 
Rockland unveils new crime tip texting app - LoHud

Suffern hockey father shares pain of his son's death from drug abuse - LoHud

Are you addicted to your phone? NYT

Today in History

• 41

  Roman emperor, Gaius Caesar, better known as Caligula(meaning Little Boot—he used to wear military boots as a child), was murdered.

• 1848

  Gold was first discovered in California, in Sutter's mill. When President Polk announced the news in December, the gold rush began.

• 1908

  Robert Baden-Powell organized the first Boy Scout troop in England.

• 1943

  The Casablanca Conference with Franklin D. Roosevelt and Winston Churchill concluded.

• 1965

  Winston Churchill died in London at age 90.

• 1972

  Japanese soldier Shoichi Yokoi was discovered in Guam, having spent 28 years hiding in the jungle thinking World War IIwas still going on.

• 1986

  Voyager Two space probe passes within 51,000 miles of Uranus.

• 1993

  The first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, died.

• 2003

  The Department of Homeland Security, under Tom Ridge, became a cabinet department.

Tuesday, January 23

Good morning!

Today we will continue to work on American history

Current Events
US Government shutdown ends after 3 days - NYT

Tsunami warning for Alaska and Hawaii after 7.9 earthquake this morning - CNN

NY Giants to hire new head coach; press conference Friday - NYP

Today in History

• 1556

  The deadliest earthquake on record killed 830,000 in Shansi, China.

• 1789

  Georgetown University established in what is now Washington, DC.

• 1849

  Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman physician in the U.S.

• 1964

  The 24th Amendment to the Constitution, barring poll taxes, was ratified.

• 1968

  North Korea seized the U.S. Navy ship Pueblo (the crew was released 11 months later.)

• 1973

  President Nixon announced that an accord had been reached to end the Vietnam War.

• 1989

  Salvador Dali died in Spain at age 84.

• 1993

  The first African-American to sit on the Supreme Court, Thurgood Marshall, died.

• 2002

  Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl was kidnapped by the National Movement for the Restoration of Pakistani Sovereignty.

• 2004

  Bob Keeshan, "Captain Kangaroo," died at age 76.

Monday, Jan 22

Good morning!

Today we will finish the power point

New England Patriots to face Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl 52 on Feb. 4th

Current Events
North Rockland's Katelyn Tuohy sets U.S., world record marks at Virginia Showcase - LoHud

Pediatric flu deaths in NY prompt vaccination calls - LoHud

Amazon set to open its grocery store without a checkout line to the public - USA Today

Today in History

• 1901

  Queen Victoria of England died after reigning for 63 years (the 4th longest among longest-reigning monarchs and the longest for queens).

• 1905

  500 workers were killed by the Czar's troops in "Bloody Sunday" in St. Petersburg.

• 1938

  Thornton Wilder's play Our Town first performed publicly in Princeton, N.J.

• 1973

  The Supreme Court legalized some abortions in Roe v. Wade.

• 1997

  The U.S. Senate confirmed Madeleine Albright as the first female secretary of state.

Thursday, Jan 18

Good morning!

Today we will continue to study period post Reconstruction (Thematic Essay from June 16 Regents)

Current Events 
North Rockland may finally get full day kindergarten - LoHud

TZB Cashless toll amnesty program to "wipe the slate clean" - LoHud

A billion dollar investment in NYC water - NYT

Today in History

• 1733

  The first polar bear was exhibited in America, in Boston.

• 1778

  Captain James Cook became the first European to visit the Sandwich Islands (Hawaii).

• 1782

  Daniel Webster was born in Salisbury, New Hampshire.

• 1788

  The First Fleet, carrying convicts and sheep, arrived in Australia's Botany Bay.

• 1912

  The ill-fated Scott expedition reached the South Pole, only to discover Amundsen had been there first.

• 1943

  The Nazi siege of Leningrad was broken.

• 1993

  All 50 states joined in the observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday.

Tuesday, January 16

Good morning!

Today we will work on Ch 14 handouts

Current Events

Funny Link

US Government shutdown looms this week - which party loses? NYT

For one Baltimore school, 7 killings in just 15 months - NYT

Today in History

• 1547

  Ivan the Terrible was crowned the first czar of Russia.

• 1883

  The U.S. Civil Service Commission established.

• 1920

  A year after it was ratified, the 18th Amendment to the Constitution, prohibiting the sale of alcoholic beverages, went into effect.

• 1942

  Actress Carole Lombard, the wife of actor Clark Gable, died in a plane crash.

• 1991

  Operation Desert Storm was announced by the White House.

• 1992

  The El Salvador government signed a peace treaty with guerrilla forces, formally ending 12 years of civil war.

• 2001

  Laurent Kabila, president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was assassinated.

• 2003

  Space shuttle Columbia blasted off on what would be its final mission. The craft broke up on its descent on Feb. 1, killing all on board.

Friday, January 12

Good morning!

Today we will continue to work on power points

Current Events
Nyack gives voice to its African American history - LoHud

Trump alleged to have slurred some foreign nations - NYT

Today in History

• 1773

  The first public museum in the U.S. was established in Charleston, S.C.

• 1896

  H. L. Smith took the first X-ray photograph. It was a hand with a bullet in it.

• 1915

  The U.S. House of Representatives rejected a proposal to give women the right to vote.

• 1932

  Hattie W. Caraway, a democrat from Arkansas became the first woman to be elected to the U.S. Senate.

• 1964

  One month after Zanzibar became independent, the ruling Zanzibar Nationalist Party was overthrown in a violent coup.

• 1991

  A divided Congress gave President Bush the go-ahead on the Persian Gulf War.

• 1998

  Nineteen European countries signed an agreement banning human cloning.

• 2010

  Haiti is dealt a catastrophic blow when a magnitude 7.0 earthquake strikes 10 miles southwest of Port-au-Prince, the country's capital. It is the region's worst earthquake in 200 years. The number of fatalities were between 46,000 and 85,000 people.

Thursday, January 11

Good morning!

Today we will continue to review the power points from this week.

Current Events
New Rochelle HS student stabbed to death in fight off campus - LoHud

Many of the original 21 Winter Olympic host cities would be too warm to host by 2050 - NYT

NYC battles oil companies over climate change - NYT

Today in History

• 1935

  Amelia Earhart became the first person to fly solo from Hawaii to California.

• 1964

  The first government report regarding the dangers of cigarette smoking was issued by the U.S. Surgeon General, Luther Terry.

• 1973

  Baseball's American League adopted the "designated hitter" rule which allowed another player to bat for the pitcher.

• 2002

  The first al-Qaeda prisoners arrive at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

• 2003

  Outgoing Illinois governor George Ryan cleared the state's death row by commuting the sentences of 167 inmates.

• 2011

  The Arab Spring movement begins in Tunisia when demonstrators take to the streets to protest chronic unemployment and police brutality.

Wednesday, Jan 10

Good morning!

Today we will finish Reconstruction power point and being Gilded Age power point

Current Events

California mudslides responsible for 13 deaths - NYT

Ice falls and destroys 18-year-old's car - THR

Deadly flu season hits California hard - NYT

Today in History

• 1776

  Thomas Paine's Common Sense, which greatly influenced the authors of the Declaration of Independence, was published.

• 1863

  The first underground passenger railway, the Metropolitan, opened in London.

• 1920

  The League of Nations came into existence.

• 1946

  The first General Assembly of the United Nations met in London.

• 1967

  The first African-American senator elected by popular vote, Edward Brooke of Massachusetts, took his seat.

• 1984

  The U.S. and the Vatican reestablished diplomatic relations after a 117-year break.

• 2003

  North Korea announced that it was withdrawing from the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.

Tuesday, Jan 9

Good morning!

Today we will continue to view the power point from yesterday.

Current Events
Thruway Authority offerstoll amnesty to those TZB drivers who don't have EZ Pass - LoHud

Alabama wins National Chamionship with halftime twist - NYT

US orders out over 200,000 Salvadorans must leave - NYT

Today in History

• 1788

  Connecticut became the 5th state in the United States.

• 1861

  Mississippi became the second state to secede from the Union.

• 1905

  The Russian Revolution of 1905 was sparked by troops firing on petitioners to Czar Nicholas in St. Petersburg.

• 1964

  Anti-American rioting broke out in the Panama Canal Zone.

• 1968

  Surveyor 7, the last of America's unmanned lunar probes, landed on the Moon.

Monday, Jan 8

Good morning!

Today we will review the end of Reconstruction period and rise of Rockefellers, Carnegies, Vanderbilts, etc.  Power point

Current Events
In New York, redrawing Flood maps is a game of inches - NYT

Some JFK travellers are still stranded from last week's storm - NYT

Why is it so cold? Climate change may be part of the answer - NYT

Meanwhile in Australia, Heat, Heat, HEAT - NYT

Today in History

• 1815

  The Battle of New Orleans, the last battle in the War of 1812, was fought.

• 1918

  Woodrow Wilson outlined his Fourteen Points peace program.

• 1958

  Bobby Fischer won the United States Chess Championship for the first time at age 14.

• 1959

  Charles de Gaulle became the first president of France's Fifth Republic.

• 1964

  President Lyndon Johnson announced his War on Poverty.

• 1982

  The AT&T Bell System telephone monopoly agreed to divest itself of 22 Bell System companies and split itself into seven "Baby Bells."

• 1998

  The mastermind of the 1993 World Trade Center bombing, Ramzi Yousef, was sentenced to life in prison.

• 2011

  Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords is among 17 shot by a gunman at a meeting outside a grocery store. Six people are fatally wounded, including United States District Court Judge John Roll, and a young girl. Police identify the gunman as Jared Lee Loughner.

Friday, January 5

Good morning!

We are on a 2-hour delay schedule

Today we will work on Ch 12 worksheets

Current Events
George Washington's former Rockland office - yes, Really! - sold for $1.6 million - LoHud

Today and tomorrow will feel like -25 degrees - LoHud

Dow Jones (Stock Market) tops 25,000 - NYT

Today in History

• 1896

  A German newspaper reported German physicist Wilhelm Roentgen's discovery of X-rays.

• 1914

  Henry Ford introduced the $5-a-day minimum wage.

• 1925

  Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman governor of a state (Wyoming).

• 1972

  President Nixon ordered the development of the space shuttle.

• 2000

  INS Commissioner Doris Meissner ruled that 6-year-old Elian Gonzalez must be returned to Cuba.

Wednesday, Jan 3

Good morning!

Today Guidance will be speaking with you about scheduling for the first 20 minutes of the period.

Current Events
North & South Korea reopen "hot line" between countries - NYT

The Case for the Subway - NYT

Today in History 

• 1521

  Martin Luther excommunicated by Pope Leo X.

• 1777

  George Washington defeated Cornwallis's forces at the Battle of Princeton.

• 1833

  Britain seized control of the Falkland Islands.

• 1870

  Construction of the Brooklyn Bridge began.

• 1920

  The New York Yankees acquired Babe Ruth and so began the "curse of the Bambino" that haunted the Boston Red Sox until 2004.

• 1947

  Congressional proceedings were televised for the first time.

• 1958

  Sir Edmund Hillary reached the South Pole overland.

• 1959

  Alaska became the 49th state in the United States.

• 1962

  Pope John XXIII excommunicated Fidel Castro.

• 1967

  Jack Ruby, the man who shot John Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, died.

• 1987

  Aretha Franklin became the first woman to be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

• 1990

  Manuel Noriega surrendered to U.S. forces.