Wednesday, February 28

Good morning!

Today we will view power point - Life at beginning of 20th century

Down the Hudson, 1903

NYC - Along the East River, 1903

Oldest Footage of NYC

Current Events
How safe are Rockland's restaurants - LoHud

Flying taxis may be years away, but groundwork is accelerating - NYT

Dick's Sporting Goods to stop selling assault rifles - NYT


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 stan

Tuesday, Feb 27

Good morning!

Today we will look at Chapter 15 power point to review

Ch 16 power point

Current Events
Lower Hudson Valley Superintendents want gun control, more mental health funding for schools - LoHud

Informational meetings set regarding controversial Power Express line proposed for Stony Point and Haverstraw - LoHud

A village drowning in Louisiana - NYT

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.

Monday, Feb 26

Good morning!

Welcome Back! Hope you had an enjoyable week off!

Today we will begin to study late 1800's

Current Events
Metro-North could be coming to Woodbury Commons - LoHud

Measles caution in Hudson Valley - LoHud

Stoneman Douglass students begin to return to campus, ahead of Wednesday's opening - NYT

Today in History

• 1815

  Napoleon Bonaparte escaped from exile on the island of Elba.

• 1870

  A 312-ft long pneumatic subway was opened in New York City; funding for a larger version never materialized.

• 1901

  Leaders of the Boxer Uprising in China, Chi-hsui and Hsu Cheng-yu, were beheaded.

• 1919

  Grand Canyon National Park was established.

• 1935

  RADAR (Radio Detection and Ranging) was first demonstrated by Robert Watson-Watt.

• 1993

  A bomb exploded at the World Trade Center in New York. The blast killed six people and injured more than 1,000.

Friday, Feb 16

Good morning!

Today we will finish the power point.

Enjoy your break!!!!!

Current Events
Haverstraw unveils water front development project - LoHud

Contaminated soil case at Sloatsburg park heads to court - LoHud

These are the victims of the Fla. school shooting - 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.

Thursday, Feb 15

Good morning!

Today we will continue power point from 2/14 on Boss Tweed

Current Events
17 dead in Florida school shooting; number could rise - NYT

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.

Wednesday, Feb 14

Good morning!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Today we will finish up power point from yesterday (P3) and begin power point on Boss Tweed and friends - Ithaca SD

Current Events
Family left on road over $12, 000 in unpaid tolls - LoHud

Are you ready for the post text future - NYT

Today in History

• 1859

  Oregon became the 33rd state in the United States.

• 1912

  Arizona became the 48th state in the United States.

• 1920

  The League of Women Voters was founded.

• 1929

  Members of Al Capone's gang killed rival gang members in the St. Valentine's Day massacre.

• 1989

  Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini issued a fatwa, calling for the death of Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses.

• 2001

  The Kansas Board of Education reversed its 1999 ruling and restored evolution to the state's science curriculum.

• 2003

  Dolly the sheep, the first cloned mammal, was euthanized because of incurable lung cancer.

Tuesday, Feb 13

Good morning!

Today we will view power point on Captains of Industry

Current Events
Concerns about expansion of Stony Point Dunkin Donuts - LoHud

How to help Rockland students fight the flu - LoHud

Hot, dry weather pattern brings concerns in California about another drought - NYT

Today in History

• 1542

  Catherine Howard, the fifth wife of King Henry VIII of England, was beheaded for adultery.

• 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.

Monday, Feb 12

Good morning!

Today we will finish America, Story of US - Cities

Current Events
As Devos approves education plans, she finds skeptics among G.O.P. governors - NYT

Couple changes flight plans at last minute, avoids Russian plane crash - NYP

Facebook, Candy Crush cost employers nearly $100 billion a year - NYP

Today in History

• 1554

  Lady Jane Grey, queen of England for nine days (in 1553), was executed for high treason.

• 1733

  Led by philanthropist James Edward Oglethorpe, the first English colonists arrived in Georgia, at the site of Savannah.

• 1818

  Chile formally proclaimed its independence from Spain.

• 1870

  The Utah Territory granted women the right to vote (revoked in 1887).

• 1909

  The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded.

• 1912

  Pu Yi, the last emperor of the Manchu (Ch'ing) dynasty in China, renounced his throne following the establishment of a republic under Sun Yat-sen.

• 1973

  The first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam war took place.

• 1999

  The Senate voted to acquit President Clinton on charges of perjury and obstruction of justice.

• 2002

  Yugoslavian ex-president Slobodan Milosevic went on trial for war crimes.

• 2010

  The 2010 Winter Olympics opened in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The games got off to a tragic start when a luger from the Republic of Georgia, Nodar Kumaritashvili, dies tragically in a crash during training run.

Friday, Feb 9

Good morning!

Today we will start and/or finish the Mid-Year assessment

Current Events
While you were sleeping....US Gov't shutdown and has already re-opened - THR

We all have a stake in the stock market, right? Guess again - NYT

Today in History

• 1861

  Jefferson Davis was chosen as the president of the Confederate States of America.

• 1943

  The battle of Guadalcanal ended with an American victory.

• 1950

  Senator Joseph McCarthy claimed he had evidence there were card-carrying members of the Communist Party in the State Department.

• 1964

  The Beatles made their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show.

• 1991

  Lithuanians voted overwhelmingly for independence from the Soviet Union.

• 2001

  A U.S. nuclear sub struck the Ehime Maru, a Japanese fishing boat.

Thursday, Feb 8

Good morning!

Today we will view America, Story of US

Current Events
N. Rockland cheerleaders win 2nd national title in 4 years - LoHud

Newest (and largest) full casino opens today in Sullivan County - Lohud

Senate reaches a budget deal, but not the House; Gov't shutdown looms again - NYT

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.

Monday, Feb 5

Good morning!

Did you see the North Rockland community during the 1st half commercials of the Super Bowl?

Did you see the North Rockland girls basketball team featured on News 12 for their patriotic singing?

Today we will wrap up the Mid-year assessment.

Current Events
Power line thru Rockland comes with an incentive - LoHud

Video from Polar Plunge in Stony Point yesterday - LoHud

Roxbury, MA school lock up cell phones - CTN

Today in History

• 1811

  After George III was declared insane, the Prince of Wales became Prince Regent of England, and later George IV.

• 1917

  Mexico adopted its present constitution.

• 1937

  FDR proposed increasing the number of Supreme Court justices—"packing" the court.

• 1994

  Byron De La Beckwith was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Medgar Evers, 30 years after the crime in Jackson, Mississippi.

• 1997

  Under international pressure, three of Switzerland's biggest banks created a fund worth 100 million Swiss francs for Holocaust victims and their families.

Friday, Feb 2

Good morning!!

Today is Groundhog Day

We will continue the Mid-year assessment
Current Events
10-13: Fieldstone student needs our assistance - LoHud

Xerox is no more......NYT

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 States a 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.

• 1971

  Idi Amin became dictator of Uganda.

• 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.

Thursday, Feb 1

Good morning!

Today we will have our Mid-year assessment

Current Events
FBI chief clashes with Trump over G.O.P. memo - NYT

Cape Town, South Africa facing turning off water to all - NYT
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.