Thursday, Oct 11

Good morning!

Today we will continue our work examining the early colonies. We will use this power point to examine the "Stirrings of Rebellion"

Current Events
Rockland man planned to explode a bomb on the National Mall on Election Day - LoHud

Rockland students becoming more diverse; what about teachers? LoHud

Hurricane Michael wreaks havoc in Florida Gulf Coast - NYT

Stocks drop in huge selloff yesterday - 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.
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