Thursday, Dec 20

Good morning!

Today we will work on Ch 9 worksheet

Current Events
New York State's population continues to decline, while the US continues to grow - LoHud

Trump withdraws US forces from Syria, declaring "We Have won against ISIS" - NYT

Today in History

• 1790

  Samuel Slater built the nation's first cotton mill in Pawtucket, R.I.

• 1803

  The United States purchased the Louisiana territory from France for $15 million.

• 1860

  South Carolina became the first state to secede from the Union.

• 1968

  Author John Steinbeck died at age 66.

• 1989

  The United States invaded Panama and installed a new government but failed to capture General Manuel Antonio Noriega.

• 1996

  Astronomer Carl Sagan died at age 62.

Wednesday, Dec 19

Good morning!

Today we will work on Ch 8 Key Terms. **DBQ's due today.**

Current Events
Katelyn Tuohy receives the "Key to Rockland" - LoHud

Facebook gave data giants more access to info than it disclosed - NYT

Today in History

• 1732

  Benjamin Franklin began publishing Poor Richard's Almanac.

• 1776

  Thomas Paine published his first American Crisis essay, in which he wrote, "These are the times that try men's souls."

• 1843

  Charles Dickens published "A Christmas Carol."

• 1946

  War broke out in Indochina when Ho Chi Minh attacked the French.

• 1972

  Apollo 17 splashed down in the Pacific, ending the Apollo program of manned lunar landings.

• 1984

  Britain and China signed an accord returning Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty on July 1, 1997.

• 1998

  President Bill Clinton impeached on two counts by the House of Representatives.

• 2003

  Muammar al-Qaddafi of Libya announced that his country would discontinue development of weapons of mass destruction.

Tuesday, Dec 18

Good morning!

Today we will work on a DBQ on Jacksonian Democracy

Current Events
Rockland officials confirm cases of whooping cough - LoHud

New Google campus coming into Manhattan - NYT

Today in History

• 1737

  Violin maker Antonio Stradivari died in Cremona, Italy.

• 1787

  New Jersey became the third state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

• 1865

  Slavery was abolished with the ratification of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution.

• 1892

  Tchaikovsky's "The Nutcracker Suite" premiered at St. Petersburg's Maryinksy Theatre.

• 1944

  The Supreme Court upheld the wartime internment of Japanese-Americans.

• 1956

  Japan was admitted to the United Nations.

• 1957

  The Shippingport Atomic Power Station in Pennsylvania became the first civilian nuclear facility to generate electricity in the United States.

• 1969

  The British Parliament abolished the death penalty for murder.

• 2000

  George W. Bush received 271 votes in the delayed Electoral College balloting.

• 2010

  The Senate votes 65 to 31 in favor of repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the Clinton-era military policy that forbids openly gay men and women from serving in the military.

Monday, December 17

Good morning!

Today we will examine Jackson's presidency

Current Events
NYS Attorney General to investigate new TZ Bridge construction - LoHud

Is eating deli meat really bad for you? NYT

Today in History

• 1777

  France recognized American independence.

• 1903

  Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first flight in a heavier-than-air plane at Kitty Hawk, N.C.

• 1944

  The U.S. Army announced the end of its policy of holding Japanese-Americans in internment camps, allowing "evacuees" to return home.

• 1969

  The U.S. Air Force ended its "Project Blue Book" and concluded that there was no evidence of extraterrestrial activity behind UFO sightings.

• 1992

  North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) signed by U.S., Canada, and Mexico.

Thursday, Dec 13

Good morning!

Today we will continue to study American System, Jacksonian Democracy and Supreme Court cases

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Current Events
Story by East Ramapo 6th grader to become a book - LoHud

Trump's ex-lawyer sentenced to 3 years in prison - NYT

Today in History

• 1642

  New Zealand was discovered by Dutch navigator Abel Tasman.

• 1918

  President Wilson arrived in France, becoming the first U.S. president to visit Europe while in office.

• 1978

  The U.S. Mint began stamping the Susan B. Anthony dollar, the first U.S. coin honoring a woman.

• 1981

  The Polish government imposed martial law in an attempt to crush the Solidarity movement.

• 1989

  South African President F. W. de Klerk met with Nelson Mandela for the first time.

• 1996

  Kofi Annan of Ghana chosen to become UN secretary-general.

• 2000

  George W. Bush accepted presidency 36 days after election; Al Gore, Jr., conceded.

• 2003

  American forces captured Saddam Hussein who was hiding in a hole near his hometown of Tikrit.

Wednesday, Dec 12

Good morning!

Today - ALL of my 11th grade classes will report to ANNEX COMPUTER LAB for work with school/guidance counselors

Current Events
Steph Curry says the US did not put astronauts on the moon; NASA says come visit us - WAPO

Today in History

• 1787

  Pennsylvania became the second state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

• 1870

  Joseph Rainey took his seat as the first African American in the U.S. House of Representatives.

• 1913

  The Mona Lisa was recovered in Florence after having been stolen two years earlier (August 1911) from the Louvre.

• 1963

  Kenya gained its independence from Britain.

• 1998

  The House Judiciary Committee approved a fourth and final article of impeachment against President Clinton.

• 2000

  The U.S. Supreme Court stopped the presidential election recount in Florida.

• 2001

  Yasir Arafat closed the offices of Hamas and Islamic Jihad.

Tuesday, Dec 11

Good morning!

Today we will continue to work on the power point from yesterday's class

Current Events
Cancer links to 9/11 continue as special funds run low - LoHud

MS-13, Trump and America's stake in El Salvador's Security - NYT

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Today in History

• 1816

  Indiana became the 19th state.

• 1844

  Nitrous oxide was used for the first time in dentistry.

• 1936

  King Edward VIII abdicated the throne of Britain for the woman he loved, Mrs. Wallis Simpson.

• 1941

  Germany and Italy declared war on the United States.

• 1946

  The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) was established.

• 1994

  Russian troups invaded Chechnya in an unsuccessful attempt to restore Moscow's power in the region.

• 1997

  Housing secretary Henry Cisneros was indicted for conspiracy, obstructing justice, and false statements to the FBI.

• 2008

  Bernard Madoff, an investment manager, was charged with defrauding clients of as much as $50 billion in what might be the largest swindle in Wall Street history.

Monday, December 10th

Good morning!

Today we will work on Clay's American System power point

Current Events
Rockland man guarded Bush's casket - LoHud

Today in History

• 1817

  Mississippi became the 20th state in the United States.

• 1869

  The territory of Wyoming authorized women to vote and hold office.

• 1901

  The first Nobel Prizes were awarded in Stockholm, Sweden, in the fields of physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, and peace.

• 1948

  The United Nations General Assembly adopted its Universal Declaration on Human Rights.

• 1950

  Dr. Ralph Bunche became the first black to receive a Nobel Peace Prize.

• 1964

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., received the Nobel Peace Prize.

• 1999

  Los Alamos scientist Wen Ho Lee was arrested and charged with stealing classified information.

• 2004

  A U.S. passenger jet landed in Vietnam, the first one to do so since the Vietnam War ended nearly three decades earlier.

Friday, Dec 7

Good morning!

Today we will continue to work on the 1810 - 1840 period notes

Current Events
How AI (Artificial Intelligence) is being used as a talent scout by business - NYT

How cashless economy shuts out the poor - NYT

Today in History

• 1787

  Delaware became the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution.

• 1917

  The U.S. declared war on Austria-Hungary in World War I.

• 1941

  The Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor.

• 1972

  America's final moon mission, Apollo 17, blasted off from Cape Canaveral.

• 1975

  Indonesia invaded East Timor, leading to a 25-year occupation.

• 1988

  A 6.9 magnitude earthquake hit Armenia, killing 25,000.

• 2001

  Taliban forces fled from Kandahar, their last stronghold in Afghanistan.

• 2002

  Iraq formally declared to the UN that it had no weapons of mass destruction.

• 2004

  Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president.

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Thursday, Dec 6

Good morning!

Today and tomorrow we will work on a packet covering the 1810's - 1840's in class.

Current Events
Divorcing couples rush to finish before the end of the year for tax purposes - LoHud

Greenhouse gas emissions severely impacting the world - NYT

President Bush, 41st US president, funeral and burial today in Texas - NYT

Today in History

• 1884

  Construction of the Washington Monument was completed.

• 1889

  Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederate States of America, died in New Orleans.

• 1923

  A presidential address was broadcast on the radio for the first time when Calvin Coolidge spoke before Congress.

• 1926

  French impressionist painter Claude Monet died at age 86.

• 1973

  Gerald Ford was sworn in as vice president, replacing Spiro T. Agnew.

• 1992

  The destruction of a mosque in India by Hindu extremists set off two months of Muslim-Hindu fighting that claimed at least 2,000 lives.

• 1998

  Hugo Chavez elected president of Venezuela.

Wednesday, December 5th

Good morning!

Today we will finish America, Story of US. If time allows, we will view a portion of President Bush's funeral.

Current Events
200+ grades changed in New Rochelle High student scandal - LoHud

The two President Bushes interesting relationship - NYT

Today in History

• 1776

  The first scholastic fraternity in America, Phi Beta Kappa, was organized at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Va.

• 1791

  Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart died in Vienna, Austria, at age 35.

• 1848

  President Polk triggered the Gold Rush of 1848 by confirming that gold had been discovered in California.

• 1872

  Having left New York on Nov. 5, the brigantine Mary Celeste was found adrift off Portugal with everyone aboard mysteriously missing.

• 1933

  The 21st Amendment to the Constitution, repealing prohibition, was ratified.

• 1955

  The American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO.

• 2002

  At Sen. Strom Thurmond's 100th birthday celebration, Senate Republican leader Trent Lott praised Thurmond's 1948 segregationist presidential bid. Lott subsequently resigned his leadership position.

• 2004

  Hamid Karzai was sworn in as Afghanistan's first popularly elected president.

• 2009

  An Italian jury convicts Amanda Knox, an American student, of murdering her former roommate, English student Meredith Kercher, in 2007.

Tuesday, Dec 4

Good morning!

Today we will collect essay on 1st presidents; view America, Story of Us

Current Events
Rare bipartisanship at Bush ceremony - CNN

President Bush, aka 41, remembered - NYT

Today in History

• 1783

  George Washington delivered his farewell address to his officers at Fraunces Tavern in New York City.

• 1816

  James Monroe of Virginia was elected (by electors) the fifth president of the United States.

• 1875

  William Marcy "Boss" Tweed of New York's Tammany Hall escaped from jail and fled the country.

• 1945

  The Senate approved U.S. participation in the United Nations.

• 1978

  Dianne Feinstein became San Francisco's first female mayor.

• 1991

  Associated Press correspondent Terry Anderson is released after seven years as a hostage in Lebanon.

• 1993

  Rock musician and composer Frank Zappa died at age 52.

• 2003

  Interpol put the former president of Liberia, Charles Taylor, on its most-wanted list.