June 4, 2025

 

• 6/4/25-Happy Wednesday!! 

• Word of the Day-Coup d’ etat - the sudden overthrow of a government by usually a small group of persons in or previously in positions of authority 

• Quote of the day- “Peace is a journey of a thousand miles and it must be taken one step at a time”-LBJ

• 1876– An express train called the Transcontinental Express arrives in San Francisco, California, via the First Transcontinental Railroad only 83 hours and 39 minutes after leaving New York City.

• 1912– Massachusetts becomes the first state of the United States to set a minimum wage.

1919– Women's rights: The U.S. Congress approves the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution, which guarantees suffrage to women, and sends it to the U.S. states for ratification.

Birthdays:

• 1936 – Bruce Dern, American actor

• 1968 – Scott Wolf, American actor

• 1971 – Noah Wyle, American actor and producer

• Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- Chapter 11 Test (Makeups/finish). Chapter 12 vocabulary (Due Tuesday 6/3/25-counts as quiz grade.  Chapter 11 notes-Due Wednesday 6/4/25. (Counts as a Test Grade)  

• Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- The Century Video Packet.

• ***May Words/Quotes are due Wednesday 6/4/25!!! Checklist is on google classroom.

• Have a good day!

• Mr. D

June 3,2025

 

• 6/3/25-Happy Tuesday!! 

• Word ofBirthdays:

  • 1951– Jill Biden, American educator,  46th FLOTUS 

  • 1967– Anderson Cooper, American journalist and author

  • 1986 – Rafael Nadal, Spanish tennis player

  • Today in-

  • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- Chapter 11 Test (Makeups/finish). Chapter 12 vocabulary (Due Tuesday 6/3/25-counts as quiz grade.  Chapter 11 notes-Due Wednesday 6/4/25. (Counts as a Test Grade)  

  • Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- The Century Video Packet.

  • ***May Words/Quotes are due Wednesday 6/4/25!!! Checklist is on google classroom.

  • Have a good day!

  • Mr. D

• the Day- Defining Characteristic – shared patterns of life, which characterize a period of history. 

• Quote of the Day- “If there is no struggle, there is no progress.”- Frederick Douglass

• 1888 – The poem "Casey at the Bat", by Ernest Lawrence Thayer, is published in the San Francisco Examiner.

• 1916– The National Defense Act is signed into law, increasing the size of the United States National Guard by 450,000 men.

1989– The government of China sends troops to force protesters out of Tiananmen Square after seven weeks of occupation.

June 2, 2025

 

• 6/2/25-Happy Monday!! 

• Word of the day-Cultural geography – the study of how people use space and interact with their environment. 

• Quote of the day- “The difficulty lies not so much in developing new ideas as in escaping the old ones”-John Maynard Keynes 

• 1774– Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act is enacted, allowing a governor in colonial America to house British soldiers in uninhabited houses, outhouses, barns, or other buildings if suitable quarters are not provided.

• 1953– The coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, who is crowned Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Her Other Realms and Territories & Head of the Commonwealth, the first major international event to be televised.

1979– Pope John Paul II starts his first official visit to his native Poland, becoming the first Pope to visit a Communist country.

Birthdays:

• 1953 – Cornel West, American philosopher, author, and academic

• 1955– Dana Carvey, American comedian, actor, and singer

• 1978 – Justin Long, American actor

• Today in-

• Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- Chapter 11 Test (Makeups/finish will happen on Monday 6/2/25. Finish ‘Blood and Glory’  Chapter 12 vocabulary (Due Tuesday 6/3/25-counts as quiz grade.  Chapter 11 notes-Due Wednesday 6/4/25. (Counts as a Test Grade)  

• Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- The Century Video Packet.

• ***May Words/Quotes are due Wednesday 6/4/25!!! Checklist is on google classroom.

• Have a great day!

• Mr. D

May 30, 2025

 

• 5/30/25-Happy Friday!! TGIF!!

• Word of the day-Texas v. Johnson (1989)-Even offensive speech such as flag burning is protected by the First Amendment.

• Quote of the day- “A country cannot subsist well without liberty, nor liberty without virture”-Daniel Webster 

• 1854– The Kansas–Nebraska Act becomes law establishing the US territories of Nebraska and Kansas.

• 1868-Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time (by "Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic" John A. Logan's proclamation on May 5).

• 1922– The Lincoln Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C..

• Birthdays:

  • 1949– P. J. Carlesimo, American basketball player and coach

  • 1971 – Idina Menzel, American singer-songwriter and actress

  • 1974 – Cee Lo Green, American singer-songwriter, pianist, producer, and actor

  • Today in-

  • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- Chapter 11 Test (Makeups/finish will happen on Monday 6/2/25. Finish ‘Blood and Glory’  Chapter 12 vocabulary (Due Tuesday 6/3/25-counts as quiz grade.  Chapter 11 notes-Due Wednesday 6/4/25. (Counts as a Test Grade)  

  • Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- The Century Video Packet.

  • ***May Words/Quotes are due Wednesday 6/4/25!!! Checklist is on google classroom.

  • Have a good day!

  • Mr. D

May 29, 2025

 

• 5/29/25-Happy Thursday!! 

• Word of the day-Miranda v. Arizona (1966)-Supreme court case that stated that police must inform you of your rights when you are arrested

• Quote of the day- “Nonviolence is the first article of my faith. It is also the last article of my creed.”-Mahatma Gandhi

• 1790 – Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States' colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.

• 1932– World War I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.

• 2004– The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

• Birthdays:

  • 1961– Melissa Etheridge, American singer-songwriter, musician, and activist

  • 1984 – Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player

  • 2002– Paul Skenes, American baseball player

  • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- Chapter 11 Test. ALL ANSWERS ON ANSWER SHEET! When done; come up and hand-in.  Start copying Chapter 12 vocabulary (Due Tuesday 6/3/25-counts as quiz grade.  Chapter 11 notes-Due Wednesday 6/4/25. (Counts as a Test Grade.  

  Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- The Century Video Packet.

• Have a good day!

• Mr. D