October 31, 2024

 

• 10/31/24- Happy Thursday Happy Halloween!!! (One of my least favorite holidays… next to Christmas)

• Word of the day-Census - an official, usually periodic enumeration of a population, often including the collection of related demographic information, taken every 10 years

• Quote of the day- “In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play”-Friedrich Nietzsche

• 15171517 – Protestant Reformation: Martin Luther posts his 95 theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg.

• 1913– Dedication of the Lincoln Highway, the first automobile road across United States.

• 1926– Magician Harry Houdini dies of  – Magician Harry Houdini dies of gangrene and peritonitis that developed after his appendix ruptured.

• • Birthdays:

  • 1931– Dan Rather, American television journalist

  • 1967– Vanilla Ice, American rapper, television personality, and real estate investor

  • 2000– Willow Smith, American singer, actress, and dancer

  • Today in-

  • Today in-

  • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)-  Chapter 6 section 3 notes. TJ Presidency. Chapter 6 vocabulary quiz-Wednesday 10/30/24.

  • Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- Chapter 11 section 3 notes. ’Progressive Era’ /Progressive Presidents

  • ***FYI-Quarter 1 will be ending in here on Thursday 10/31/24!!

  • ***FYI- Starting with quarter 2 (11/1/24) Due dates will be strictly enforced!!  If its handed in past due date it will be a 0!! Due dates are not Suggestions.

  • Have a great day!

  • Mr. D

October 30, 2024

 

• 10/30/24- Happy Wednesday!!  

• Word of the day-Griswold v. Connecticut-Supreme court decision that created the ‘right to privacy’ under the 9th amendment

• Quote of the day- “A government should not mobilize an army out of anger”-Sun Tzu

• 1905– Czar Nicholas II of Russia grants Russia's first constitution, creating a legislative assembly.

• 1941– World War II: Franklin Delano Roosevelt approves U.S. $1 billion in Lend-Lease aid to the Allied nations.

• 1945– Jackie Robinson of the Kansas City Monarchs signs a contract for the Brooklyn Dodgers to break the baseball color barrier.

• Birthdays:

• 1957– Kevin Pollak, American actor

• 1978 – Matthew Morrison, American actor and singer

• 1981 – Ivanka Trump, American model and businesswoman

• Today in-

• Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)-  Chapter 6 section 3 notes. ’LA Purchase’/TJ Presidency. Chapter 6 vocabulary quiz-Wednesday 10/30/24.

• Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- Chapter 11 section 3 notes. ’Progressive Era’ 

• ***FYI-Quarter 1 will be ending in here on Thursday 10/31/24!!

• ***FYI- Starting with quarter 2 (11/1/24) Due dates will be strictly enforced!!  If its handed in past due date it will be a 0!! Due dates are not Suggestions.

• Have a great day!
• Mr. D

October 29, 2024

 

• 10/29/24- Happy Tuesday!! 

• Word of the day-supply side economics-theory that tax reductions will increase investment and therby encourage business growth 

• Quote of the day- “I’m a river. No matter whatever comes in my way. I will definetely reach the sea”-Anupriyo Mandel 

• 1886–The first ticker-tape parade takes place in New York City when office workers spontaneously throw ticker tape into the streets as the Statue of Liberty is dedicated

• 1901–Capital punishment: Leon Czolgosz, the assassin of U.S. President William McKinley, is executed by electrocution.

• 1929– The New York Stock Exchange crashes in what will be called the Crash of '29 or "Black Tuesday", ending the Great Bull Market of the 1920s and beginning the Great Depression.

• • Birthdays:

  • 1947 – Richard Dreyfuss, American actor

  • 1957– Dan Castellaneta, American actor

  • 1972 – Gabrielle Union, American actress and producer

  • Today in-

  • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)-  Chapter 6 section 3 notes. ’LA Purchase’/TJ Presidency. Chapter 6 vocabulary quiz-Wednesday 10/30/24.

  • Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- Chapter 11 section 3 notes. ’Progressive Era’ Chapter 11 vocabulary quiz-Monday 10/28/24  Here is a copy of Chapter 11 section 3 notes.

  • ***FYI-Quarter 1 will be ending in here on Thursday 10/31/24!!

  • ***FYI- Starting with quarter 2 (11/1/24) Due dates will be strictly enforced!!  If its handed in past due date it will be a 0!! Due dates are not Suggestions.

  • Have a great day!

  • Mr. D

October 28, 2024

 

• 10/28/24- Happy Monday!!

• Word of the day-Oligopoly-market structure dominated by only a few large, profitable firms 

• Quote of the day- “Only a man who has felt ultimate despair is capable of feeling ultimate bliss”-Alexandre Dumas

• 1636– A vote of the Great and General Court of the Massachusetts Bay Colony establishes the first college in what would become the United States, today known as Harvard University.

• 1886-In New York Harbor, President Grover Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty.

• 1962– End of Cuban missile crisis: Nikita Khrushchev orders the removal of Soviet missiles from Cuba.

• • Birthdays:

  • 1955 – Bill Gates American businessman, co-founded Microsoft 

  • 1967 – Julia Roberts, American actress

  • 1972– Terrell Davis, American football player

  • Today in-

  • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)-  Chapter 6 section 3 notes. ’LA Purchase’ Chapter 6 vocabulary quiz-Wednesday 10/30/24.

  • Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- Chapter 11 section 2 notes. ‘Seeds of Change’/’Progressive Era’ Chapter 11 vocabulary quiz-Monday 10/28/24

  • ***FYI-Quarter 1 will be ending in here on Thursday 10/31/24!!

  • ***FYI- Starting with quarter 2 (11/1/24) Due dates will be strictly enforced!!  If its handed in past due date it will be a 0!! Due dates are not Suggestions.

  • Have a great day! Go Yanks and G-Men!!

  • Mr. D

October 25, 2024

 

• 10/25/24- Happy Friday!! TGIF!!

• Word of the day-Boundary – the limit or extent within which a system exists or functions, including a social group, at state, or physical feature. 

• Quote of the day- “Love is like a butterfly, hold it too tight, it will crush.  Hold it too loose, it will fly away”- Unknown

• 1944– Heinrich Himmler orders a crackdown on the Edelweiss Pirates, a loosely organized youth culture in Nazi Germany that had assisted army deserters and others to hide from the Third Reich.

• 1962 – Nelson Mandela is sentenced to five years in prison.

• 2004– Fidel Castro, Cuba's President, announces that transactions using the American Dollar will be banned

• • Birthdays:

  • 1944 – James Carville, American political strategist and commentator

  • 1984 – Katy Perry, American singer

  • 1998 – Juan Soto, Dominican baseball player

  • Today in-

  • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)-  Chapter 6 section 3 notes. ’LA Purchase’ HW-Chapter 6 section 3 reading worksheet. Chapter 6 vocabulary quiz-Wednesday 10/30/24.

  • Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- Chapter 11 section 2 notes. ‘Seeds of Change’ Chapter 11 vocabulary quiz-Monday 10/28/24

  • ***FYI-Quarter 1 will be ending in here on Thursday 10/31/24!!

  • ***FYI- Starting with quarter 2 (11/1/24) Due dates will be strictly enforced!!  If its handed in past due date it will be a 0!! Due dates are not Suggestions.

  • Have a great weekend!! Go Yankees!!

  • Mr. D