Monday, December 9, 2024

December 9, 2024

 

  • 12/9/24- Happy Monday!!

  • Word of the day-scalawag-negative nickname for a white southern Republican after the civil war

  • Quote of the day- “Our march to freedom is irreversible. We must not allow fear to stand in our way”-Nelson Mandela

  • 1793New York City1793 – New York City's first daily newspaper, the American Minerva, is established by Noah Webster.

  • 1946– The "Subsequent Nuremberg Trials" begin with the "Doctors' Trial", prosecuting physicians and officers alleged to be involved in Nazi human experimentation and mass murder under the guise of euthanasia.

1953Red Scare:General Electric announces that all communist employees will be discharged from the company
  • Birthdays:

  • 1947Tom Daschle1947 – Tom Daschle, American politician, Senator from South Dakota (1987-2005)

  • 1953 – John Malkovich, American actor

  • 1966 – Kirsten Gillibrand, American lawyer and politician

  • Today in-

  • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- Chapter 7 section 1 notes ‘Westward’/’Frontiersmen’(Period 3) Chapter 7 vocabulary due Tuesday 12/10/24.  Chapter 6 notes-Due Thursday 12/12/24. 

  • Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- Chapter 12 section 1 notes.  ‘Who/How WWI started’. 

  • ***November Words Quotes-Due Monday 12/16/24.  Checklist is on your Google classroom

  • Have a great day!

  • MR. D