Thursday, January 16, 2025

January 16, 2025

 

  • 1/16/25- Happy Thursday!! 

  • Word of the day-feminism-theory favoring the political, economic, and social equality of men and women

  • Quote of the day- “Leisure is the mother of philosophy”-Thomas Hobbes

  • 1786– Virginia enacts the Statute for Religious Freedom authored by Thomas Jefferson.

  • 1919 – Temperance movement: The United States ratifies the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, authorizing Prohibition in the United States one year after ratification.

  • 1945– Adolf Hitler moves into his underground bunker, the so-called Führerbunker.

    • Birthdays:

    • 1947 – Laura Schlessinger, American physiologist, talk show host, and author

    • 1980 – Albert Pujols, Dominican-American baseball player

    • 1980– Lin-Manuel Miranda, American actor, playwright, and composer

    • Today in-

    • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- Chapter 8 section 1 notes. ‘Railroads’/IR-Euro.  Here is copy of Chapter 8 section 1 notes.

    • Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- Chapter 12 section 5 notes. ‘Peacemakers’

    • ***December Words/Quotes are due Thursday 1/16/25

    • ***Quarter 2 ends 1/22/25 in here*** Anything after 1/22/25 will count for Quarter 3