March 13, 2025

 

• 3/13/25- Happy Thursday!! 

• Word of the day- Baby boom-dramatic increase in birthrate, especially in the years following WWII

• Quote of the day- “Remember that time is money”- Ben Franklin

• 1639– Harvard College is named for clergyman John Harvard.

• 1943– The Holocaust: German forces liquidate the Jewish ghetto in Kraków.

1991– The United States Department of Justice announces that Exxon has agreed to pay $1 billion for the clean-up of the Exxon Valdez oil spill in Alaska.

Birthdays:

• 1939– Neil Sedaka, American singer and songwriter

• 1950 – William H. Macy, American actor, director, and screenwriter

• 1972– Common– American rapper and actor (Soulquarians)

• Today in-

• Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)-  Chapter 9 Test.  ALL ANSWERS ON ANSWER SHEET!!! When done; come up and hand-in.  Start copying Chapter 10 vocabulary-Due Wednesday 3/19/25.  Chapter 9 notes-Due Thursday 3/20/25!! 

• Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- Chapter 15 section 1 notes. ‘Crash of 29’. Chapter 15 vocabulary-Due Friday 3/14/25. Chapter 14 notes-Due Monday 3/17/25!!

• Have a good day!
• Mr. D