December 5, 2025

 

• 12/5/25-Happy Friday TGIF!! 

• Word of the day-Diversity – variety in culture and ethnic background, race and belief is not only permissible but also desirable and beneficial in a pluralistic society. 

• Quote of the day- “We may have democracy, or we may have wealth concentrated in the hands of a few, but we can't have both” -Louis Brandeis

• 1492 – Christopher Columbus becomes the first European to set foot on the island of Hispaniola, now Haiti and the Dominican Republic.

• 1933– Prohibition in the United States ends: Utah becomes the 36th U.S. state to ratify the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution, thus establishing the required 75% of states needed to enact the amendment (this overturned the 18th Amendment which had made the manufacture, sale, or transportation of alcohol illegal in the United States

• 1941– World War II: Great Britain declares war on Finland, Hungary and Romania.

• Birthdays:

• • 1985– Frankie Muniz, American actor

  • 1969 – Morgan J. Freeman, American director, producer, and screenwriter

  • 1990 – Montee Ball, American football player

  • Today in-

  • Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- Chapter 7 Test ALL ANSWERS ON ANSWER SHEET!  When done; come up and hand-in. Start copying Chapter 8 vocabulary.  Due-Wednesday 12/10/25.  Chapter 7 notes-Due Friday 12/12/25!!  

  • Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)-  Chapter 14 section 1 notes.  HW-Chapter 14 section 1 reading worksheet. Chapter 14 vocabulary will now be due on Friday 12/5/25.  Chapter 13 notes will now be due on Monday 12/8/25!! 

  •  ***November Words Quotes-Due Monday 12/15/24.  Checklist is on your Google classroom

  • Have a good day!

  • Mr. D

December 4, 2025

 12/4/25- Happy Thursday!!

Word of the day-Apportionment – the distribution of legislative

seats according to population

Quote of the day- “Creditors have better memories than

debtors”-Benjamin Franklin

1259-Kings Louis IX of France and Henry III of England agree to the

Treaty of Paris, in which Henry renounces his claims to

French-controlled territory on continental Europe (including

Normandy) in exchange for Louis withdrawing his support for English

rebels.

1875– Notorious New York City politician Boss Tweed escapes from

prison and flees to Cuba, then Spain.

1918– U.S. President Woodrow Wilson sails for the World War I peace

talks in Versailles, becoming the first US president to travel to Europe

while in office.

Birthdays:

1949 – Jeff Bridges, American actor

1969– Jay-Z, American rapper

2003 – Jackson Holliday, American baseball player

Today in-

Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- ‘Smart Futures’. Chapter 8

section 1 notes. ‘IR’. Chapter 7 test-Friday 12/4/25.

Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- Chapter 14 section 1 notes.

Chapter 14 vocabulary will now be due on Friday 12/5/25. Chapter

13 notes will now be due on Monday 12/8/25!!

***November Words Quotes-Due Monday 12/16/24. Checklist

is on your Google classroom

Have a great day!

Mr. D

December 3, 2025

 

• 12/3/25- Happy Wednesday!! 

• Word of the day-graft-use of one’s job to gain profit

• Quote of the day- “There are very few men, and they are the exception, who are able to think and feel beyond the present moment”-Karl Von Calusewitz

• 1818– Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.

• 1901– In a State of the Union message, U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt asks Congress to curb the power of trusts "within reasonable limits".

1964– Free Speech Movement: Police arrest over 800 students at the University of California, Berkeley, following their takeover and sit-in at the administration building in protest of the UC Regents' decision to forbid protests on UC property.

• Birthdays:

• 1969 – Hal Steinbrenner, American businessman

• 1980– Anna Chlumsky, American actress

1985 – Amanda Seyfried, American actress

Today in-

• Periods 3, 9,10-(American I)- Smart Futures. Chapter 7 Test is now on Friday 12/5/25!! 

•  Period 5-6/7-8-(American II)- Chapter 14 section 1 notes.  Chapter 14 vocabulary will now be due on Friday 12/5/25.  Chapter 13 notes will now be due on Monday 12/8/25!! 

• ALL CLASSES- ALL NOTES MUST BE COPIED (BY HAND) AND HANDED IN WITH NAME ON IT (MAJOR PART Of NOTEBOOK GRADE (SEE SYLLABI)

• - Starting with quarter 2 (11/3/25) 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