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Monday, April 25, 2011

Monday, April 25, 2011

THIS DAY IN HISTORY- April 25, 1990: Space Telescope put into orbit




The crew of the U.S. space shuttle Discovery places the Hubble Space Telescope, a long-term space-based observatory, into a low orbit around Earth.


Free of atmospheric distortions, Hubble has a resolution 10 times that of ground-based observatories. About the size of a bus, the telescope is solar-powered and orbits Earth once every 97 minutes. Among its many astronomical achievements, Hubble has been used to record a comet's collision with Jupiter, provide a direct look at the surface ofPluto, view distant galaxies, gas clouds, and black holes, and see billions of years into the universe's past



U.S. History classes: Today we went over your Ch. 17 Test (it seemed like most of you did fine!). Then we started looking at Ch. 18- The Cold War. We need to get through this chapter THIS WEEK! I am running out of time this semester and want to get through the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam, etc.So, we will cover all sections by Friday and have a short quiz over Ch. 18 on Friday.

YOUR HOMEWORK: Read section 1 of chapter 18 and complete questions 1 and 2 of the section assessment on pg. 608.

A.P. U.S. History: Today we discussed your weekend homework to look over the "Race" website by PBS. I think we had a very interesting discussion! I appreciate all of your comments. We looked at a few videos concerning; Brown vs. Board of Education; Little Rock Nine; Rosa Parks. We starting looking at the murder of Emmett Till, but didn't finish- we will finish this on Tuesday.

YOUR HOMEWORK: Review Ch. 37- The Eisenhower Era. You will have the long awaited in-class quiz over Ch. 37 tomorrow. PLEASE CONTINUE TO REVIEW!!! Test is in 11 days!

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