It looks like it might be a snowy Christmas...

Hello students, I hope you're having a great Christmas break, I'm sure you're all reading your history books and equipping yourselves with college level knowledge so when you come back to school on January 4th, you'll be ready to speed through the rest of the history curriculum. So I'm courious, what is on your Christmas list? Leave your comments below Maybe Santa is reading this blog, you never know...

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I know my rights!!!

Today we began our section over the Bill of Rights, if you need a worksheet please follow this link: http://tw.neisd.net/webpages/cxande/calendar.cfm and click on today's date. We were able to cover the first 3 to 4 amendments in most classes. Students in the Pre-AP classes will be presenting their take on the 10 amendments on Thursday, that's just a reminder Pre-AP students and don't forget to finish the "Writing and Adopting the Constitution" worksheet given out today. Students will be learning about my past during an activity on Thursday.

Random Christmas fact: Today, in the Greek and Russian orthodox churches, Christmas is celebrated 13 days after the 25th, which is also referred to as the Epiphany or Three Kings Day. This is the day it is believed that the three wise men finally found Jesus in the manger.

Pop Quiz & Rules on Campus

For those who weren't in class, you missed out on a surprise today. And if you ask the rest of your classmates, I'm sure they would tell you that they really enjoyed it. Also, Dr. Newman came in to class and talked about disrespect, PDA (public display of affection), bullying, & overall effort in class. Tomorrow, students will investigate an important historical scene.

Christmas fact of the day:

We have taken many customs from different places around the world and mixed them together to form our modern celebration of Christmas. For example, we have taken the Christmas tree from Germany and gift giving from the Dutch tradition of leaving out wooden shoes for them to be filled with goodies from St. Nicholas.

source: http://www.internetfamilyfun.com/holidays/christmas/christmasfacts.htm

Quiz & Constitution

Class was a little quiet today. The quiz over the Articles of Confederation, the Northwest Ordinance, & Constitutional Convention probably had something to do with it. After the quiz, everyone was given the next set of notes titled "We still can't come to an Agreement!!!" Everyone should have finished it in class, since there was enough time after the quiz. In fact, students it would benefit you to finish the notes for homework, there may be a surprise tomorrow. If you need a copy of the notes, click on the following link: http://tw.neisd.net/popup_info.cfm?get=76786&dirname=cxande

Random Christmas fact:

After the American Revolution, English customs fell out of favor, including
Christmas. In fact, Congress was in session on December 25, 1789, the first
Christmas under America’s new constitution. Christmas wasn’t declared a
federal holiday until June 26, 1870.

Information from http://www.thehistoryofchristmas.com/ch/in_america.htm