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Good luck on your MIDTERMS and REGENTS EXAMS!!!!!!
updated January 16
Wednesday the 16th through Friday the 18th will be your midterms in US History. Best of luck on your exams. If you need help in Global or US History, please do not hesitate to e-mail or...
Remembering Pearl Harbor.
updated December 7, 2012
Today is the 71st anniversary (Dec 7, 1941) of the tragic attack by the Japanese on our naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii.
Monday is.........
updated November 16, 2012
Election Day on Tuesday
updated November 2, 2012
Get out and VOTE!!!!!
Tonight is the second presidential debate!
updated October 16, 2012
Today is your PRE-TEST!!!!
updated September 18, 2012
9/18/12
AP WATERVLIET, NY
Today you will be taking your practice Regents test. Try your best. If you aren't sure of an answer try to make a logical guess. If you fail...it is not...
Remembering the tragedy of September 11th.
updated September 11, 2012
Welocome 'Vliet to US History and Government 2012-2013!
updated September 6, 2012
Have a great year this year!
Thank you Syed!
updated March 29, 2012
Syed A., one of my talented juniors took on the challenge I presented at the beginning of the year. I wanted to add a mural to my room remembering the tragic day of September 11th. He did a...
Henry Johnson!--- Its about time.
updated March 30, 2011
Local hero from World War One, Henry Johnson may be posthumously awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.
March is Women's History Month
updated March 14, 2011
Women's History Month
February is Black History Month
updated February 10, 2011
Celebrate the achievements and reflect on the struggles of Black Americans. Check out this link to the History Channel. BlackHistory
Seneca Falls and Womens' Rights
updated March 17, 2010
Great Summary of Seneca Falls Convention!
Pearl Harbor ... 68 years later
updated December 7, 2009
Remembering Pearl Harbor... December 7th, 1941. A day that will live in infamy.
Obama Afghanistan strategy
updated December 2, 2009
West Point, New York (CNN) -- President Obama said Tuesday that the deployment of 30,000 additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan is part of a strategy to reverse the Taliban's momentum and stabilize...
Another Brief Look Into My World
updated November 20, 2009
My wonderful 5 year old is at it again. In the midst of calculating grades for the students, my son asked me why am I writing down racecar numbers?
I responded that these are grades. He continued...
Newspaper Coverage of the English and French War For Control of North America
updated November 4, 2009
Newspaper Coverage -Stories of Enemy Atrocities, Letters From the Front and Battle-Field Reports Gave Readers a Running Account Of the Fight For a Continent.
Obama Wins Peace Prize
updated October 13, 2009
President Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize.
The Real Pocahontas
updated October 6, 2009
Check out this interesting site which will help crush your childhood memories. ;-)
Brief look into my world
updated September 24, 2009
As I was driving home with my family from the park, my oldest son asked me what did I do at school today. I replied to him that I was teaching about the CENSUS.
"What's that?", he asked.
I...
President Obama Plans a Visit
updated September 18, 2009
TROY -- President Barack Obama will deliver a speech on the economy Monday at Hudson Valley Community College, the White House confirmed Wednesday.
Antietam Soldier To Be Buried With Full Honors
updated September 18, 2009
The remains of a young New York solider found on the Antietam battlefield in December will be transported to the Saratoga National Cemetery, in New York, for a burial with full military honors on...
9-11 CBS WEBSITE
updated September 14, 2009
Interesting cbs website with links about 9-11.
President's address to our students
updated September 8, 2009
"The philosophy of the classroom today will be the philosophy of government tomorrow." -Abraham Lincoln
"On Tuesday, September 8 — the first day of school for many students — the President will...
Lincoln and Albany
updated September 8, 2009
Times Union Feature by Don Rittner, Author and Historian
Abe Lincoln and the Capital District Connection
Everything you are EXPECTED TO LEARN pre-9-11
updated September 7, 2009
Unit One: Introduction
I. Geography
A. The physical/cultural setting in the Americas
1. Size and location
2. Major zones/areas
a. Climate zones
b. Vegetation zones
c. Agricultural...
Sotomayor confirmed to Supreme Court
updated August 11, 2009
First Hispanic Supreme Court Justice,
Sonia Sotomayor
What was internment?
updated August 11, 2009
What was internment?
Census and the Internment of the Japanese?
updated August 11, 2009
Was there a link between the census and the rounding up of Japanese Americans into internment camps during WWII?
Do you know this man?
updated August 3, 2009
Leland Stanford...son of Watervliet
40th Anniversary of Moon Landing
updated July 28, 2009
Apollo 11- 40 years later
A Student's Guide to the Study of History
updated July 28, 2009
The aim of the Student's Guide is quite simple. First, all too often History instructors tend to jump right into the subject matter without first setting the groundwork. Large questions such as: what...
Watervliet and the Underground Railroad
updated July 15, 2009
Charles Nalle's dramatic rescue by Harriet Tubman in Watervliet.
Emmett Till Chicago Cemetery Outrage
updated July 15, 2009
Article about horrible desecration of cemetery in Chicago.
Nomination/Confirmation of Sotomayor
updated July 13, 2009
Monday, July 13th begins the process of confirmation for President Obama's first appointment to the Supreme Court, Sonia Sotomayor.
Sojourner Truth
updated June 11, 2009
Sojourner Truth
Brief Salem Overview
updated June 11, 2009
Brief Salem Overview
Looking Back: Brown Decision 50 Years later
updated June 11, 2009
Impact of the Brown vs BOE, Topeka case
National Public Radio interviews
Why do I need history? Its boring! Uggh...
updated June 11, 2009
historysummit
Mississippi Burning Mayor
updated June 10, 2009
Philadelphia, Mississippi, site of 3 Civil Rights murders, elects black Mayor
Wizard of Oz and Populism
updated June 10, 2009
The Wizard of Oz is really a parable of Populism?!?
Lincoln and Frederick Douglass
updated June 9, 2009
The relationship between Lincoln and Douglass.
Slavery and Indentured Servitude
updated June 9, 2009
slavery and indentured servitude http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/awhhtml/awlaw3/slavery.html
New Ways to the New World
updated June 8, 2009
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,42876,00.html
Geography of the United States-How Stuff Works
updated June 8, 2009
Great Overview of the Geography of the United States!
http://geography.howstuffworks.com/united-states/geography-of-united-states.htm
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Watervliet Junior Senior High School
James Murphy Classes
Good luck on your MIDTERMS and REGENTS EXAMS!!!!!!
posted on January 16, 2013 Remembering Pearl Harbor.
posted on December 7, 2012 Monday is.........
posted on November 16, 2012 Election Day on Tuesday
posted on November 2, 2012 Tonight is the second presidential debate!
posted on October 16, 2012 Today is your PRE-TEST!!!!
posted on September 18, 2012 Remembering the tragedy of September 11th.
posted on September 11, 2012 Welocome 'Vliet to US History and Government 2012-2013!
posted on September 6, 2012 Thank you Syed!
posted on March 29, 2012 Henry Johnson!--- Its about time.
posted on March 30, 2011 March is Women's History Month
posted on March 14, 2011 February is Black History Month
posted on February 10, 2011 Seneca Falls and Womens' Rights
posted on March 17, 2010 Pearl Harbor ... 68 years later
posted on December 7, 2009 Obama Afghanistan strategy
posted on December 2, 2009 Another Brief Look Into My World
posted on November 20, 2009 Newspaper Coverage of the English and French War For Control of North America
posted on November 4, 2009 Obama Wins Peace Prize
posted on October 13, 2009 The Real Pocahontas
posted on October 6, 2009 Brief look into my world
posted on September 24, 2009 President Obama Plans a Visit
posted on September 18, 2009 Antietam Soldier To Be Buried With Full Honors
posted on September 18, 2009 9-11 CBS WEBSITE
posted on September 14, 2009 President's address to our students
posted on September 8, 2009 Lincoln and Albany
posted on September 8, 2009 Everything you are EXPECTED TO LEARN pre-9-11
posted on September 7, 2009 Sotomayor confirmed to Supreme Court
posted on August 11, 2009 What was internment?
posted on August 11, 2009 Census and the Internment of the Japanese?
posted on August 11, 2009 Do you know this man?
posted on August 3, 2009 40th Anniversary of Moon Landing
posted on July 28, 2009 A Student's Guide to the Study of History
posted on July 28, 2009 Watervliet and the Underground Railroad
posted on July 15, 2009 Emmett Till Chicago Cemetery Outrage
posted on July 15, 2009 Nomination/Confirmation of Sotomayor
posted on July 13, 2009 Sojourner Truth
posted on June 11, 2009 Brief Salem Overview
posted on June 11, 2009 Looking Back: Brown Decision 50 Years later
posted on June 11, 2009 Why do I need history? Its boring! Uggh...
posted on June 11, 2009 Mississippi Burning Mayor
posted on June 10, 2009 Wizard of Oz and Populism
posted on June 10, 2009 Lincoln and Frederick Douglass
posted on June 9, 2009 Slavery and Indentured Servitude
posted on June 9, 2009 New Ways to the New World
posted on June 8, 2009 Geography of the United States-How Stuff Works
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