findingEducation’s Digital Teachers’ LoungeTips and insights from the findingEducation team.

Test your students’ knowledge of the notable events covered in findingDulcinea’s “On This Day” column this week with Quiztory. It makes a fun extra credit assignment.

1. It is believed that Sirhan Sirhan assassinated Robert F. Kennedy for what reason?

2. Where did the Germans think the Allies were planning to invade Normandy?

3. In Cohen v. California, why did Justice Harry Blackmun argue that Cohen’s action wasn’t protected by the First Amendment?

4. Who tried to launch a rocket full of mail between two Scottish islands in the 1930s?

5. What is the name of the cove where some of the pioneers of the Mormon handcart expedition sought shelter during a snowstorm?

What’s Coming Up?

Next week, “On This Day” will examine Nelson Mandela, “Miranda” warnings, Benjamin Franklin’s kite experiment and Captain Bligh’s landing on Timor. We’ll also take a look at Vlad the Impaler, Chinese Empress Longyu and the first hijacking of a commercial flight.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. What did Tenzing Norgay bury at the top of Mount Everest? Biscuits and chocolate

2. Who drafted an American version of the Code Duello, a list of rules governing duels? South Carolina Gov. John Lyde Wilson

3. What did The New York Times call the 1866 Fenian raid into Canada? “Fenian Folly”

4. What were Lou Gehrig’s two nicknames? “The Iron Horse” and “Pride of the Yankees”

5. Time Magazine named which participant of the Tiananmen Square demonstration one of the 100 most influential people of the 20^th century? “Tank man”

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet

Test your students’ knowledge of the notable events covered in findingDulcinea’s “On This Day” column this week with Quiztory. It makes a fun extra credit assignment.

1. What did Tenzing Norgay bury at the top of Mount Everest?

2. Who drafted an American version of the Code Duello, a list of rules governing duels?

3. What did The New York Times call the 1866 Fenian raid into Canada?

4. What were Lou Gehrig’s two nicknames?

5. Time Magazine named which participant of the Tiananmen Square demonstration one of the 100 most influential people of the 20^th century?

What’s Coming Up?

Next week, “On This Day” will examine the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy, D-Day, “Missile Mail” and the Crusaders’ siege of Jerusalem. We’ll also take a look at the Mormon handcart expedition, the founding of Alcoholics Anonymous and three inmates’ escape from Alcatraz.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. What was Adolf Eichmann called by his classmates as a child in Linz, Austria? “The little Jew”

2. How did P.T. Barnum prove the strength of the Brooklyn Bridge a year after it first opened? He ushered 21 elephants back and forth across it.

3. When was the so-called evolution law, a result of the case of State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, repealed? 1967

4. How many complaints of witchcraft were made in Connecticut between 1638 and 1697? 43

5. How long did it take to construct the Bismarck, Germany’s famed battleship? Three years

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet

Test your students’ knowledge of the notable events covered in findingDulcinea’s “On This Day” column this week with Quiztory. It makes a fun extra credit assignment.

1. What was Adolf Eichmann called by his classmates as a child in Linz, Austria?

2. How did P.T. Barnum prove the strength of the Brooklyn Bridge a year after it first opened?

3. When was the so-called evolution law, a result of the case of State of Tennessee v. John Thomas Scopes, repealed?

4. How many complaints of witchcraft were made in Connecticut between 1638 and 1697?

5. How long did it take to construct the Bismarck, Germany’s famed battleship?

What’s Coming Up?

Next week, “On This Day” will examine the first climbers to reach the peak of Mount Everest, the Johnstown, Pa., flood and the Fenian raid into Canada. We’ll also take a look at the duel between Andrew Jackson and Charles Dickinson, Lou Gehrig, the “zoot suit riots” of Los Angeles and the Tiananmen Square demonstration.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. What journalist published an article in McClure’s magazine exposing Standard Oil’s ruthless practices? Ida Tarbell

2. Why was Charlie Chaplin barred from reentering the U.S. in 1952? He was considered a security risk.

3. How many days did it take for the ash from Mount St. Helens to circle the globe following the volcanic eruption in 1980? 17 days

4. Where was Amelia Earhart originally planning to land on her first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean? Paris

5. Harvey Milk gave his most famous speech in opposition to what proposition? Proposition 6, or the Briggs Initiative

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet

Test your students’ knowledge of the notable events covered in findingDulcinea’s “On This Day” column this week with Quiztory. It makes a fun extra credit assignment.

1. What journalist published an article in McClure’s magazine exposing Standard Oil’s ruthless practices?

2. Why was Charlie Chaplin barred from reentering the U.S. in 1952?

3. How many days did it take for the ash from Mount St. Helens to circle the globe following the volcanic eruption in 1980?

4. Where was Amelia Earhart originally planning to land on her first solo flight across the Atlantic Ocean?

5. Harvey Milk gave his most famous speech in opposition to what proposition?

What’s Coming Up?

Next week, “On This Day” will examine the Wars of the Roses, the capture of Adolf Eichmann and the first U.S. telegram. We’ll also take a look at the “Scopes Monkey Trial,” witchcraft in Connecticut in 1647, the German battleship Bismarck and the Dodgers’ and Giants’ move to California.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. Who succeeded Hitler as president of the Third Reich? Karl Doenitz

2. Under what law was Margaret Sanger, women’s rights activist and birth control advocate, arrested and prosecuted in 1916? The Comstock Law which made it illegal to distribute information about contraceptives.

3. Which ethnic population was largely responsible for building the Central Pacific railroad, and for what reason did this group go on strike in 1867? The Chinese went on strike because non-Chinese workers were paid better.

4. In what way did farming practices give rise to the Dust Storms of the 1930s? Farmers over-harvested the land and allowed livestock to overgraze it. A drought began in 1931, killing many crop yields. The dust storms began because there were few crops and very little grass to hold the dry soil in place.

5. What motivated the Soviets to impose the Berlin Blockade? Following WWII, the Soviet Union feared that Germany could again become a military power and wanted to keep it weak.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet

Test your students’ knowledge of the notable events covered in findingDulcinea’s “On This Day” column this week with Quiztory. It makes a fun extra credit assignment.

1. Who succeeded Hitler as president of the Third Reich?

2. Under what law was Margaret Sanger, women’s rights activist and birth control advocate, arrested and prosecuted in 1916?

3. Which ethnic population was largely responsible for building the Central Pacific railroad, and for what reason did this group go on strike in 1867?

4. In what way did farming practices give rise to the Dust Storms of the 1930s?

5. What motivated the Soviets to impose the Berlin Blockade?

What’s Coming Up?

Next week, we’ll examine the Supreme Court’s decision to end segregation and another decision to dissolve Standard Oil. We’ll also take a look at the marriage of Louis XVI to Marie Antoinette, Amelia Earhart’s solo Atlantic flight, Harvey Milk’s alleged killer’s “Twinkie defense” and Cynthia Anne Parker’s kidnapping by the Comanche.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory

Did you take the Quiztory last week? Now it’s time to check your answers:

1. What famous media magnate tried to prevent the 1941 release of the classic film, “Citizen Kane”?  William Randolph Hearst

2. What company was behind the first commercial jet flight, and what became of it? The British Overseas Airway Corporation was the first company to fly a jet commercially. The 1952 flight of the Haviland Comet was a success, however three subsequent Comet flights crashed, compelling British authorities to ground the fleet.

3. How did cooperation between the War Department and U.S. media blunt the impact of Japan’s “balloon bomb” attacks on the U.S. during World War II?  The media complied with a government request to censor information about the balloon bomb campaign in hopes that the Japanese would believe it was ineffective. After six people in Oregon died, the government informed the public about the threat.

4. In 1970, what was the announcement by President Nixon that led to protests at conservative Kent State University, which ended with four students dead? President Nixon announced the invasion of Cambodia.

5. What cause did both German and American investigators cite for the Hindenburg explosion at the time of the incident? Sabotage. The Hindenburg was a symbol of Nazi Germany.

Subject: History, Other History, Social Studies, U.S. Government, U.S. History, World History
Tags: Quiztory, The Answer Sheet