It’s March 21. 

Today is “Memory Day.” I forgot why we should be celebrating that…

Trivial Fact of the Day: Phone numbers became seven digits long in 1947 because that is the maximum number most people can hold in their short term memories.
Interesting Quote of the Day: “Yesterday is but today's memory, and tomorrow is today's dream.” --Khalil Gibran (Lebanese-American poet)
Vocabulary Word of the Day: reminiscence (noun) – this hard-to-spell synonym can stand for two specific nouns : 1) a story about the past that’s being told by a narrator or 2) the enjoyable recollection of past events. When your family gathers, who excels at reminiscence, and who does a terrible job re-telling family stories?

 

Today, we are going to test our memories and see if we remember what we are studying. We are going to start with 5 new vocabulary words. Then, we are going to finish the history frames and present. Finally, read Lesson 3.

Get a book. Open your notebook and wait for the warm-up.