It’s May 12. 
Today is “National Doodle Day.”  What images can you doodle best?

Trivial Fact of the Day:   You may think that doodling is a sign that someone’s mind is wandering when they should be listening, but a 2009 study concluded that doodling while listening can increase remembered details by up to 29%.

Interesting Quote of the Day:  “I only know two tunes.  One of them is Yankee Doodle and the other one isn’t.”  --Ulysses S. Grant  (18th President of the U.S)
Vocabulary Word of the Day:  illicit (adjective) – use this modifier in front of a noun that is forbidden or not permitted.  Have you ever had a teacher say that doodling was an illicit classroom behavior?  How might you present an argument  to that teacher based on today’s trivial fact?

Happy Terrific Thursday!!

Today, we are going to continue our adventure into East Africa. Please get a textbook.