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 document, written by George Mason, heavily influenced the Bill of Rights?
2. What journalist moderated the first ever televised presidential debate?
3. Which French, linguist and historian, famous for deciphering the Rosetta Stone said, “I dream only in Coptic, in Egyptian”?
4. Which Israeli Prime Minister was assassinated a month after giving civil control of the West Bank to Palestine?
5. In what town was the first Ford Model T released on Oct. 1, 1908? How much did it cost?
What’s Coming Up?
Next week, we’ll explore the creation of the Gregorian calendar and the mystery surrounding Edgar Allen Poe’s death. We’ll also take a look at the debut of “Peanuts” the comic strip,the bombing of the Los Angeles Times Building and the release of one of the first talking films, “The Jazz Singer.”
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