On this day in 1938, Hollywood's most famous dancing duo, Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers, are featured on the cover of Life magazine, offering readers a graceful vision at a time when America is in the grips of the Great Depression. Born Frederick Austerlitz on May 10, 1899, in Omaha, Nebraska, Astaire began touring the vaudeville circuit with his sister and dancing partner, Adele, in early childhood. By 1917, the siblings were performing in New York and London. After Adele married an English lord, Astaire began working in films, starting with a small role in Dancing Lady(1933). In his second film, Flying Down to Rio (1933), he was paired with Ginger Rogers, who had been born Virginia Katherine McMath on July 16, 1911, in Missouri. As a teenager, Rogers had been a champion Charleston dancer and had also toured on the vaudeville circuit. In 1930, she made a splash on Broadway in George and Ira Gershwin’s musical Girl Crazy.
Today in social studies:
7th grade had a bell ringer, and then the kids listed how many of the 50 United States that they could along with their capitals. Some did very well, but we will be spending a good amount of time on these.
6th grade had a bell ringer, we reviewed some key terms from last week regarding Latitude & Longitude. We discussed a worksheet for more practice and then the kids played a game that helps them recognize the difference between lat & long and has them locate a particular location in a specific amount of time.
8th grade also had a bell ringer, and now they are working on writing "How To" essays. They are picking a topic and will be writing a step-by-step essay of this particular area. They will also give a presentation at the end either through a video or a visual presentation in class.
Mr. Johnson
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