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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 1
   CNN debuted as the first television news network in 1980.
   Students brainstorm a list of modern news sources and from previous centuries. Groups then research one of these sources and create a timeline showing the evolution of news.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 18
   Paul Revere began his famous midnight ride in 1775.
   Through the study of Paul Revere, students learn about primary source documents while researching their family histories, with which they create and compare their family trees.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 23
   The first typewriter patent was awarded in 1868.
   Students take part in an inquiry-based study that compares typewriters to computers.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 1
   The prototype for the World Wide Web was created in 1990.
   Students look at pictures from the past using the WayBack Machine and brainstorm a few websites to explore to think about how they have changed over the years.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 15
   The RMS Titanic sank on this day in 1912.
   Students use the Internet Workshop model to explore web links about the Titanic disaster.