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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 20
   Actor Sidney Poitier was born in 1924.
   Students do a journal entry about barriers that have been broken,such as age, race, and gender, that might impede them in the future, and how they can break through those barriers.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 1
   Annie Moore becomes the first immigrant to enter Ellis Island in 1892.
   Students explore online resources about Ellis Island, interview an immigrant in the area, and publish their stories.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  March 15
   Beware the Ides of March!
   Students discuss and categorize superstitions, define a superstition, and compare the similarities and difference between proverbs and superstitions.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 18
   Celebrate Mandela Day today.
   After reading Kadir Nelson's Nelson Mandela, students explore the Mandela Day website before using an online tool to start working on a service project of their own.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 20
   Charles Lindbergh began his transatlantic flight in 1927.
   Students consider what is meant by the phrase "Human Hero," think of people who fit into the category, and read a biography of a selected hero.
6. 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.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 23
   Diarist Samuel Pepys was born.
   Students write diary entries and revisit the entries as if it were a hundred years from now. Students then brainstorm and write paragraphs about life in the 21st century.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 23
   Elizabeth Blackwell became the first woman in the US to earn a MD degree in 1849.
   "Famous Firsts" are researched by students, followed by small group research and multimedia presentations to report research results.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  January 24
   Gold was discovered in California in 1848.
   Students read letters from the Gold Rush and follow up by writing an imaginary letter to a family member about their experience using the Letter Generator.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 4
    It's Independence Day! Or is it?
    Students consider why there are so many different dates associated with the Declaration of Independence and why the nation's birthday is celebrated on July 4.

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