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11. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  March 22
    Composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim was born today.
    Students examine the painting that inspired Sondheim's Pulitzer-prize winning musical and then create a story of their own based on image they choose.
12. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 16
    Dictionary author Noah Webster was born in 1758.
    Students play a variation of the game Balderdash to practice vocabulary.
13. 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.
14. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 1
    Get ready for National Bullying Prevention Month!
    Students create a poster to enter into a poster contest that educates others about issues surrounding bullying.
15. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 4
    Google was formally incorporated this week in 1998.
    Students are guided in an exploration of search tools and have a discussion about the purposes, benefits, and disadvantages of each.
16. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 15
    Hispanic Heritage Month begins today.
    Students brainstorm all the various aspects of Hispanic culture and compile topics to research. Groups then research topics and present their information to the class.
17. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 3
    Jesse James robs the Obocock Bank in 1871.
    Students listen to folksongs and related information about Jesse James, and then research James' life and write new folk songs about James or another famous outlaw.
18. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  June 14
    June 14 is Flag Day in the U.S.
    Students consider how America, Americans, and the flag are represented in different patriotic songs and hypothesize about the reasons for their differences.
19. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 14
    Kodak was issued a film patent on October 14, 1884.
    Students create a scrapbook of their favorite pieces throughout the year and present it to parents at an end-of-year party.
20. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  May 25
    Memorial Day is observed in the United States today.
    Observed on the last Monday of May, Memorial Day honors the men and women who died while serving in the United States military. In addition to having celebrations with family and friends, many people visit cemeteries and memorials and place flags on the grave sites of fallen servicemen and women.

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