• Energy In The Air: Sounds From The Orchestra
  Energy In The Air: Sounds From The Orchestra features downloadable music clips, information about the instruments, quizzes, and a section on sound waves.
• Young Composers
  Young Composers is a collection of musical pieces by aspiring composers
• Mozart's Magical Musical Life
  This is a simple, light-hearted story about Wolfgang Mozart's life and accomplishments.
• The Power of Music
  Experience two new picture books that celebrate the power of music!

Charles Dodgson (Lewis Carroll), English author (Alice in Wonderland), born (1832)

• 9-12 Literature & Poetry Center
  Resources and tools from our Language & Literature Center
• Database of Award-Winning Children's Literature
  The Database of Award Winning Children's Literature is a great place for teachers and librarians to go to put together quality individualized reading lists for students and classes.

Samuel Gompers, first president of American Federation of Labor, born (1850)

• Great Sites for Teaching about…Labor Day and U.S. Labor History
  Some of the best sites on the web about the history of the labor movement in America

Hyman G. Rickover, U.S. Admiral considered the father of the modern nuclear navy, born (1900)

Mikhail Baryshnikov, world renowned ballet dancer, born in Latvia (1948)

• Performance Arts
  See our performance arts resources in our Arts Center

John James Audubon, ornithologist, artist, and naturalist, died at 65 (1851)

• The Wild Ones
  A site where students and teachers around the world can share information about endangered species and habitats and develop a positive attitude about helping to preserve them.

Giuseppe Verdi, Italian opera composer (La Traviata, Aïda), died at 87 (1901)

• Making the Case for Music Education

U.S. Astronauts Grissom, White, and Chaffee perished in a flash fire in their Apollo spacecraft at Cape Kennedy (1967)

Harlem Globetrotters played their first basketball game (1927)

• Sports!
  Join Education World as we dive into the wonderful world of sports!

U.S. and Vietnam signed a cease-fire, ending the longest US war (1973)

First US state university chartered, Athens GA (1785)

• Higher Education Center
  Resources and tools from our Higher Education Center

Margaret Chase Smith, (Senator-R-ME) became the first woman to seek the U.S. presidential nomination for a major party (1964)