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September 2001
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WEEKLY ARCHIVES

    FEATURED THEME:
National Literacy Month

Reading and Writing Center
Resources, tools and activities for spelling, grammar and more from our Language and Literature Center.

LitTips: 12 Practical Tips to Improve Literacy

Checkpoints in Reading
The Council for Educational Development and Research (CEDaR) has created a list of “checkpoints in reading” -- for Kindergarten and grades 3, 6, 9, and 12 -- to help parents better understand their child’s reading development.

Great Sites for Teaching about Words

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EVENTS

Elizabeth Harrison, American educator and leader in the early Kindergarten movement, born (1849)

Johann Pachelbel, German composer (Pachelbel Canon) born (1653)

Edgar Rice Burroughs, American novelist (Tarzan) born (1875)

Seiji Ozawa, orchestra conductor (Boston Symphony), born in Japan (1935)

Jacques Cartier, French explorer, died (1557)

  • Great Sites for Teaching About…Explorers
    Best sites on the web for teaching about exlorers
  • Explore the Explorers Online!
    Columbus and the other early explorers provide your students with the opportunity to explore new worlds -- as well as worlds of knowledge and discovery! This week, Education World delivers a shipload of sites and activities guaranteed to keep your lessons afloat -- and your curriculum current.

William Clark, of Lewis & Clark Expedition, died at 68 (1838)

A. Bartlett Giamatti, former baseball commissioner and president of Yale University, died of heart attack at 51 (1989)

Helen Keller graduated from Radcliff College (1904)

Union General Sherman burned Atlanta during Civil War campaign (1864)

Korean passenger Flight 007 shot down by Soviet fighter jet for accidentally straying over restricted air space (1983)

Aaron Burr acquitted of treason for attempting to create a Texas Republic (1807)

Wreck of the Titanic found by French-American expedition (1985)

  • The Titanic
    Few topics have as many interesting related Web sites as the Titanic does. No matter what age students you teach, you'll find an ocean of sites to excite them.

Bobby Fischer beat Boris Spassky in chess tournament to become the first American world champion (1972)

World War II began as Nazi Germany invaded Poland (In 1939)

Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa founded in California (1772)

R.C. Carrington & R. Hodgson made the first observation of solar flare (1859)

Pioneer 11 made the first fly-by of Saturn and discovered new moon, rings (1979)

  • The Space Place
    This site is filled with projects and activities related to current space missions and information.

First transatlantic cable failed after less than 1 month of operation (1858)

UN's World Health Organization formed (1948)

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame opened in Cleveland, Ohio (1995)



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