• 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
  
• 25 Ideas to Motivate Young Readers!
  To celebrate Children's Book Week, the folks at the BOOK-IT!® Program have given permission for Education World to reprint 25 great ideas from teachers -- ideas that are sure to get kids across the grades excited about reading!
• 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.

Richard the Lionhearted (King of England 1189-1199) born (1157)

Anton Dvorak, Czech composer (New World Symphony) born (1841)

• Energy In The Air: Sounds From The Orchestra

"The Pledge of Allegiance" to the United States of America was written by Francis Bellamy, a former Baptist preacher (1892)

• Civics/Citizenship Center
  Resources, tools and activities from our Social Sciences Center.

Michelangelo's David unveiled (1504)

V-2 Rocket first used in bombing of London WW2 (1944)

U.S. President Gerald Ford pardoned former U.S. President Richard M. Nixon (1974)

• Great Sites for Teaching About…Presidents of the United States
  Best sites on the web for teaching about the presidents.
• Watergate
  Comprehensive site about the history of the Watergate scandal.

John Muir first visited the woods that would bear his name (1908)

• National Park Service
• U.S. National Parks
  This site is dedicated to providing information on all U.S. National Parks
• Our National Parks
  Some of the best sites on the Web for teaching about our national parks.

First U.S. Air Mail service began (1920)

Ernest Hemingway's “Old Man and the Sea” was published (1952)

Spanish explorers founded St. Augustine in Florida, the first permanent European settlement in North America (1565)

• Great Sites for Teaching About…Explorers
  Best sites on the web for teaching about explorers.

Star Trek debuted on TV (1966)

Powerful hurricane killed 8,000 people and caused widespread flooding in Galveston Texas (1900)

• Great Sites for Teaching about…Hurricanes