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  Best on the Web for teaching about the elections on November 7th.
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  Ideas for teaching about the upcoming elections and the election process
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Marie Sklodowska Curie, physicist who discovered radium and polonium (Nobel winner 1903 & 1911) and the first female lecturer and professor at the Sorbonne, born in Poland (1867)

• Great Scientists
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• Women of Accomplishment: An Internet Scavenger Hunt
  Neglected for years, the historical contributions of women are celebrated during March, the official National Women's History Month. Supplement your textbooks with the other half of history -- the achievements of women -- by posing a question about women's history during every school day of the month!

Albert Camus, Algerian novelist and existentialist (The Plague, The Stranger) winner of 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature, born (1913)

Andrew Dickson White, educator and first President of Cornell University, born (1832)

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Konrad Lorenz, Austrian zoologist and ethologist author (On Aggression) Nobel in 1973, born (1903)

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Elijah P. Lovejoy, Presbyterian Abolitionist newspaper publisher, murdered by pro-slavery mob while defending his printing presses in Alton, IL (1837)

Eleanor Roosevelt, former First Lady and dedicated advocate for various social causes, died at 78 (1962)

• Women of Accomplishment: An Internet Scavenger Hunt
  Neglected for years, the historical contributions of women are celebrated during March, the official National Women's History Month
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Lewis & Clark exploration expedition reached the Pacific Ocean (1805)

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• Great Sites for Teaching About…Western Expansion
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Canada's first trans-continental railway, the Canadian Pacific, was completed (1885)

First political cartoon by Thomas Nast depicting the elephant as the Republican Party symbol published (1874)

• Use Editorial Cartoons to Teach About Elections Past and Present
  Bring the power of editorial cartoons -- the strength of their images and the power of their messages -- into your classroom!

British explorer Verney Lovett Cameron became the first European to cross equatorial Africa (1875)

• Great Sites for Teaching About…Explorers
  Best sites on the web for teaching about explorers.
• Africa Focus: Sights and Sounds of a Continent
  

Edward Bouchet was the first Black American to receive a PhD from a U.S. college (Yale) (1876)

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• Ten Activities Celebrate Achievements of African Americans!
  With the assistance of the Web, you too can incorporate activities that reflect the positive impact black Americans have had on our nation's history.

Jeannette Rankin of Montana became the first woman elected to the U.S. House of Representatives (1916)

• March Into Women's History Month!
  Planning a March project to celebrate Women's History Month? Join us as we explore some of the best Web sites for and about women.

Robert Goddard American inventor demonstrated tube-launched solid propellant rockets (1918)

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• Great Sites for Teaching About...Technology and Science
  Best on the Web for teaching about technology and science

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt re-elected to a 4th term in office (1944)

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Carl B. Stokes elected first Black mayor of a major city-Cleveland, Ohio (1967)

• Black History on the Internet
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President Lyndon Johnson signed a bill establishing the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (1967)

New Jersey became the first state to allow girls to play baseball in the Little League (1973)

L. Douglas Wilder elected first Black U.S. governor (in Virginia) (1989)

• Ten Activities Celebrate Achievements of African Americans!
  With the assistance of the Web, you too can incorporate activities that reflect the positive impact black Americans have had on our nation's history.

Voters in the United States Hawaii Territory ratified a state constitution (1950)

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• Great Sites for Teaching about Hawaii
  The best on the Web for teaching about Hawaii.
• Great Sites for Teaching about Hawaii, Part II
  Some more of the best on the Web for teaching about Hawaii.