• Speakers, Projects Bring Veterans' Stories to Classroom
  Classroom activities for teaching about Veterans Day!
• Veterans Day Holiday
  Resources from our database

Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., American writer (Slaughterhouse Five, Cat’s Cradle), born (1922)

George S. Patton, U.S. Army general in WWII "Old Blood & Guts", born (1885)

• Great Sites for Teaching About…World Wars I and II

Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Russian novelist (Crime & Punishment, The Brothers Karamazov) born (1821)

• 9-12 Literature & Poetry Center
  Resources and tools from our Language & Literature Center

Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts and signed the Mayflower Compact (1620)

• The Mayflower Web Page
  Just about all the information known about the Mayflower and its famous passengers,the Pilgrims.

Massachusetts passed the first compulsory school attendance law in America (1647)

• School Administrators Center
  Resources for school administrators

Washington became the 42nd state (1889)

• Information : The Fifty States of the United States
  The site lists all 50 states with most of their features (flag, song, bird, motto etc.) and their capitol cities.

President Harding dedicated the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier (1921)

Vietnam Veterans Memorial, designed by 21-year old Maya Ying Lin, was dedicated in Washington, D.C. (1982)

Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery Alabama dedicated (1989)

• Civil Rights Movement

Mary Edward Walker, first Army female surgeon, awarded Medal of Honor (1865)

• 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.

Fighting in World War I ended with the signing of an armistice between the Allies and Germany (1918)

• Great Sites for Teaching About…World Wars I and II
• A World at War
  Education World presents "The World Wars," the latest article in our year long Millennium Series