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

James Maxwell, Scottish physicist best known for his formulation of electromagnetic theory (Treatise on Electricity) born (1831)

Whoopi Goldberg (Caryn Johnson) comedienne and Academy Award-winning actress (Ghost,The Color Purple) born (1949)

Henry the Navigator prince of Portugal, died at 66 (1460)

• 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.

Gioacchino (Antonio) Rossini, Italian composer (Barber of Seville, William Tell), died at 76 (1868)

• Making the Case for Music Education

Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel, German philosopher, died of cholera (1891)

Walt Disney’s "Fantasia", an animated film set to a classical music soundtrack premiered in New York City (1940)

League of Nations held its first full session (1920)

Holland Tunnel, first underwater vehicle tunnel in the US, opened connecting New York and New Jersey (1927)

U.S. Supreme Court ruled segregation is unconstitutional on public buses (1956)

• Civil Rights Movement

General Richard Montgomery led American Revolutionary troops in the capture of Montreal (1775)

• Great Sites for Teaching About...The American Revolution
  Best sites on the web for teaching about the American Revolution time period.