• Energy In The Air: Sounds From The Orchestra

James Monroe elected 5th president of the U.S. (1816)

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

American Anti-Slavery Society organized (1833)

• The Road to Freedom: Using the WWW to Teach About Slavery
  For black slaves in America, the road to freedom was a long and difficult one. This week, Education World observes Black History Month by providing activities to help your students trace that journey and to learn about some of the heroes who paved the way to freedom. Included: Activities for teaching about slavery across the grades and the curriculum.

Grange organized to protect farm interests in America (1867)

William Marcy "Boss" Tweed, corrupt politician of New York City’s Tamany Hall escaped from jail (1875)

University of Tennessee defied court rulings by rejecting five Black applicants (1950)

• States Step Up Efforts to Reduce School Segregation
  In response to a state Supreme Court ruling that children in Hartford’s urban schools were receiving an inferior and unequal education, Connecticut stepped up efforts to improve the education of urban schools.

Senate approved US participation in UN (1945)

Dianne Feinstein named San Francisco’s first female mayor (1978)

French Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette erected a mission on the shores of Lake Michigan starting a settlement that eventually grew to become the city of Chicago (1674)

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