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D E C E M B E R 5th

December 2000
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December 03 - December 09, 2000
December 10 - December 16, 2000
December 17 - December 23, 2000
December 24 - December 30, 2000
December 31 - January 06, 2000

WEEKLY ARCHIVES

FEATURED THEME:
December Holidays

Holidays Around the World: A Festival of Lessons!
�Tis the season! This week, Education World offers ten lessons about December celebrations, observances, and activities from several cultures. Included: A Hanukkah game, a Kwanzaa recipe, and an activity that involves students in diagramming similarities and differences in holiday celebrations!

December Holidays
Join Education World as we celebrate the holiday season. We have articles, lesson ideas, site reviews, books, crafts, clipart and much more -- all to help you meet all your holiday needs!

Great Sites for Teaching about Multicultural Holidays
Teaching about multicultural holidays? Look here for the best of the Web!

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EVENTS

Martin Van Buren, 8th U.S. President (1837 - 41), born (1782)

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

George Armstrong Custer, U.S. cavalry officer who led his men to defeat at the Battle of Little Big Horn, born (1839)

The American West
This site has an enormous amount of information to cover and does it very well. The site focuses on the "old West" and includes information on cowboys, Native Americans, pioneers and pioneer towns, explorers and more.

Walt Disney, animated film producer (Fantasia, Snow White), born (1901)

Drawing and Painting Activities
Resources and tools from our Arts Center

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Austrian composer (Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, Don Giovanni), died in Vienna at 35 (1791)

German physicist Albert Einstein was granted a visa to enter the U.S. (1932)

Christopher Columbus discoverd Haiti (1492)

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

Phi Beta Kappa, first American scholastic fraternity, founded at William and Mary College (1776)

Former President John Quincy Adams took his seat as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives (1831)

21st Amendment was ratified repealing the18th Amendment (Prohibition) (1933)

George Washington was re-elected president (1792)

Primaries, Voting, and Elections
Education World looks at decisions of primary importance and elects to explore the voting process! Lesson plans, Internet sites, and curriculum ideas will help your students understand the impact of this year's Election.

American Federation of Labor and the Congress of Industrial Organizations merged to form the AFL-CIO Union (1955 )

Great Sites For Teaching About...Labor Day and U.S. Labor History
Some of the best web sites about the holiday and the story of labor behind it

Civil rights bus boycott began in Montgomery, Alabama (1955)

Civil Rights Movement
Black History on the Internet
Explore the best Black History sites for primary, middle, and high school level students. Activity and lesson ideas included!

New York City became the first city to legislate against racial or religious discrimination in the housing market (1957)