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D E C E M B E R 19th

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

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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
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Mary Ashton Livermore, American reformer/women's suffrage leader, born (1821)

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Cicely Tyson, American actress (Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, Roots) born (1939)

Vitus Bering, Dutch navigator & explorer, died (1741)

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Alois Alzheimer, German psychiatrist, died (1915)

Nellie Taylor Ross, first U.S. female governor died at 101 (1977)

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