• Celebrate December: New Books About Hanukkah and Kwanzaa
  Two new books that belong in every elementary school library teach about the history, traditions, and vocabulary of Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.
• Holidays Around the World: A Festival of Lessons!
  Education World offers ten lessons about December celebrations, observances, and activities from several cultures.

Eid Day - Ramadan Breaking of the Fast

Boxing Day (Canada, UK)

Mao Tse-Tung's, China’s revolutionary leader, born (1893)

Thomas Gray, English poet (Elegy Written in a Country Church Yard), born (1716)

• Great Sites for Teaching About…Poetry
  
• Volumes of Verse: Poetry Resources on the Internet
  You have probably heard the Web compared to a virtual library. In the case of poetry, that statement couldn't be more true. Poets from William Blake to Walt Whitman now have virtual homes in cyberspace.

Charles Babbage, inventor of the calculating machine, born (1792)

• Great Sites for Teaching About...Inventors and Inventions

Henry Miller, American author (Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer), born (1891)

Mary Tyler Moore, actress (Mary Tyler Moore Show), born (1936)

Susan Butcher, dog sled driver and winner of the Alaska Idatarod race, born (1954)

Harry Truman, 33rd US President died at 88 in Kansas City, Mo (1972)

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

Time Magazine named Albert Einstein as the Person of the Century (1999)

Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts established in Philadelphia (1805)

• Arts Center
  Resources and tools from our Arts Center

Erie Canal first opened (1825)

Garry Kasparov beat Antatoly Karpov to retain the world chess championship (1990)

British suffered a major defeat in the Battle of Trenton during the Revolutionary War (1776)

• Join the Revolution!
  Follow the progress of the American Revolution War from the first battle to the last.

Laurent Clerc, first deaf teacher in U.S. who helped establish American School for the Deaf in Connecticut, born (1785)

• Special Education Center
  Resources and activities from our Special Education Center