• Using Fairy Tales to Debate Ethics
  What better way to spark a spirited classroom debate on ethics than by exploring the complex messages often found in fairy tales?

Louis Braille, French educator who developed reading system for the blind, born (1809)

• Special Education Center
  Resources and activities from our Special Education Center
• Deaf-Blind Awareness Week
  Education World looks at some noteworthy Web sites dedicated to the topic of deaf-blindness.
• Reading Without Seeing: Louis Braille and the Braille Alphabet
  Students learn about Louis Braille and the Braille alphabet and explore some of the challenges people with impaired vision might face

Isaac Pitman, English educator and inventor of the shorthand system named for him, born (1813)

Elizabeth Ann Seton, first native-born American saint, died in Maryland (1821)

• Great Sites for Teaching about Heroes
  Some of the best sites on the web about heroes.
• Heroic Activities to Celebrate Heroes!
  Everyone has a hero -- someone to look up to or admire. This week, Education Word offers ten lessons that will get students thinking about their heroes.

Albert Camus, French author (Stranger), died in an automobile accident at 46 (1960)

T. S. Eliot, American poet (The Waste Land), died in London at 76 (1965)

• Great Sites for Teaching About…Poetry
  Some of the best sites on the web about poetry.

Columbia University founded as Kings College in New York City (1754)

• Higher Education Center
  Resources and tools from our Higher Education Center

Ralph Bunche appointed first Black American official in the U.S. State Department (1944)

• Ten Activities Celebrate Achievements of African Americans!
  With the assistance of the Web, you too can incorporate activities that reflect the positive impact black Americans have had on our nation's history.

Utah became the 45th state in the U.S. (1896)

• Information : The Fifty States of the United States
  The site lists all 50 states with most of their features (flag, song, bird, motto etc.) and their capitol cities.

Gandhi's National Congress of India declared illegal by the UK (1932)

Seoul, Korea captured by communist troops during Korean War (1951)

• The 'Forgotten War'
  Five Web sites that pay tribute to the "forgotten war" and the men and women who served in Korea.

President Carter announced U.S. boycott of Moscow Olympics (1980)

Congressional Black Caucus first organized in the U.S. (1971)