• Great Sites for Teaching About...Inventors and Inventions
  Some of the best sites on the web about inventions

Auguste Comte, French philosopher and founder of the science of sociology and Positivism, born (1798)

Robert E. Lee, commander of Confederate forces during the Civil War, born (1807)

• Civil War Lesson Plans and Activities
  Teachers can use these lessons to teach what caused the war, what it was like to live in a nation divided, and much more.
• Great Sites about the Civil War
  Some of the best sites on the web about the Civil War
• Valley of Shadow: Two Communities in American Civil War
  The Valley of the Shadow Project looks at two communities, one Northern and one Southern, through the lens of the American Civil War. The project is an extensive archive of sources for the period before, during, and after the Civil War for Augusta County, Virginia, and Franklin County, Pennsylvania. Those sources include newspapers, letters, diaries, photographs, and maps, plus church, census and military records.

Edgar Allen Poe, American poet and short story writer (The Raven, The Pit & the Pendulum), born in Boston (1809)

• Great Sites for Teaching About…Edgar Allen Poe
  Some of the best sites on the web about Edgar Allen Poe and his writings.

Paul Cézanne, French impressionist painter (Bathers), born (1839)

• Drawing and Painting Activities
  Resources and tools from our Arts Center

Richard Lester, English film director (Hard Day's Night, Help!) born (1932)

Richard Leakey, anthropologist and paleontologist credited with significant fossil finds in East Africa, born in Nairobi Kenya (1944)

• Social Sciences Center
  Resources and tools from our Social Sciences Center

William O. Douglas, US Supreme court justice (1939-75), died at 81 (1980)

James Dickey, American poet and novelist (Deliverance), died at 84 (1997)

US Senate voted against membership in League of Nations (1920)

Acadia National Park in Maine established (1929)

• Our National Parks
  Some of the best sites on the Web for teaching about our national parks.

Susan B. Anthony elected head of American Equal Rights Association (1869)

• March Into Women's History Month!
  Planning a March project to celebrate Women's History Month? Join us as we explore some of the best Web sites for and about women.

Brown defeated Harvard 6-0 in first intercollegiate hockey game (1898)

New bicycle race "Tour de France" announced (1903)

• Sports!
  Join Education World as we dive into the wonderful world of sports!