• The Road to Freedom: Using the WWW to Teach About Slavery
  For black slaves in America, the road to freedom was a long and difficult one. This week, Education World observes Black History Month by providing activities to help your students trace that journey and to learn about some of the heroes who paved the way to freedom. Included: Activities for teaching about slavery across the grades and the curriculum.
  
• 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.
  

Charles Dickens, English novelist (A Christmas Carol, A Tale of Two Cities, Oliver Twist), born (1812)

• 9-12 Literature & Poetry Center
  Resources and tools from our Language & Literature Center.
  

Sir Thomas More, English statesman, lawyer and scholar born (1478)

Sinclair Lewis, first American Nobel prize-winning author (Elmer Gantry, Arrowsmith, Main Street), born (1885)

• 9-12 Literature & Poetry Center
  Resources and tools from our Language & Literature Center.
  

Laura Ingalls Wilder, American writer (Little House on the Prairie, Little House in the Big Woods), born (1867)

• Laura Ingalls Wilder: Frontier Girl
  Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little House books captivate children with stories of the author's life growing up in an American pioneer family in the 1870s and '80s.
  
• Exploring Native Americans Across the Curriculum
  Blast stereotypes with across-the-curriculum activities for students of all ages.
  
• My Little House on the Prairie Home Page
  The most valuable part of this site is the links to the Wilder family, which gives a fairly in-depth report on the history, life and travels of these pioneers.
  

James Augustus Henry Murray, British educator and lexicographer who help create the Oxford Dictionary, born in Scotland (1837)

• Happy Birthday, Noah Webster!
  Learn more on the Web about the life of Noah Webster, father of the dictionary (born October 16, 1758). Included -- Dictionary games! Cross-curriculum activities! Skills pages for use across the grades!
  
• Vocabulary and Spelling: Do Your Students Say 'Boring'?
  Henry Ward Beecher said, "All words are pegs to hang ideas on." If words are pegs, does it follow that the more words we know, the more ideas we may have? True or not, it is hard to argue the fact that a good vocabulary is an asset in life. What greater service can teachers perform than to help students foster their understanding of words? The Internet offers many tools for young etymologists and an abundance of great ideas for teaching vocabulary and spelling. Dig for definitions and pry for pronunciations -- virtual vocabulary has no limits!

"Academician", the first successful educational magazine, began publication in New York City (1818 )

Disney's animated film “Pinocchio” premiered in New York City (1940)

Astronauts Bruce McCandless and Robert Stewart went on the first untethered spacewalk (1984)

• Space Center
  Information and resources from our Science Center.
  
• The Space Place
  This site is filled with projects and activities related to current space missions and information.
  
• NASA Spacelink Gets a New Look
  Have you checked out NASA Spacelink's new look? Spacelink, designed for teachers and students, is better than ever. It's faster, more efficient, and boasts a powerful new search engine.
  

Alabama's law excluding women from jury duty was declared unconstitutional by a federal court (1966)