• Refrigerator to Renoir: Ten Great Art Lessons on the Net
  
• Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine
  A comprehensive database of museum quality fine art that can be viewed on the internet.
  
• Drawing and Painting Activities
  Resources and tools from our Arts Center
  

John Travolta, American actor (Civil Action, Primary Colors), born (1954)

Milos Forman, Czech film director (One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, Amadeus), born (1932)

Helen Gurley Brown, magazine publisher (Cosmopolitan), born (1922)

Toni Morrison, Black American novelist (Tar Baby, Beloved) Nobel and Pulitzer winner, born (1931)

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

Martin Luther, German biblical scholar and religious reformer whose questioning led to the Protestant movement, died at 62 (1546)

Michelangelo Buonarroti, Italian sculptor and painter (David), died at 88 (1564)

• Refrigerator to Renoir: Ten Great Art Lessons on the Net
  
• Artcyclopedia: The Fine Art Search Engine
  A comprehensive database of museum quality fine art that can be viewed on the internet.
  
• Drawing and Painting Activities
  Resources and tools from our Arts Center
  

Frances Willard, American educator, reformer, and founder of theWoman's Christian Temperance Union, died at 58 (1898)

Robert J. Oppenheimer, American physicist who led the team that created the atomic bomb, died at 62 (1967)

• Science Center 9-12
  Resources and tools from our Science Center
  

Ohio University, first US land-grant college, was chartered in Athens, OH (1804)

Jefferson Davis was sworn in as president of the Confederate States of America in Montgomery, AL (1861)

• 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 for teaching about the Civil War
  

Mark Twain's "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” was published (1885)

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

First Iron Man Triathlon (swim, bike ride, marathon) was held in Kona, Hawaii (1978)

• Sports!
  Join Education World as we dive into the wonderful world of sports!
  
• Great Sites for Teaching about Hawaii
  The best on the Web for teaching about Hawaii.
  

A group of Quakers and Mennonites became the first white body in English America to register a formal protest against slavery in Germantown, PA (1688)

• 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.
  

Augusta Institute was founded in Georgia as an institution of higher learning for black students (later renamed Morehouse College and moved to Atlanta) (1867)