• 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.
  

George Frederick Handel, German composer (The Messiah), born (1685)

• Making the Case for Music Education
  
• Energy In The Air: Sounds From The Orchestra
  

Emma Willard, American educator who established the Emma Willard School (1821), one of the first women's colleges in the U.S., born (1787)

• Celebrate Women's History Month!
  Each March, Education World recognizes women's history month with new classroom teaching resources. This year, we're excited to bring you several valuable tools -- including a Women's History WebQuest, Women of the Century. This WebQuest will challenge your students to work cooperatively as they create a women's history encyclopedia to supplement outdated and sorely lacking textbooks!
  

William L. Shirer, American historian (The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich), born (1904)

John Keats, English Romantic poet, died of tuberculosis at 25 in Rome (1821)

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

John Quincy Adams, 6th US President (1825-1829), died of a stroke at 80 (1848)

• Presidential Sites Resources
  

Edward William Elgar, English composer (Coronation Ode), died at 76 (1934)

• Making the Case for Music Education
  
• Music Center
  Resources and tools from our Arts Center
  

Baron von Steuben, experienced German military officer joined the Continental Army at Valley Forge to conduct much needed training (1778)

Philadelphia College of Apothecaries, the first U.S. pharmacy college, was established in Philadelphia, PA (1821)

Johannes Gutenberg, German inventor of the printing press, printed the first book (the Bible) (1455)

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

Source of the Nile was discovered (1863)

Alamo was besieged by Santa Anna and his Mexican army (1836)

Ground war against Iraq began during Desert Storm (1991)

First mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine began in Pittsburgh (1954)

Boston was incorporated as a city (1822)

Scientists in Scotland announced they succeeded in cloning an adult sheep, producing a lamb named "Dolly" (1997)