• 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.

1st POW Camp opened (WW 2)

• History: World War II
  Resources from our database.

1st Stamp issued featuring an African American (Booker T. Washington; 1940)

• Stamp on Black History
  A site based on the US Postal Service's collection of Black History-related stamps. Information includes biographies,activities and art.
• Celebrate the Century: Search the Web for U.S. History of the 1940s
  Search the Web to learn more about the stories behind the stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service commemorating the people, places, events, and trends of the fifth decade of this century. Explore Web sites related to the advent of television and antibiotics, to the big-band sound and the baby boom, and to Rosie the Riveter and Harry the president. Included: An Internet scavenger hunt for students!

1st TV Transmission (1927)

El Greco Born

• Artists: El Greco
  Resources from our database.
• El Greco: Digital Images
  Resources from our database.

Mount Vesuvius erupted (1906)

• Earth Science: Volcanoes
  Resources from our database.
• Volcano World
  This site is the ULTIMATE information source about volcanoes.

Museum Day

• Inside Art
  Users travel "into" a painting to discuss the artist, motivation, and concepts.
• Museums & Galleries
  Resources from our database.
• Virtual Museums
  Resources from our database.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art
  The education section of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Web site has been created especially for children.
• LeWeb Louvre
  The highlight of the site is the Famous Paintings" section. Here, users will find images of some of the most famous paintings in the world.

National Teacher Appreciation Day

• Celebrate American Education Week by Building a Village
  Celebrate the event and strengthen the bonds between your schools and your community with activities suggested by the National Education Association. Included: Tips for recognizing school staff and involving parents and business during American Education Week!

New York Harbor discovered

• Across the Sea: Europeans Explore the New World
  Looking for information and activities about the intrepid adventurers who first voyaged to the New World? Check out these Internet sites and help your students explore the earliest explorers.
• Millenium Series: The Great Explorers!
  This week, Education World presents the second in our year-long Millennium Series. Last month we explored the Middle Ages; this month we turn our sites to the great explorers of the millennium. In the stories listed below you'll find resources and activities for exploring the great explorers -- from Leif Eriksson to Neil Armstrong!
• Explore the Explorers Online!
  Columbus and the other early explorers provide your students with the opportunity to explore new worlds -- as well as worlds of knowledge and discovery! This week, Education World delivers a shipload of sites and activities guaranteed to keep your lessons afloat -- and your curriculum current.

NFL made wearing Football Helmets mandatory (1943)

Teapot Dome Scandal began (naval reserve leased by US Secretary of Interior to oilman; 1922)

• History: Naval
  Resources from our database.

UN World Health Organization established (1948)

World Health Day

• World Health Organization