• History: Polynesia
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• Cultural Studies: Polynesia
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Arbor Day

• Planting The Seeds of Science
• Grow A Garden Of Opportunity
• Arbor Day Online!

Captain Cook landed at Botany Bay, Australia (1770)

Crew of the HMS Bounty mutineed (1789)

Great Poetry Reading Day

• Volumes of Verse: Poetry Resources on the Internet
  You have probably heard the Web compared to a virtual library. In the case of poetry, that statement couldn't be more true. Poets from William Blake to Walt Whitman now have virtual homes in cyberspace. The Internet offers a rich repertoire of verse -- if you know where to look! You and your students could be the beneficiaries of this fertile resource.
• Rhyme Time: Poetry Plans and Projects
  If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry, said Emily Dickinson. Many students wouldn't disagree! Even the best teachers and students can be perplexed by poetry, but it doesn't have to be a painful experience. The Web is a rich source of verse and activities that make use of poetry. Bring poetry into your classroom through monitor and modem with the help of these activities!
• Invent Your Own Poetry Form: An End-of-the-Year Activity!
  Attack poetry from a new angle! After students have tried their hands at writing traditional poetry, invite them to invent their own poetry forms. Included: Some results from my students!
• Haiku, Chaiku, God Bless You: Teaching Japanese Poetry Writing
  Writing haiku can be a way through which children can express their inner souls, a window through which one can see a child's world.

Japan given self-government after WW2 (1953)

• Take a Trip to Nagano -- Home of the Olympic Games!
  Welcome to Nagano, Japan! Come -- explore! Use the Internet to "bring home" Nagano to your students! Included -- classroom activities for all grades: Speak Japanese. How much is a yen? Read a map. Nagano symbols and stats. More!

Maryland became the 7th state (1788)

• State History: Maryland
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Mussolini executed (1945)