• Making the Case for Music Education

Arthur C. Nielsen, market researcher: TV audience survey, born (1897)

"Mother Teresa (Nobel 1979) died of a heart attack at her Missionaries of Charity headquarters in Calcutta, India (1997)"

• The Giraffe Project: Encouraging Kids to 'Stick their Necks Out' for Others
• Women of Accomplishment: An Internet Scavenger Hunt
  Neglected for years, the historical contributions of women are celebrated during March, the official National Women's History Month. Supplement your textbooks with the other half of history -- the achievements of women -- by posing a question about women's history during every school day of the month!
• Is Community Service a Waste of Time?
  Many educators use the terms community service and service learning interchangeably. They are two very different concepts, though. What is the difference? Should your students participate in one or the other? Included: Education World talks to the experts about what it takes to create a real service-learning project -- if that's possible.
• Students Learn While Helping at Soup Kitchen
  How do you teach compassion? A project launched by teachers and students at Presentation of Mary Academy in Hudson, N.H., is designed to do just that. Classroom learning is tied closely to the students' participation in a project carried on with the Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter. Included: Details of how service learning can be tied to learning across the curriculum!

Jack Kerouac's “On the Road” published (1957)

Sioux Chief Crazy Horse killed while resisting arrest at Fort Robinson, Nebraska (1877)

• The American West
  This site has an enormous amount of information to cover and does it very well. The site focuses on the "old West" and includes information on cowboys, Native Americans, pioneers and pioneer towns, explorers and more.
• Exploring Native Americans Across the Curriculum
  Blast stereotypes with across-the-curriculum activities for students of all ages.

Battle of Marne WWI (1914)

First Labor Day Parade held in New York City (1882)

• Holidays Center
  Resources from our Holidays Center

USSR ended communist rule giving power to the Republics (1991)

• Social Sciences Center
  Resources and tools from our Social Sciences Center

U.S. Navy blockaded Tripoli (1804)

Anwar Sadat of Egypt, Menachim Begin of Israel, and Jimmy Carter began historic Middle East peace conference at Camp David Md. (1978)

Israeli Olympic Team massacred at Munich Summer Olympics by Palestinian terrorists (1972)

Battle of Virginia Capes French defeated Britain trapping Cornwallis at Yorktown (1781)

• Great Sites for Teaching About...The American Revolution
  Best sites on the web for teaching about the American Revolution time period.
• Join the Revolution!
  Follow the progress of the American Revolution War from the first battle to the last.

The "MacNeil/ Lehrer News Hour" on PBS (Public Broadcasting System) became the first hour long network news show (1983)

• Education News
  Resources from our Education News Center

Russian writer Boris Pasternak's masterpiece "Doctor Zhivago" was first published in the U.S. (1958)

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

FDR declared U.S. neutrality at start of WW II in Europe (1939)

Jerry Lewis' first Muscular Dystrophy telethon held (1966)