• December Holidays 2000
  Join Education World in celebrating holiday cultural experiences from around the world during this festive season!

Christopher "Kit" Carson, American western scout, born (1809)

• 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.

James Prescott Joule, physicist who discovered conservation of energy, born (1818)

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

Anwar Sadat, President of Egypt (1970-81), born (1918)

"Silent Night" composed by Austrian Franz Joseph Gruber (1818)

• Holidays Around the World: A Festival of Lessons!
  Education World offers ten lessons about December celebrations, observances, and activities from several cultures.

Fire devastated the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. destroying about 35,000 volumes (1851)

FDR appointed General Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces during WWII (1943)

• Great Sites for Teaching About…World Wars I and II
  Some of the best sites on the web about the two World Wars.

Giusseppi Verdi's opera "Aida" premiered in Cairo, at Suez canal opening (1871)

• Energy In The Air: Sounds From The Orchestra

Gian Carlo Menotti's "Amahl and the Night Visitors," a Christmas musical written specifically for television, was first broadcast (1951)

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

Vasco da Gama, Portuguese navigator who had discovered a sea route around Africa to India, died in Cochin, India (1524)

• Great Sites for Teaching About…Explorers
  Best sites on the web for teaching about explorers.