The Battle of Gettysburg begins

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  Lesson 2: The Battles of the Civil War

  Through the use of maps and original documents, this lesson will focus on the key battles of the Civil War, Gettysburg and Vicksburg and show how the battles contributed to its outcome. It will also examine the "total war" strategy of General Sherman, and the role of naval warfare in bringing about a Union victory.

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  Battles of the Civil War: campaigns map

  A comprehensive animated map showing the locations and travel routes of the major Civil War military campaigns.

George Sand, French writer, is born

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  Charles Baudelaire: Poète Maudit (The Cursed Poet)

  French Language and World Literature classes will study the works of 19th-century poet Charles Baudelaire and will learn about the connections between the Romantic Movement and themes of 21st-century popular culture.

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The Library Company, America’s first successful lending library, is founded in Philadelphia by Ben Franklin

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  Benjamin Franklin's Many "Hats"

  Ben Franklin, a signer of the Declaration of Independence and of the Constitution was also a philanthropist, a community leader, patriot, and Founding Father. This lesson plan exemplifies all our new country fought for in the Revolutionary War: individualism, democracy, community, patriotism, scientific inquiry and invention, and the rights of “We the People.”

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Susan Glaspell, American playwright, is born