John Paul Jones dies in Paris

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  Lesson Plan / Art & Culture

  Portrait of a Hero

  Heroes abound throughout history and in our everyday lives. After completing the activities, students will be able to understand the meaning of the words hero and heroic.

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  Lesson Plan / History & Social Studies

  Voices of the American Revolution

  This lesson helps students "hear" some of the diverse colonial voices that, in the course of time and under the pressure of novel ideas and events, contributed to the American Revolution.  Students analyze a variety of primary documents illustrating the diversity of religious, political, social, and economic motives behind competing perspectives on questions of independence and rebellion.

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William Makepeace Thackeray, English novelist, is born

Jane Austen, British author, dies

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  Lesson Plan / Literature & Language Arts

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  Jane Austen's classic novel offers insights into life in early nineteenth-century England. This lesson, focusing on class and the status of women, teaches students how to use a work of fiction as a primary source in the study of history.

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