Holocaust Remembrance Day

Submitted by snituama on March 14, 2013 - 3:04pm
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Repeats every year until Sun Apr 08 2035 .
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Event Date Display: 
April 8, 1982
Related Lesson Plans: 
Anne Frank: One of Hundreds of Thousands
Anne Frank: Writer
Related Links: 
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: Days of Remembrance
Coming of Age in the Holocaust, Coming of Age Now

The National Woman Suffrage Parade 1913

Submitted by snituama on February 28, 2013 - 12:10pm
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History & Social Studies
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Repeats every year until Sat Mar 03 2035 .
March 3, 2013
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Event Date Display: 
March 3, 1913
Related Lesson Plans: 
Who Were the Foremothers of Women's Equality?
Women's Equality: Changing Attitudes and Beliefs
Women's Suffrage: Why the West First?
Related Links: 
American Women: MARCHING FOR THE VOTE: REMEMBERING THE WOMAN SUFFRAGE PARADE OF 1913
Smithsonian Museum of American History: National Woman Suffrage Parade 1913

Nakahama Manjirō (中濱 万次郎) the first Japanese national to emigrate to America, born

Submitted by snituama on January 9, 2013 - 1:48pm
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History & Social Studies
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Repeats every year until Sat Jan 27 2035 .
January 27, 2013
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Event Date Display: 
January 27, 1827
Related Links: 
EDSITEment: Asian-Pacific Heritage Month
EDSITEment: Interactive Map The Travels of Manjiro
EDSITEment: Timeline of Manjiro's Life

Marco Polo, Venetian merchant and world traveller, dies

Submitted by snituama on January 9, 2013 - 1:25pm
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History & Social Studies
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Repeats every year until Tue Jan 09 2035 .
January 9, 2013
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Event Date Display: 
January 9, 1324
Related Lesson Plans: 
Lesson 8: On the Road with Marco Polo: Homecoming
Related Student Resources: 
On the Road: The Travels of Marco Polo
Related Links: 
National Geographic: Marco Polo the Journey Home
EDSITEment: Marco Polo Interactive Map

Native American Heritage Day

Submitted by snituama on September 28, 2012 - 9:47am
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History & Social Studies
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Repeats every year until Fri Nov 23 2035 .
November 23, 2012
November 23, 2013
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Event Date Display: 
November 23, 2008
Related Lesson Plans: 
Native American Cultures Across the U.S.
Not "Indians," Many Tribes: Native American Diversity
Related Student Resources: 
Launchpad: Colonial New England
Related Links: 
Native American Heritage Day Act 2008 - House Resolution
Thinkfinity Community Hub: “Hok-noth-da” (Did you hear? in Shawnee) Native American Heritage Day

John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath” is published

Submitted by snituama on September 21, 2012 - 4:40pm
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History & Social Studies
Literature & Language Arts
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Repeats every year until Sat Apr 14 2035 .
April 14, 2012
April 14, 2013
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Event Date Display: 
April 14, 1939
Related Lesson Plans: 
John Steinbeck’s "The Grapes of Wrath": The Inner Chapters
John Steinbeck’s “The Grapes of Wrath”: Verbal Pictures
Related Links: 
John Steinbeck: A Voice for a Region, A Voice for America
The Dust Bowl, a Film by Ken Burns

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor best known for designing the Statue of Liberty, is born

Submitted by snituama on August 14, 2012 - 2:24pm
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Art & Culture
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Repeats every year until Thu Aug 02 2035 .
August 2, 2012
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Event Date Display: 
August 2, 1834
Related Lesson Plans: 
The Statue of Liberty: Bringing the 'New Colossus' to America
The Statue of Liberty: The Meaning and Use of a National Symbol
Related Links: 
EDSITEment feature: Statue of Liberty

National Doughnut Day

Submitted by snituama on June 1, 2012 - 11:05am
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History & Social Studies
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Repeats every year until Fri Jun 01 2035 .
June 1, 2012
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Event Date Display: 
June 1, 1938
Related Lesson Plans: 
African-American Soldiers After World War I: Had Race Relations Changed?
Related Links: 
The Great War Society: Doughnut! The Official Story
Image: Salvation Army Lassies giving sweets to returned soldiers

Mother’s Day observed

Submitted by snituama on April 25, 2012 - 4:30pm
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Art & Culture
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Repeats every year until Sat May 12 2035 .
May 12, 2012
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Event Date Display: 
May 12, 2013
Related Links: 
Thinkfinity feature: Hooray for Mom!

Ann Lee, founder of the Shakers, is born

Submitted by edsite.admin on January 13, 2012 - 3:32pm
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History & Social Studies
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Repeats every year until Sun Feb 29 2032 .
February 29, 2012
February 29, 2016
February 29, 2020
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February 29, 2032
Event Date Display: 
February 29, 1736
Related Links: 
NPS: The Shakers
UVA American Studies: The Shakers
PBS American Stories - The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God
I Hear America Singing: The Shakers

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