Celebrations of Winter
A collection of peer-reviewed websites and EDSITEment lesson plans covering holidays and special events.
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| EDSITEment Calendar for December Celebrations of Winter A collection of peer-reviewed websites and EDSITEment lesson plans covering holidays and special events. |
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| LEGEND: (W) = Website Feature (LP) = Lesson Plan (ALA) = Additional Learning Activity * = This Month's Feature | ||
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1955—Rosa Parks arrested; initiated the Montgomery Bus Boycott. We Shall Overcome: Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement (W) |
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1847—Frederick Douglass and Martin R Delaney begin anti-slavery paper The North Star Documenting the American South (W)  |
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1942—FDR orders dismantling of Works Progress Administration American Studies at University of Virginia: WPA American Slave Narratives (W) |
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1848—President Polk confirms California gold discovery Gold Rush! California's Untold Stories (W) 1935—Mary McLeod Bethune founds National Council of Negro Women in NY Explore DC: Mary McLeod Bethune (W)  |
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1849—Harriet Tubman escapes from slavery in MD Africans in America People and Events: Harriet Tubman (W) Harriet, the Moses of Her People (W)  |
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1776—George Washington's army crosses Delaware River Metropolitan Museum of Art (W) |
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12 1800—Washington, DC established as U.S. capital. A Landmark Lesson: The United States Capitol Building (LP) Explore DC (W) 1963—Kenya declares independence from UK - Independence Day Art and Life in Africa Online: Kenya (W) |
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14 1825—Decembrist uprising in Russia against Tsar Nicholas I begins Bucknell Russian Studies: Decembrist Uprising (W) |
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| 16 1773—Boston Tea Party History Matters: Boston Tea Party (W) Born 1775—Jane Austen, English novelist | |||||
| 17 1944—Japanese-Americans released from detention camps Asia Source: Special Report on Japanese American Internment (W) 2001—Eid-Al-Fitr - Bayram -Islamic festival of breaking the fast after Ramadan Internet Public Library: Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project (W) |
18 1865—13th Amendment to U.S. Constitution ratified, abolishing slavery Families in Bondage (LP) Freedmen and the Southern Society Project (W)  |
19 Born 1790—Sir William Parry, Arctic explorer Kennewick Man: Science and Sacred Rights (LP) Arctic Studies Center (W) 1984—UK agrees to return Hong Kong to China in 1997 Conversations with History: Interview with Last Governor-General of Hong Kong (W) |
20 1606—Virginia Company settlers leave London to establish first English settlement in Jamestown, VA Jamestown Changes (LP) Virtual Jamestown (W) Died 1812—Sacagawea Shoshone, interpreter for Lewis & Clark Lewis and Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (LP) |
21 1620—103 Mayflower pilgrims land at Plymouth Rock - Plymouth MA : Forefathers' Day Plymouth Colony Archive Project (W) Died 1940—F. Scott Fitzgerald, U.S. author F. Scott Fitzgerald Centenary (W) 2001—(Yule - Pagan) Winter Solstice - celebration of rebirth of sun |
22 Born 1744—Abigail Adams, 2nd first lady (1797-1801) Remember the Ladies: The First Ladies (LP) National First Ladies Library: Abigail Adams (W) |
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25 800—Charlemagne crowned Roman Emperor - beginning of Holy Roman Empire The Avalon Project: Capitulary of Charlemagne (W) 2001—Christmas - Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus |
26 2001—First Day (umoja or unity) of Kwanzaa (African and African American) EXPEDITIONS: Kwanzaa (W) Born 1893—Mao Tse-tung, Prime Minister of China (1949-76) AskAsia: China - Fifty Years Inside the People's Republic (W) |
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28 1945—Congress officially recognizes "Pledge of Allegiance" Stars and Stripes Forever: Flag Facts for a Flag Day (LP) Oh, Say, Can You See What the Star-Spangled Banner Means? (LP) |
29 Died 1890—Sioux Chief Big Foot; Massacre at Wounded Knee, SD New Perspectives on the West (W) |
| 30 1950—Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia become Independent states. The Avalon Project: Indochina (W) | |||||
| 31 2001—New Year's Eve |
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