A collection of peer-reviewed websites and EDSITEment lesson plans covering holidays and special events.
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| EDSITEment Calendar for October, 2001 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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1800—Spain cedes Louisiana to France Exploring the West from Monticello (W)  |
2 Born 1869—Mahatma Gandhi SARAI: South Asia Resource Access on the Internet (W) 1967—Thurgood Marshall appointed Supreme Court Justice Oyez, Oyez, Oyez: Supreme Court WWW Resource (W) |
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1974—Watergate trial begins The Digital Classroom: Constitutional Issues: Watergate and the Constitution (ALA) 1990—Unification of East & West Germany Goethe Institut (W) |
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1957—The Space Age begins: The Soviet Union launches Sputnick, the first satellite, into orbit. Digital Classroom: Sputnik and the Space Race (W) |
5 1582—Gregorian calendar introduced in Italy and other Catholic countries |
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1889—Thomas Edison shows his first motion picture Thomas A. Edison Papers (W) |
| 7 Died 1849—American poet Edgar Allen Poe Internet Public Library: Literary Criticism (W) |
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| 8 Born 1930—Faith Ringgold, multimedia artist Harlem 1900-1940: An African American Community (W) |
9 1000—Leif Ericson discovers "Vinland" America's Library from the American Memory Project (W) 1446—Korean Hangul alphabet devised  Asia Source (W) AskAsia (W) |
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12 1492—Christopher Columbus arrives in the Bahamas |
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| 14 Born 1644—William Penn,founder of Pennsylvania America's Library from the American Memory Collection (W) The Digital Classroom (W) |
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| 15 Born 70 BC—Virgil, Poet VRoma (W) Latin Literature (W) Perseus Project (W)  |
16 Beheaded 1793—Marie Antoinette, Queen of France French Ministry of Culture (W) |
17 Born 1915—Arthur Miller, American playwright American Collection: An Educator's Site (W) 1979—Mother Teresa awarded the Nobel Peace Prize SARAI: South Asia Resource Access on the Internet (W) |
18 Start of the Muslim New Year Exploring Ancient World Cultures (W) Internet Islamic History Sourcebook (W) |
19 1765—Stamp Act Congress met in New York and wrote declaration of rights & liberties History Matters (W) 1781—Cornwallis surrenders at Yorktown; Revolutionary War ends The Digital Classroom: Images of the American Revolution (ALA) |
20 Born 1859—John Dewey, philosopher, educational theorist/writer Episteme Links (W) History of Education (W) |
| 21 Born 1772—Samuel Taylor Coleridge, English Romantic poet Romantic Circles (W) | |||||
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24 1964—Zambia gains independence from Britain Art and Life in Africa Online (W)  |
25 Died 1400—Geoffrey Chaucer, author of the Canterbury Tales Geoffrey Chaucer Website (W) Wife of Bath (LP) |
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| 28 1886—President Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty The New Americans (W) The Statue of Liberty (LP) | |||||
| 29 1966—The National Organization of Women founded U.S. Women's History Workshop (W) |
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31 Born 1795—John Keats, English Romantic poet Romantic Circles (W) 1517—Martin Luther posts 95 theses on Wittenberg church, begins Protestant Reformation Internet Modern History Sourcebook (W) End of Europe's Middle Ages (W) |
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