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May 2002 |
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LEGEND: (W) = Website Feature (LP) = Lesson Plan |
| 1 | Wednesday |
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| 2 | ThursdayCan You Haiku? (LP) |
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| 3 | Friday1947—Japan forms a constitutional democracyTeaching (and Learning) about Japan (W) 1947—Japan forms a constitutional democracy Teaching (and Learning) about Japan (W) |
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| 4 | Saturday1919—China's May Fourth movement seeks to resist foreign imperialism after WWIAsia Source (W) |
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| 5 | SundayChildren's Day—S. Korea & JapanCommon Visions, Common Voices (LP) |
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| 6 | Monday1882—Chinese Exclusion Act: US ceases immigrationWhere I Come From (LP) 1941—Joseph Stalin becomes premier of Russia Bucknell Russian Studies Department (W) |
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| 7 | Tuesday1812—Born—British poet Robert BrowningVictorian Web (W) 1913—Britain rejects woman's right to vote Cultural Change (LP) |
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| 8 | Wednesday1945—V-E Day: WWII ends in EuropeImages at War (LP) |
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| 9 | ThursdayUnicorns, Dragons, and Other Magical Creatures (LP) |
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| 10 | Friday1857—Sepoy Mutiny begins - 1st War of Indian IndependenceVictorian Web (W) 1968—Vietnam peace talks began between US & North Vietnam Asia Source (W) |
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| 11 | Saturday1894 Born—Martha GrahamAmerican Memory Project (W) |
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| 12 | SundayMother's DayFamily and Friendship in Quilts (LP)  |
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| 13 | Monday1607—104 male colonists arrive in Virginia, establish 1st permanent English settlement in New WorldJamestown Change (LP) |
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| 14 | Tuesday1935—in the Philippines ratifies independence agreementAskAsia: Phillipines (W) |
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| 15 | Wednesday1856 Born—L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of OzInternet Public Library (W) |
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| 16 | Thursday1868—President Andrew Johnson acquitted during Senate impeachmentAmerican Memory: The Johnson Impeachment (W) 1996—Atal Bihari Vajpayee becomes Indian prime minister SARAI: South Asia Resource Access on the Internet (ALA) |
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| 17 | Friday1954—Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown v Topeka Board of Education - segregation in public schools is unconstitutionalNational Park Service (W) |
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| 18 | Saturday1896—US Supreme court affirms "separate but equal" policy (Plessy v Ferguson)The Oyez Project (W) |
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| 19 | Sunday |
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| 20 | MondayAesop and Ananse: Animal Fables and Trickster Tales (LP) |
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| 21 | Tuesday1998—Indonesian President Suharto resigns. VP B.J. Habibie sworn in as presidentAskAsia: Indonesia (W) |
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| 22 | WednesdayThe World of Haiku (LP) 1885—The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor from France The Statue of Liberty: The Meaning and Use of a National Symbol (LP) |
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| 23 | ThursdayIn My Other Life (LP) 1997—Mohammad Khatami is elected president of Iran Conversations with History: US's Third World Policy During the Cold War (W) Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart: Oral and Literary Strategies Lesson Plan (LP) |
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| 24 | FridayMouloud (Birth of the Prophet) (Muslim/Islam)Exploring Ancient World Cultures: Early Islam (W) |
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| 25 | Saturday1803 Born—Ralph Waldo EmersonRomantic Circles (W) |
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| 26 | SundayBuddha DayAsia Source: Buddhism in US (W) |
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| 27 | Monday2002—Memorial Day observedAmerican Memory (W) |
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| 28 | Tuesday1851—Ohio Woman's Rights Convention met in Akron, OHWomen and Social Movements in the United States (W) |
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| 29 | Wednesday1453—Constantinople falls to Turks, ends Middle AgesLabyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies (W) |
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| 30 | Thursday1431—Joan of Arc burned at the stakeInternet Medieval Sourcebook: International Joan of Arc Society (W) 1967—Biafra declares independence from Nigeria African Studies WWW (W) |
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| 31 | Friday1819 Born—Walt WhitmanAcademy of American Poets (W) |
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