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May 2007 |
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LEGEND: (W) = Website Feature (LP) = Lesson Plan |
Asian Pacific heritage Month
| 1 | TuesdayInternational Labor DayWas There an Industrial Revolution? New Workplace, New Technology, New Consumers (LP) |
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| 2 | Wednesday1945—the Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin.Victory and the New Order in Europe (LP) Life in the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints and the Rise of the Merchant Class in Edo Period Japan (LP) |
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| 3 | Thursday1947—Japan forms a constitutional democracyTeaching (and Learning) about Japan (W) |
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| 4 | FridayAnimals of the Chinese Zodiac (LP) |
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| 5 | SaturdayChildren's Day—S. Korea & JapanCommon Visions, Common Voices (LP) |
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| 6 | SundayWhere I Come From (LP) |
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| 7 | Monday1812—Born—British poet Robert BrowningBrowning’s “My Last Duchess” and Dramatic Monologue (LP) 1913—Britain rejects woman's right to vote Cultural Change (LP) |
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| 8 | Tuesday1854—US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to JapanThe World of Haiku (LP) 1945—V-E Day: WWII ends in Europe Jazz and World War II: A Rally to Resistance, A Catalyst for Victory (LP) |
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| 9 | Wednesday |
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| 10 | Thursday1940—Winston Churchill becomes prime minister of Great BritainHow “Grand” and “Allied” was the Grand Alliance? (LP) 1968—Vietnam peace talks began between US & North Vietnam AskAsia (W) |
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| 11 | FridayMarco Polo Takes a Trip (LP) |
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| 12 | SaturdayLions, Dragons, and Nian: Animals of the Chinese New Year (LP) |
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| 13 | Sunday1607—104 male colonists arrive in Virginia, establish 1st permanent English settlement in New WorldVirtual Jamestown (W) Jamestown Change (LP) Mother's Day  Family and Friendship in Quilts (LP) |
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| 14 | Monday1804—Lewis & Clark set out for Pacific CoastOn This Day with Lewis and Clark (LP) 1935—The Philippines ratifies independence agreement AskAsia: Phillipines (W) |
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| 15 | Tuesday1856 Born—L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of OzKidSpace (W) |
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| 16 | Wednesday1868—President Andrew Johnson acquitted during Senate impeachmentAmerican Memory: The Johnson Impeachment (W) |
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| 17 | Thursday1954—Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown v Topeka Board of EducationOrdinary People, Ordinary Places: The Civil Rights Movement (LP) |
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| 18 | Friday |
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| 19 | SaturdayOn the Road With Marco Polo (LP) |
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| 20 | SundayHamlet Meets Chushingura: Traditions of the Revenge Tragedy (LP) |
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| 21 | Monday |
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| 22 | Tuesday1885—The Statue of Liberty arrived in New York Harbor from FranceThe Statue of Liberty: The Meaning and Use of a National Symbol (LP) |
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| 23 | Wednesday |
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| 24 | Thursday |
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| 25 | Friday1803 Born—Ralph Waldo EmersonRomantic Circles (W) |
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| 26 | Saturday |
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| 27 | Sunday |
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| 28 | Monday1851—Ohio Woman's Rights Convention met in Akron, OHWho Were the Foremothers of Women’s Equality? (LP) Women and Social Movements in the United States (W) |
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| 29 | Tuesday1453—Constantinople falls to Turks, ends Middle AgesLabyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies (W) |
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| 30 | Wednesday1431—Joan of Arc burned at the stakeInternet Medieval Sourcebook: International Joan of Arc Society (W) 2004—Memorial Day observed The Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Courage (LP) American Memory (W) |
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| 31 | Thursday1819 Born—Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman's Notebooks and Poetry: the Sweep of the Universe (LP) |
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