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September 2004 |
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LEGEND: (W) = Website Feature (LP) = Lesson Plan |
| 1 | WednesdayThe Bill of Rights1939— Germany invades Poland, starting WWII Images at War (LP) United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (W) Holocaust and Resistance (LP) |
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| 2 | Thursday |
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| 3 | Friday1838—Frederick Douglass escapes from slavery into New YorkAfrican-American Communities in the North Before the Civil War (LP) 1783—Treaty of Paris signed Voices of the American Revolution (LP) |
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| 4 | Saturday1882—Thomas Edison's first electrical power station begins operationThomas Edison's Inventions in the 1900s and Today (LP) Thomas A. Edison Papers (W) |
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| 5 | Sunday1774—First Continental Congress meets in PhiladelphiaThe Constitutional Convention: What the Founding Fathers Said (LP) |
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| 6 | MondayBorn 1860—Jane AddamsScripting the Past: Exploring Women's History Through Film (LP) Women and Social Movements in the United States: 1820-1940 (W) |
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| 7 | Tuesday |
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| 8 | Wednesday1883—Northern Pacific Railroad completedI Hear the Locomotives: The Impact of the Transcontinental Railroad (LP) |
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| 9 | Thursday1087—William the Conqueror diesInternet Medieval Sourcebook (W) 1776—Continental Congress changes name of United Colonies to United States The "To Do" List of the Continental Congress (LP) |
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| 10 | Friday1608—John Smith becomes President of the Jamestown ColonyJamestown Changes (LP) Virtual Jamestown (W) |
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| 11 | Saturday1789—Alexander Hamilton appointed first Secretary of Treasury The Federalist Debates (LP) |
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| 12 | Sunday1940—Lascaux Cave Paintings discoveredCave Art:Discovering Prehistoric Humans Through Pictures (LP) The Caves of Lascaux (W) |
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| 13 | Monday |
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| 14 | Tuesday1814—Francis Scott Key writes words to Star-Spangled BannerOh, Say, Can You See What the Star-Spangled Banner Means? (LP) |
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| 15 | WednesdayBorn 1857—US President and Chief Justice William Howard TaftI Do Solemnly Swear: Presidential Inaugurations (LP) |
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| 16 | Thursday1620—Mayflower departs England for Plymouth, MassachussetsPlymouth Colony: Archive Project (W) 1810—Mexicans revolt against Spanish Rule Latin American Network Information Center (LANIC) (W) |
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| 17 | Friday1787—Final Draft of the Constitution signed by Constitutional Convention The Constitutional Convention: Four Founding Fathers You May Never Have Met (LP) Digital Classroom: Constitution Day (W) |
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| 18 | Saturday1793—Washington lays cornerstone of Capitol BuildingA Landmark Lesson (LP) Building Big (W) 1895—Booker T. Washington delivers "Atlanta Compromise" address Great American Speeches (W) |
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| 19 | Sunday1796—George Washington gives his farewell address as PresidentGeorge Washington: The Precedent President (LP) |
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| 20 | MondayBorn 1885—Ferdinand "Jellyroll" Morton, jazz musicianJazz and World War II (LP) Jazz (W) |
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| 21 | Tuesday |
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| 22 | Wednesday1862—Prelimary Emancipation Proclamation issued by LincolnAttitudes Toward Emancipation (LP) |
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| 23 | Thursday1806—Lewis and Clark return from first trip to US Pacific CoastOn This Day With Lewis and Clark (LP) Lewis & Clark: The Journey of the Corps of Discovery (W) |
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| 24 | FridayBorn 1896—F. Scott FizgeraldThe "Secret Society" and Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby (LP) F. Scott Fitzgerald Centanary (W) 1957— Eisenhowever desegregates Little Rock schools Ordinary People, Ordinary Places (LP) |
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| 25 | Saturday |
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| 26 | SundayBorn 1888 —Poet T.S. EliotThe Academy of American Poets (W) |
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| 27 | MondayBorn 1722— Samuel Adams, who helped plan Boston Tea PartyThe Boston Tea Party: Costume Optional? (LP) |
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| 28 | TuesdayNative American Cultures Across the U.S. (LP) |
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| 29 | Wednesday1789—United States military createdLost Hero: Starting a Government from Scratch (LP) |
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| 30 | Thursday1965—The National Endowments for the Arts and Humanities are established by Lyndon JohnsonThe National Endowment for the Humanities (W) The National Endowment for the Arts (ALA) |
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