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May 2009 |
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LEGEND: (W) = Website Feature (LP) = Lesson Plan |
Asian-Pacific Heritage Month/Jewish American Heritage Month
| 1 | Friday1931 Empire State BuildingBuilding Big (W) (ALA) International Labor Day Was There an Industrial Revolution? New Workplace, New Technology, New Consumers (LP) |
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| 2 | SaturdayLife in the Floating World: Ukiyo-e Prints and the Rise of the Merchant Class in Edo Period Japan (LP) 1945—the Soviet Union announced the fall of Berlin. Victory and the New Order in Europe (LP) |
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| 3 | Sunday1947—Japan forms a constitutional democracyThe New Order for “Greater East Asia” (LP) Victory in the Pacific, 1943-1945 (LP) |
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| 4 | MondayAnimals of the Chinese Zodiac (LP) |
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| 5 | Tuesday2008 The Presidents—an American Experience series on U.S. Presidents beginsAmerican Experience on PBS (W) Children's Day—S. Korea & Japan Common Visions, Common Voices (LP) |
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| 6 | WednesdayWhere I Come From (LP) President Eisenhower signs Civil Rights Act of 1960 American President (W) (ALA) |
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| 7 | Thursday1913—Britain rejects woman's right to voteCultural Change (LP) 1915 German sub sinks Lusitania United States Entry into World War I: A Documentary Chronology of World War I (ALA) 1812 Born—Robert Browning, British poet Browning’s “My Last Duchess” and Dramatic Monologue (LP) |
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| 8 | Friday1854—US Commodore Matthew C Perry's 2nd trip to JapanThe World of Haiku (LP) 1945—V-E Day: WWII ends in Europe Victory in Europe, 1944-1945 (LP) Jazz and World War II: A Rally to Resistance, A Catalyst for Victory (LP) |
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| 9 | Saturday1914 President Woodrow Wilson proclaims the first Mother's Day holidayPicturing First Families (L) (ALA) |
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| 10 | Sunday1940—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 | MondayMarco Polo Takes a Trip (LP) Mother's Day  Family and Friendship in Quilts (LP) |
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| 12 | TuesdayLions, Dragons, and Nian: Animals of the Chinese New Year (LP) 1934 Dust storm sweeps Great Plains Dust Bowl Days (L) (ALA) |
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| 13 | Wednesday1607—104 male colonists arrive in Virginia, establish 1st permanent English settlement in New WorldVirtual Jamestown (W) Images of the New World (LP) Jamestown Changes (LP) |
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| 14 | Thursday1804—Lewis & Clark set out for Pacific CoastOn This Day with Lewis and Clark (LP) 1935—The Philippines ratifies independence agreement The Road to Pearl Harbor: The United States and East Asia, 1915-1941 (LP) |
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| 15 | Friday1856 Born—L. Frank Baum, author of The Wonderful Wizard of OzAlice's Adventures in Wonderland: Nonsense Poetry and Whimsy (LP) KidSpace (W) |
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| 16 | Saturday1868—President Andrew Johnson acquitted during Senate impeachmentAmerican Memory: The Johnson Impeachment (W) |
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| 17 | Sunday1954—Supreme Court unanimously rules on Brown v Topeka Board of EducationOrdinary People, Ordinary Places: The Civil Rights Movement (LP) |
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| 18 | Monday1896- US Supreme court affirms "separate but equal" policy (Plessy v Ferguson)The Supreme Court: The Judicial Power of the United States (LP) |
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| 19 | TuesdayOn the Road With Marco Polo (LP) |
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| 20 | WednesdayHamlet Meets Chushingura: Traditions of the Revenge Tragedy (LP) |
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| 21 | Thursday1927 Charles Lindbergh lands in ParisWhat Makes a Hero? (L) (ALA) |
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| 22 | Friday1885—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 | Saturday1810 Margaret Fuller born.I Hear America Singing (W) (ALA) |
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| 24 | Sunday1883 Opening of the Brooklyn BridgePBs Brooklyn Bridge (W) (ALA) |
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| 25 | Monday1803 Born—Ralph Waldo EmersonRomantic Circles (W) 1961 John F. Kennedy Pledges to Support Space Program JFK in History:Space Program (W) (ALA) |
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| 26 | Tuesday2008—Memorial Day observedThe Red Badge of Courage: A New Kind of Courage (LP) |
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| 27 | Wednesday1941 FDR declares unlimited national emergencyThe Presidents FDR (W) (ALA) |
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| 28 | Thursday1830 Andrew Jackson signs Indian Removal ActAndrew Jackson: Good, Evil & The Presidency (W) (ALA) 1851—Ohio Woman's Rights Convention met in Akron, OH Who Were the Foremothers of Women's Equality? (L) (ALA) |
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| 29 | Friday1453—Constantinople falls to Turks, ends Middle AgesLabyrinth: Resources for Medieval Studies (W) |
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| 30 | Saturday1854 President Pierce signs Kansas Nebraska ActKansas Nebraska Act of 1854 (L) (ALA) |
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| 31 | Sunday1819 Born—Walt WhitmanWalt Whitman's Notebooks and Poetry: the Sweep of the Universe (LP) |
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