EDSITEment Calendar for September   A collection of peer-reviewed websites and EDSITEment lesson plans covering holidays and special events.
LEGEND:  (W) = Website Feature (LP) = Lesson Plan (ALA) = Additional Learning Activity   * = This Month's Feature

M	TU	W	TH	F	SA/SU
					1 1939—Germany invades Poland, starting WWII United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (W) Holocaust and Resistance (LP) Images at War (LP)
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3 LABOR DAY 1783—Treaty of Paris signed ending the American Revolution The Digital Classroom (W) Images of the American Revolution (ALA)	4 Born 1908— Richard Wright, author Internet Public Library/Literary Criticism: Richard Wright (W)	5 1774—First Continental Congress meets in Philadelphia In Congress Assembled: Continuity and Change in the Governing of the United States (ALA)	6 Born 1860—Jane Addams Women and Social Movements in the United States: 1820-1940 (W)	7	8
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10 1608—John Smith assumes the Presidency of Jamestown Colony Virtual Jamestown (W) Jamestown Changes (LP)	11 Born 1862—O.Henry Internet Public Library/Literary Criticism: O. Henry (W)	12 1953—Jacqueline Bouvier marries John F. Kennedy The American President (W) Remembering the Ladies: The First Ladies (LP) Women in the White House (LP)	13 Died 1321—Dante Alighieri Digital Dante (W)	14 Died 1901—President William McKinley, of gun shot wounds inflicted by an assassin The American President (W)	15 * THIS MONTH'S FEATURE* INDEPENDENCE DAY FOR COSTA RICA, EL SALVADOR, GUATEMALA, HONDURAS, AND NICARAGUA
					16 INDEPENDENCE DAY FOR MEXICO
17 CITIZENSHIP DAY 1787—Final Draft of the Constitution signed by the Constitutional Convention Digital Classroom: Constitution Day (ALA)	18 INDEPENDENCE DAY FOR CHILE 1793—Washington lays the cornerstone of the Capitol Building A Landmark Lesson (LP) American Studies (W) Building Big (W) 1895—Booker T. Washington delivers his "Atlanta Compromise" address Great American Speeches (W)	19 1796—George Washington gives his farewell address as President Papers of George Washington (W)	20 Born 1885—Ferdinand "Jellyroll" Morton, jazz musician Jazz (W) 1519—Magellan begins first successful circumnavigation of the globe	21 1981—Sandra Day O'Connor becomes the first female Supreme Court Justice Oyez, Oyez, Oyez (W)	22 AUTUMN BEGINS
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24 Born 1896—F.Scott Fitzgerald F.Scott Fitzgerald Centenary (W) 1957—Eisenhower orders US Troops to desegregate Little Rock, Arkansas schools We Shall Overcome (W)	25 1788—Congress proposes the Bill of Rights The Bill of Rights (past EDSITEment feature of the month) 1804—12th Ammendment added to the US Constitution regulating judicial power	26 Born 1888—T.S. Eliot Academy of American Poets (W) Born 1775—Jonathon Chapman, aka "Johnny Appleseed"	27 Born 1840—Thomas Nast Harpweek (W) 1979—Congress creates the Department of Education The History of Education and Childhood (W)	28 AMERICAN INDIAN DAY Not 'Indians,' Many Tribes: Native American Diversity (LP) NativeWeb (W) 1912—William Christopher Handy publishes "Memphis Blues" Learning The Blues (LP)	29
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