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TODAY IN HISTORY
How can you use Today's History in your Classroom?
From the Library of Congress:
AUGUST
On August 13, 1942, Soviet Premier Joseph Stalin drafted a memorandum to British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt opposing their decision not to invade Western Europe at that time. Continue reading.
August 12, 1877, is the date popularly given for Thomas Alva Edison’s completion of the model for the first phonograph, a device that recorded sound onto tinfoil cylinders. Continue reading.
During an Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) swim meet, Duke Paoa Kahinu Mokoe Hulikohola Kahanamoku broke the world record in the 100-yard freestyle swim by 4.6 seconds in Honolulu Harbor on August 11, 1911. Continue reading.
On August 11, 1934, a group of federal prisoners arrived at Alcatraz Island, a twenty-two-acre rock outcropping one-and-one-half miles offshore in San Francisco Bay. Continue reading.
On August 10, 1821, Missouri entered the Union as the twenty-fourth state. Continue reading.
On August 9, 1814, Major General Andrew Jackson, “Old Hickory,” signed the Treaty of Fort Jackson ending the Creek War. Continue reading.
Journalist, short-story writer, and novelist Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings was born on August 8, 1896, in Washington, D.C. Continue reading.
Revolutionary war hero Nathanael Greene was born on August 7, 1742, at Potowomut in Warwick, Rhode Island. Continue reading.
On August 6, 1890, baseball great Cy Young pitched his first professional game, leading the Cleveland Spiders past the Chicago Colts. Continue reading.
On August 5, 1775, the Spanish ship, San Carlos, commanded by Juan Manuel de Ayala, entered what would soon be called San Francisco Bay. Continue reading.
On August 5, 1858, Julia Archibald Holmes became the first woman on record to reach the summit of Pikes Peak. Continue reading.
On August 4, 1753, George Washington became a Master Mason, the highest rank in the Fraternity of Freemasonry. Continue reading.
On August 3, 1492, Christopher Columbus set out on his first voyage to what came to be known as the New World. Continue reading.
Calvin Coolidge took the presidential oath of office on August 3, 1923, after the unexpected death in office of President Warren Harding. Continue reading.
Novelist, essayist, and playwright James Baldwin was born in August 2, 1924, in New York City. Continue reading.
After its first bid for statehood was vetoed by President Andrew Johnson, Colorado entered the Union on August 1, 1876. Continue reading.
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From Ditch that Textbook:
Copy Link to Highlight - If you want to send students or colleagues to a specific spot on a website in Chrome just highlight the text then right click to highlight link to text. This creates a link to that exact spot when it's clicked.
Student Activity Journal
Check out this Book Creator February Activity Journal
Your Challege:
Create one of these on YOUR Social Studies Content! Your students will LOOOVE it!
This could easily be transformed into a choice board and used with other types of writing, i.e. primary and secondary sources, picture books, etc.
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