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TODAY IN HISTORY
How can you use Today's History in your Classroom?
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On April 16, 1862, President Lincoln signed an act abolishing slavery in the District of Columbia. Continue reading.
On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson put on his first Brooklyn Dodgers uniform (number 42) and broke the Major League Baseball "color line". Continue reading.
The Continental Congress ratified preliminary articles of peace ending the Revolutionary War with Great Britain on April 15, 1783. Continue reading.
Today, April 15, is Tax Day. Continue reading.
On April 15, 1874, thirty artists, including Edgar Degas, Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, and more, held an exhibition of their works in Paris. Continue reading.
Shortly after 10:00pm on April 14, 1865, actor John Wilkes Booth entered the presidential box at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C., and fatally shot President Abraham Lincoln. Continue reading.
At about 11:40pm, on April 14, 1912, the R.M.S. Titanic struck an iceberg off the coast of Newfoundland and sank to the bottom of the sea at about 2:20am the next morning. Continue reading.
Thomas Jefferson was born on April 13, 1743, at Shadwell in Albemarle County, Virginia. Continue reading.
Although it did not become official until July 4, on April 13, 1818, a new flag was flown over the U.S. Capitol for the first time. Continue reading.
On April 12, 1776, North Carolina's Provincial Congress authorized its delegates to the Second Continental Congress to vote for independence from Great Britain. Continue reading.
On April 11, 1900, the U.S. Navy acquired its first submarine, designed by Irish immigrant John P. Holland. Continue reading.
The first official Arbor Day took place on April 10, 1872. Continue reading.
"It would be useless and cruel," Robert E. Lee remarked on the morning of April 9, 1865, "to provoke the further effusion of blood, and I have arranged to meet with General Grant with a view to surrender." Continue reading.
On April 8, 1935, Congress approved the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the work relief bill that funded the Works Progress Administration (WPA). Continue reading.
Jazz singer Billy Holiday was born on April 7, 1915, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Continue reading.
On April 6, 1917, the United States formally declared war against Germany and entered the conflict in Europe. Continue reading.
On April 5, 1839, Robert Smalls, Civil War hero and five-term U.S. Congressman, was born in Beaufort, South Carolina, to his enslaved mother, Lydia Polite. Continue reading.
Conservationists, civic leaders, and government officials submitted testimony before Congress in favor of the establishment of the National Park Service on April 5, 1916. Continue reading.
With the simple question quoted below, Carrie S. Burnham began her argument, made before the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania on April 3 and April 4, 1873, for her right to vote. Continue reading.
Writer John Burroughs was born on April 3, 1837, in Roxbury, New York. Continue reading.
At approximately 7:00am on Sunday, April 2, 1865, Ulysses S. Grant's army attacked Confederate lines at Petersburg, Virginia. Continue reading.
April 1, commonly known as April Fool's Day, has long been an opportunity for children to tease their teachers. 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
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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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