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- Events:

• Alcohol Awareness Month For info: Public Info Dept, Natl Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence, Inc, 12 W 21st St, New York, NY 10010. Phone: (212) 206-6770. Fax: (212) 645-1690. Web: www.ncadd.org.

• Cancer Control Month American Cancer Society Web Page: http://www.cancer.org/ http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/03/20010328-6.html

• Keep America Beautiful Month For info: Dir of Communications, Keep America Beautiful, Inc, Washington Square, 1010 Washington Blvd, Stamford, CT 06901. Phone: (203) 323-8987. Fax: (203) 325-9199. E-mail: keepamerbe@aol.com

• 3: Blacks Ruled Eligible to Vote: Anniversary (1944. The US Supreme Court in an 8-1 ruling, declared that blacks could not be barred from voting in the Texas Democratic primaries. The high court repudiated the contention that political parties are private associations and held that discrimination against blacks violated the 15th Amendment.

• 3: Women Presides Over US Supreme Court: anniversary (1995) Sandra Day O'Connor: Short bio at http://www.lucidcafe.com/ at Library: Jurists 4: King, Martin Luther, Jr: Assassination Anniversary (1968) http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/mlk/index.html

• 4: Thank You School Librarian Day For info: Judyth Lessee, Organizer, Carpe Libris, PO Box 40503, Tucson, AZ 85717-0503. Phone: (520) 318-2954. rinophyl@rtd.com.

• 5:Washington, Booker Tallaferro: Birth Anniversary (1856).
• Bio: http://docsouth.unc.edu/washington/about.html and http://library.thinkquest.org/10320/Washngtn.htm

• 6: US Enters WWI: 85th Anniversary (1917). After Congress approved a declaration of war against Germany, the US entered WWI, which begun in 1914.

• 7-13: National Week of the Ocean. For info: Pres/cofounder, Cynthia Handcock, Natl Week of the Ocean, Inc, PO Box 179, Ft Lauderdale, FL 33302. Phone: (954)462-5573.

• 7: United Nations: World Health Day. For info: www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/.

• 7-13: Week of the Young Child. For info: www.naeyc.org.

• 7: World Health Organization: Anniversary (1948). This agency of the UN was founded to coordinate international health systems. It is headquartered at Geneva. Among its achievements is the elimination of smallpox. Home Page: www.who.int/home-page

• 8: White, Ryan: Death Anniversary (1990)

• 9: Civil Rights Bill of 1866: Anniversary. The Civil Rights Bill, passed by Congress over the veto of President Andrew Johnson, granted blacks the rights and privileges of American citizenship and formed the basis for the Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constituition. · Mural Representation: http://www.aoc.gov/cc/art/cox_corr/h_caps/civil_rights.htm · The Civil Rights Movement Timeline: http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1997/mlk/links.html

• 9: Civil War Ending: Anniversary (1865). Lesson Plan Ideas: http://www.smplanet.com/civilwar/civilwar.html#Building%20Background (with trade book suggesstions) http://members.aol.com/MrDonnHistory/American.html#CIVIL

• 9: Holocaust Day (Yom Hashoah). United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: http://www.ushmm.org/ Remember.org: http://www.remember.org

• 11: Civil Right Act of 1968: Anniversary.· A Short History of American Civil Rights Laws: http://www.withylaw.com/history.htm · Civil Rights Timeline (interactive with links) http://www.infoplease.com/spot/civilrightstimeline1.html

• 11: National D.A.R.E Day. The Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) program helps children in grades K-12 learn the skills they need to avoid involvement in drugs, gangs and violence.

• 12: Roosevelt, Franklin Delano's Death Anniversary. (Look at January 30th)

• 13: Jefferson, Thomas' Birth Anniversary (1743). · With links and resources: http://www.monticello.org/ · Bio: http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/tj3.html Lesson Plan Ideas: http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/realthomasjefferson/

• 13: Silent Spring Publication, 40th Anniversary (1962). Silent Spring Institute, Inc.: http://www.silentspring.org/

• 14: First American Abolition Society Founded Anniversary (1775).

• 15-21: National Park Week: http://www.us-parks.com/

• 18: San Francisco 1906 Earthquake Anniversary. · With links, timeline, newspaper clippings: http://www.sfmuseum.org/1906/06.html · With photos, casualites, etc. http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/info/1906/ · Before and After the Great Earthquake and Fire:Early Films of San Francisco, 1897-1916 (American Memory Library of Congress) http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/papr/sfhome.html

• 19-20: National Youth Service Day. An annual public education and recruitment campaign, highlighting the efforts of young people to become involved in volunteering and promoting benefits of youth service to the American people. More than two million people participate. For info: Youth Service America, 1101 15th St. NW, Ste 200, Washington, DC 20005. Phone (202)296-2992.

• 19:Oklahoma City Bombing Anniversary (1995). From CNN: http://www.cnn.com/US/OKC/

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