CALENDAR OF EVENTS - DECEMBER

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- Events:

• Universal Human Rights Month. For info: Dr. Stanley Drake, Pres, Intl Soc of Friendship & Good Will, 8592 Roswell Rd, Ste 434, Atlanta, GA, 30350-1870

• 1: Rosa Parks Day: Anniversary of Arrest: 1955 Online Reading: http://teacher.scholastic.com/rosa/
• Lesson Plan Ideas http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/01-1/lp221_09.shtml

• 1: World Aids Day:For info: American Assn. for World Health, World AIDS Day, 1825 K St NW, Ste 1208. Washington, DC 20006. Phone (202) 466-5883. E-mail: aawhstaff@aol.com Web:: http://www.avert.org/worldaid.htm

• 2: Monroe Doctrine Anniversary: Background: http://www.encyclopedia.com/searchpool.asp?target=@DOCTITLE%20Monroe%20D

• 5: AFL-CIO Founded Anniversary http://www.aflcio.org/home.htm

• 5: Montgomery Bus Boycott Begins: Anniversary With links to web chronology, ready to use lesson, 2 page summary on the boycott, etc. http://home.att.net/~reniqua/

• 5: Twenty-first Amendment to the US Constitution Ratified: Anniversary1933. Prohibition ended with the repel of the Eighteenth Amendment Easy Explanation: http://www.vaix.net/~captainnemo/plan/21st.htm

• 6: Thirteenth Amendment to the US Constitution Ratified: Anniversary1865. Abolishing Slavery. The 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments re considered the Civil War Amendments Easy Explanation: http://www.vaix.net/~captainnemo/plan/13th.htm Lesson Plan Ideas: http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/racism Background on Black History: 10 Lies on Black History http://www.black-history.info/black-history-month/

• 7: Pearl Harbor Day 1941 An American at Pearl Harbor: After Dec. 7, 1941, Shigemitsu Nakashima Had to Fight to Serve The Only Country He Knew http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A5331-2001Dec6

• 8:NAFTA Signed Anniversary: 1993 FYI: Notes on NAFTA: The Masters of Mankind by Noam Chomsky.

• 9: Computer Mouse Developed Anniversary 1968

• 10: Human Rights Week: December 10-16 from the University of Iowa: http://www.uiowa.edu/~mlk/ with excellent links to Human Rights' Organizations

• 10: Red Cloud Death Anniversary 1909 Biography: http://www.indigenouspeople.org/natlit/redcloud.htm Short bio: http://4thmoon.com/native/red_cloud.htm

• 15: Bill of Rights Day Resources: http://www.billofrightsinstitute.org/ Today in History: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/today/dec15.html Lesson Plan Ideas: http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-704.html

• 16: Boston Tea Party anniversary: 1770 Essay: http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/E/teaparty/bostonxx.htm Web Page: http://www.bostonteapartyship.com/

• 17: Aztec Calendar Stone Discovery Anniversary: 1790 http://www.azteccalendar.com

• 17: Clean Air Act passed by Congress Anniversary: 1967. The Plain English Guide to the Clean Air Act: http://www.epa.gov/oar/oaqps/peg_caa/pegcaain.html

• 20: Louisiana Purchase Day: 1803. http://www.bartleby.com/65/lo/lousianP.html

• 20: Sacagawea: Death Anniversary: 1812. Bio: http://www.pbs.org/lewisandclark/inside/saca.html

• 21: Pilgrim Landing Anniversary: 1620. Pilgrim House Museum's web page: http://www.pilgrimhall.org/museum.htm

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