CALENDAR OF EVENTS - SEPTEMBER

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- Events:

• Labor Day: http://wilstar.com/holidays/laborday.htm http://www.dol.gov/opa/aboutdol/laborday.htm

• 7: Grandma Moses Day (1860-1961) "Life is what we make it, always has been, always will be." http://www.absolutearts.com/artsnews/2001/03/16/28245.html

• 8: Federal Lands Cleanup Day (The first Saturday after Labor Day).

• 8: United Nations: International Literacy Day. For Info: United Nations, Dept of Public Info, New York, 10017.

• 9: California: Admission Day: Anniversary 31st state in 1850 New Persepctives on the West: Events from 1850-1860 http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/events/1850_1860.htm

• 9: Irish Famine Begins: Anniversary. http://www.people.Virginia.EDU/~eas5e/Irish/Famine.html

• 9: National Grandparents' Day. http://www.grandparents-day.com

• 11: September 11, 2002: § September 11 Archive http://september11.archive.org The Avalon Project at Yale http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/sept_11/sept_11.htm Research Buzz http://www.researchbuzz.com/911 CNN-fyi.com (Lesson Plans) http://fyi.cnn.com/2001/fyi/lesson.plans/09/11/towers.pentagon

• 11: 911 Day. Web: http://www.nena9-1-1.org

• 12: Jesse Owens' Birthday. (1913-1980) http://www.jesseowens.com Lesson Plan Ideas http://www.teachervision.com/lesson-plans/lesson-2382.html

• 15: National Hispanic Heritage Month. http://teacher.scholastic.com/hispanic http://www.hispaniconline.com

• 17: Citizenship Day. http://www.holidayorigins.com/html/citizenshipday.html

• 17: Constitution of the United States: Anniversary Visit the National Archives website: www.nara.gov/education/teaching/constitution/home.html

• 20: Chief Joseph: Death Anniversary. (1840-1904) · Short Bio with quotes: http://www.powersource.com/gallery/people/joseph.html http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/people/a_c/chiefjoseph.htm · Lesson Plan Ideas (The West) http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/lesson_plans

• 22: Emancipation Proclamation; Anniversary-1862 · Text: http://odur.let.rug.nl/~usa/P/al16/writings/emancip.htm · Lesson Plan Ideas (11-12th ) From the perspectives of African American http://www.africana.com/blackboard/bb_his_000126.htm http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=290

• 23: "Little Rock Nine" Anniversary, 1957 · With bios: http://www.centralhigh57.org/The_Little_Rock_Nine.html · Lesson Plan Ideas · Web Quest: http://www.kn.pacbell.com/wired/BHM/little_rock

• 25: First Woman Supreme Court Justice: 20th Anniversary 1981 Sandra Day O'Connor. http://www.lucidcafe.com/library/96mar/oconnor.html