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Biographies for kids: Inventors, World Leaders, Women, Civil Rights

Biographies for kids: Inventors, World Leaders, Women, Civil Rights
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Thanksgiving Wordsearch, Crossword Puzzle, and More What Is Thanksgiving? Thanksgiving is, as the name suggests, a holiday for giving thanks. It is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November each year in the United States. Anne Frank Who Was Anne Frank? During the two years and one month Anne Frank spent hiding in a Secret Annex in Amsterdam during World War II, she kept a diary. Anne Frank's diary, which was published by her father after the war and has been read by millions of people around the world, chronicles both the tensions and difficulties of living in such a confined space for that long a duration as well as Anne's struggles with becoming a teenager.

Squanto Facts for Kids Squanto (or Tisquantum, 1580? – November 1622) was a Native American who helped the Pilgrims survive in the New World. He learned to speak English and was hired as a guide and interpreter. He taught the Pilgrims to plant corn. Takes: Rosa Parks In October, 2005, two months after Hurricane Katrina, Rosa Parks died, at the age of ninety-two, in Detroit. Her signal act of defiance on the evening of December 1, 1955, her refusal to vacate her seat near the front of the Cleveland Avenue bus in Montgomery, Alabama—what Martin Luther King, Jr., called the ultimate gesture of “I can take it no longer”—was the precipitating act of the city’s bus boycott and the civil-rights movement. For two days, her body lay in state at the Capitol Rotunda, in Washington—an honor accorded only twenty-nine times before. Then, on November 2nd, in Detroit, there was a funeral service at the Greater Grace Temple Church.

Biographies for Kids: Squanto History >> Native Americans >> Biographies Squanto Teaching by The German Kali Works, New York Occupation: Interpreter, Teacher Born: 1585 (actual date unknown) in what is today Plymouth Bay, Massachusetts Died: November 30, 1622 in Chatham, Massachusetts Bay Colony Best known for: Helping the Pilgrims survive their first winter in AmericaBiography:

George Washington (1732 - 1799) - Un président modeste pour une jeune Nation - Herodote.net George Washington, héros de la Guerre d'Indépendance et premier Président des États-Unis, est devenu dès avant sa mort, le 14 décembre 1799, une figure mythique de la jeune République, en quelque sorte le « Père de la Nation ». Consécration suprême, son nom a été donné à la nouvelle capitale fédérale, dans l'année qui a suivi sa mort. Alban Dignat Un homme de tous les combats George Washington est né à Pope's Creek, en Virginie, le 22 février 1732, au foyer d'un riche propriétaire terrien. A Black History Internet Scavenger Hunt Send students on a Black History scavenger hunt. Students can learn about famous black Americans while polishing their Internet surfing skills. Included: Four different "hunts" -- for students of all ages. Choose a Black History Internet Scavenger Hunt from the list below. Invite students to read the ten clues on the assigned page. Then students should read the ten Internet biographies listed at the bottom of each page.

News, Articles, Photos & More Travel like a Historian in Massachusetts The state may be home to America's quirkiest historic mansion. Read More Why the U.S. Made Marijuana Illegal Queen Elizabeth I for Kids Biography Occupation: Queen of England Born: September 7, 1533 in Greenwich, England Died: March 24, 1603 in Richmond, England Best known for: Ruling England for 44 yearsBiography: Growing Up as a Princess Princess Elizabeth was born on September 7, 1533. Her father was Henry VIII, the King of England, and her mother was Queen Anne. She was heir to the throne of England. Queen Elizabeth by Unknown

Darwin vs God? Did the Origin of Species cause a clash between church and science? On 12 February 1809, Charles Darwin, the bearded Victorian sage on the ten pound note, was born. Many people believe he was the man who discovered we come from monkeys. Yet he did no such thing. Writers before Darwin had made connections between humans and apes and monkeys because of our obvious physical similarities. But the theory for which Darwin is so celebrated was not aimed particularly at human ancestry at all.

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