Carl Sandburg
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Wednesday, January 6, 2021
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ON THIS DATE
- 1912 - New Mexico becomes the 47th state.
- 1912 - German geophysicist Alfred Wegener first presents his theory of continental drift.
- 1941 - President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Four Freedoms speech.
- 1994 - Figure skater Nancy Kerrigan is clubbed on the right leg.
- 2001 - Congress certifies George W. Bush as the winner of the 2000 presidential election.
BIRTHDAYS
- 1412 - French martyr Joan of Arc
- 1655 - Swiss mathematician Jakob Bernoulli
- 1878 - Poet Carl Sandburg
- 1924 - Musician Earl Scruggs
- 1984 - Actor and comedian Kate McKinnon
- Grades 3-5 - National Park Service Carl Sandburg National Historic Site - "Fog" Lesson Plan - READ and DO
- Grades 5-12 - Academy of American Poets - Carl Sandburg - READ
- Grades 5-12 - Poetry Foundation - Carl Sandburg -READ
- Grades 6-12 - PBS LearningMedia - Poetry in America - Skyscraper - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - PBS LearingMedia - American Masters - Carl Sandburg: Poet of the People - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - PBS LearingMedia - American Masters - Sandburg and Lincoln - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - PBS LearningMedia - American Masters - The People, Yes - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - PBS LearingMedia - American Masters - The Day Carl Sandburg Died - VIEW and DO
- Grades 7-12 - NHPBS Video - Alistair Cooke Interview with Frank Lloyd Wright and Carl Sandburg - VIEW
- Grades 9-2 - EDSITEment - Carl Sandburg's "Chicago": Bringing a Great City Alive Lesson Plan - READ ad DO
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