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Visit this activity where students explore print and film versions of J. R. R. Tolkien's work to celebrate his birthday today: https://t.co/ArRPZzyURg

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American zookeeper and animal expert Jack Hanna was born on this day in 1947. Invite students to use this online tool to learn about animals: https://t.co/VFaMlJkRbt

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Avi was born on this day in 1937. Celebrate by inviting students to explore a current event topic and write their own short work of fiction in a multigenre format inspired by Avi: https://t.co/EYYBj4T6Ah

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Research American inventors on the anniversary of Thomas Edison's 1882 invention of the indoor decorative tree lights: https://t.co/gOXEmXgvsD

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Challenge students to celebrate what the season of winter means to them by starting their own tradition on the first day of winter: https://t.co/lIRLHQnYun

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Author Sandra Cisneros was born on this day in 1954. Celebrate her birthday by looking at a "tiny little thing" from your life. https://t.co/BPJR8GCfaM

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Winner of the Golden Kite Award and a Caldecott Medal for SMOKY NIGHT, author Eve Bunting was born on this day in 1928. Learn more about her and her texts with this activity: https://t.co/VKIhfFrRKa

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Film critic and historian Leonard Maltin was born today in 1950. Celebrate with this creative film lesson: https://t.co/P5wWfKhJMF

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On this day in 1903 in Kitty Hawk, NC, the Wright Brothers flew for 12 seconds. Celebrate with these teaching ideas: https://t.co/BSYsCx90HH

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Using this activity, students create a political cartoon to demonstrate understanding of the Boston Tea Party, which occurred on this day in 1773. https://t.co/vVfQMV8f3M

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Celebrate Bill of Rights Day by asking students to explore the ways the document does and does not protect students: https://t.co/7qUD6QJETD

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The first female chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller, was born on this day. Celebrate her legacy with this lesson: https://t.co/WQsYi43i4L

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Cook up some holiday-themed learning with this grades K-2 lesson that uses familiar words from THE GINGERBREAD MAN: https://t.co/YWkKBSzcjK

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“Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry,” suggests Gustave Flaubert, who has a birthday today! See this related lesson: https://t.co/64OCYC0rRm

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Do your student scientists know about astronomer Annie Jump Cannon? Learn more to celebrate her birthday! https://t.co/six8nYdN20

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"Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought." Happy birthday, Emily Dickinson! Find teaching ideas here: https://t.co/z57VeYQnWy

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Poet John Milton was born this day in 1608. Students learn about the sonnet form with one of his poems in this high school lesson: https://t.co/PZi20Wa5O5

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Celebrate Mary Azarian's birthday today by exploring snow...or making some if you don't have any yet! https://t.co/s0vcK6id4R

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Students commemorate "a date which will live in infamy" on this anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor: https://t.co/dk3yjWXwsW