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Students commemorate "a date which will live in infamy" on this anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor: buff.ly/3rpazB1

Celebrate Mary Azarian's birthday today by exploring snow...or making some if you don't have any yet! buff.ly/3Ei8U3G

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: buff.ly/3d3mJqM

"Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought." Happy birthday, Emily Dickinson! Find teaching ideas here: buff.ly/3DiFaTg

Do your student scientists know about astronomer Annie Jump Cannon? Learn more to celebrate her birthday! buff.ly/3Exo4CF

“Poetry is as precise a thing as geometry,” suggests Gustave Flaubert, who has a birthday today! See this related lesson: buff.ly/3ElsBaU

Cook up some holiday-themed learning with this grades K-2 lesson that uses familiar words from THE GINGERBREAD MAN: buff.ly/484dyAV

The first female chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller, was born on this day. Celebrate her legacy with this lesson: buff.ly/3lJOFoo

Celebrate Bill of Rights Day by asking students to explore the ways the document does and does not protect students: buff.ly/3GmIYEJ

Using this activity, students create a political cartoon to demonstrate understanding of the Boston Tea Party, which occurred on this day in 1773. buff.ly/3Bn6i5b

On this day in 1903 in Kitty Hawk, NC, the Wright Brothers flew for 12 seconds. Celebrate with these teaching ideas: buff.ly/31Cq26j

Film critic and historian Leonard Maltin was born today in 1950. Celebrate with this creative film lesson: buff.ly/3rXai8K

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: buff.ly/3II5GsU

Author Sandra Cisneros was born on this day in 1954. Celebrate her birthday by looking at a "tiny little thing" from your life. buff.ly/2YQtsfS

Challenge students to celebrate what the season of winter means to them by starting their own tradition on the first day of winter: buff.ly/3oN2WTf

Research American inventors on the anniversary of Thomas Edison's 1882 invention of the indoor decorative tree lights: buff.ly/3l8VFeB

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: buff.ly/3IJDG8p

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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: buff.ly/3yW5SRa

Visit this activity where students explore print and film versions of J. R. R. Tolkien's work to celebrate his birthday today: buff.ly/34b46jF