January+stuff

Here are some resources for January in no particular order. Our subject area specialties are so vast, I'm sure you can find something here for background information, for lesson ideas, for your bulletin board, or as a welcome wacky break!

[|http://www.theteach erscorner. net/calendars/ january.php] Features a January calendar with daily observances, including Popcorn Day, Shari Lewis ' birthday, and National Puzzle Day.

[|http://www.aboutfam ouspeople. com/article1213. html] In Januarys of different years, Georgia, Alaska, Utah, New Mexico, Connecticut , Michigan, and Kansas entered the Union; Mississippi, Alabama, and Georgia seceded, and Virginia was readmitted to the Union. Also the first baby was born in the White House, and Elvis was born in January!

[|http://www.butlerwe bs.com/holidays/ january.htm] Click on each day of the calendar or scroll to find Astrological Signs, Birthstone, Flower, then Monthly Observances, Weekly Observances, then Daily.

[|http://webclipart. about.com/ od/holiday/ a/january. htm] Web Clip Art includes Martin Luther King Day, Literacy Day, Book Week, Australia Day and more.

[|http://www.holidayi nsights.com/ moreholidays/ january.htm] (warning: annoying audio ad the first time I visited :-) Includes links for daily observances including Bean Day, International Skeptics Day, National Hat Day, and more.

[|http://www.travelno tes.org/Events/ 01-jan.htm] For our International Foods teachers! Holidays, Events and Festivals around the World. Includes links for more information.

[|http://www.browniel ocks.com/ january.htm]

Links to special pages such as the history of New Years, plus Monthly, Weekly, and Daily Observances, some with links for more information. Moon Phases. Credits Chases' Calendar (my favorite :-) and [|wellcat.com] that I've referenced here before, and individuals, too.

[|http://www.calendar zone.com/ Daily/] Too many to mention here! Hope some of these are interesting to you personally and that some are useful to you professionally.