Inauguration Day

Take part in our nation's peaceful transition of power and learn about the history behind the Inauguration by visiting these links:

NewsHour on PBS for live streaming coverage and more
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/indepth_coverage/white_house/inauguration2009/

CNN for live streaming coverage and more
http://www.cnn.com/

ABC for live streaming coverage and more
http://www.abcnews.go.com/

CBS for live streaming coverage and more
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/01/08/national/inauguration09/main4707733.shtml

MSNBC
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27721638/

New York Times video news reports
http://video.on.nytimes.com/
Take a look: An Invitation to History
Spann Watson, a 92-year-old Tuskegee airman from Westbury, N.Y., flew in Harry Truman's inauguration ceremonies in 1949. Mr. Watson returned to D.C. with a special invitation to Barack Obama's swearing-in.

New York Times Learning Network facts, news, history, daily news quiz
http://www.nytimes.com/learning/index.html

The Library of Congress American Memory Collection presents the history of the Inauguration through video, pictures, and words, including Oaths of Office
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/pihtml/pihome.html

President -elect Obama will be sworn in at 11:46 today.

Enjoy!

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Celebrate Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday by visiting these sites to discover his contributions to the civil rights movement.

Listen to his famous "I Have a Dream" speech:
http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm

The King Center
http://www.thekingcenter.org/

The National Civil Rights Museum
http://www.civilrightsmuseum.org/home.htm

Scholastic News and Articles
http://teacher.scholastic.com/researchtools/articlearchives/honormlk/index.htm

Martin Luther King, Jr. Quiz
http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/king-sw.htm