K-2 lesson plans -This unit encourages the primary children to think about respect, fairness, and peaceful conflict resolutions as exemplified by Martin Luther King Jr., Rosa Parks, and Fannie Lou Hamer.

http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson046.shtml

Martin Luther King   Born Jan. 15, 1929

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/mlkjrday1.html

Chinese New Year -Jan. 29, 2006

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chineseny.html

http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/
chinese_new_year.html

China Town Online

http://www.chinatown-online.co.uk/pages/new_year/index.html

US Presidents and Historical Figures

Bio of Millard Fillmore   Born Jan. 7, 1800

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/mf13.html

Bio Richard Nixon  Born Jan. 9, 1913

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/rn37.html

Alexander Hamilton   Born Jan. 11, 1757

http://www.alexanderhamiltonexhibition.org/

Benjamin Franklin   Born  Jan. 17, 1706

http://bensguide.gpo.gov/benfranklin/index.html    Good site for young children

http://www.ushistory.org/franklin/info/index.htm

Robert E. Lee   Born Jan. 19, 1807

http://www.stratfordhall.org/rel.html?HISTORY

“Stonewall” Jackson    Born Jan. 21, 1824

http://www.vmi.edu/archives/jackson/jackson.html

John Hancock    Born Jan. 23, 1737

http://www.ushistory.org/declaration/signers/hancock.htm

Bio of Wm McKinley  Born Jan. 29, 1843

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/wm25.html

Thomas Paine    Born Jan. 29, 1737

http://www.ushistory.org/paine/

Bio of Franklin D. Roosevelt   Born Jan. 30, 1882

http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/fr32.htm

OUTSTANDING PERSONALITIES

Amelia Earhart-Jan. 11,1935

^{Biography, quotes, photo gallery, and achievements}

http://www.ameliaearhart.com/

Albert  Schweitzer   Born Jan. 14, 1875

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Schweitzer

Francis Bacon   Born  Jan. 22, 1561

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Bacon

Christa McAuliffe-Jan 28

http://www.starhop.com/cm_bio.htm

Links to related science sites

http://www.christa.org/main_page.htm

SPORTS FIGURES

Mohammed Ali   Born Jan. 17, 1942

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cassius_Clay

Jack Nicholas    Born Jan. 21, 1940

http://www.short-biographies.com/biographies/JackNicklaus.html

Jackie Robinson   Born Jan. 31, 1919

http://www.jackierobinson.com/about/bio.html

MUSICIANS

Placido Domingo      Born Jan.  21, 1941

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placido_Domingo

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart    Born Jan. 27, 1756

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozart

Jerome Kern   Born Jan. 1885

http://www.songwritershalloffame.org/exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitId=67

LITERARY FIGURES

Edgar Alan Poe   Born   Jan. 19, 1809

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe

Lewis Carol   Born Jan. 27, 1885

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_Carroll

CONTEMPORARY PERSONALITIES

Alan Alda    Born Jan. 29, 1936

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Alda

Oprah Winfrey   Born Jan. 29, 1954

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oprah_Winfrey

Updated:  April 01, 2008