Animals
Louis Braille
Louis Braille was from a small town called Coupvray, near Paris—he was born on January 4 in 1809. Click here to see your name in braille. Other websites to visit.
- The Braille
- The Blind Inventor
- Royal Institute for Deaf and Blind Children
- The New York Institute For Special Education
Click here for a lesson plan.
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Blind Cat Rescue & Sanctuary, Inc.
The BLIND CAT RESCUE & SANCTUARY, INC. provides a safe place for blind cats that were deemed unadoptable by regular shelters and were going to be killed just because they are blind. Read all about them here.
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Louis Leakey
Louis Leakey was born in Kabete, British East Africa, now Kenya, into a missionary family. Visit Radio Expeditions (NPR) The Legacy of Louis Leakey.
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Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin was born January 17, 1706 in Boston. Websites Colonial Hall The Franklin Institute US History PBS An Enlightened American
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Isaac Asimov
Asimov was born (officially) January 2, 1920, in the town of Petrovichi (pronounced peh-TRUV-ih-chee), then in the Russian Soviet Federated Socialist Republic. Visit the Asimov website to find out more. Also read All Four Stanzas by Isaac Asimov, to...
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Lesson Plans On Unschooling From The New York Times
From The New York Times Learning Network Home Schoolers Content to Take Children’s Lead complete with lesson plans. Overview of Lesson Plan:In this lesson, students will gather opinions about unschooling and the value of learning inside the classroom...
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