K-12 TLC Guide to Washington D.C.

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Washington D.C.

Area Code Map.
Capitolimpact.com.
Ben's Guide to U.S. Government, U.S. Government Printing Office:
- Grades 3-5:
  - Our Capital City.
  - Quick Facts.
Close Up Foundation.
DCLatino.
DCpages.
Downtown DC.
Fact Monster.
Infoplease.
National Association of Counties.
Open Directory Project.
Travel.org.
Traveling in Washington, D.C. with Kids, The Savvy Traveler.
The Washington D.C. City Pages.
Web Cams:
- Leonard's World.
Yahoo!

City Guide.
Travel and Transportation.

Washington D.C.

American Artists & Architects: K-12 TLC Guide.
Artists & Architects: K-12 TLC Guide.

Catlett, Elizabeth: K-12 TLC Guide.

Nelson, Kadir: K-12 TLC Guide.

Washington D.C.

Artists and Illustrators Born in This State

American Authors & Illustrators: K-12 TLC Guide.
Authors & Illustrators: K-12 TLC Guide.
Poetry: K-12 TLC Guide.

Albee, Edward Franklin III (b. Mar 12, 1928):

Edward Albee Foundation.

Academy of Achievement.
Biography.com.
California State University Stanislaus.
Christian Science Monitor.
Google Video.
GradeSaver.
Internet Broadway Database.
The Kennedy Center.
Writer's Almanac.

Internet Movie Database.

Applebaum, Anne (b. Jul 25, 1964):

Official Website.

Amazon.com.

Beattie, Ann: K-12 TLC Guide.
Benítez, Sandra (b. Mar 26, 1941):

Official Website.

Hispanic Heritage Awards Foundation.
Las Mujeres.
Minnesota Historical Society.
University of Minnesota.

Bernstein, Carl:
- Writer's Almanac.
- Amazon.com.
Brown, Sterling Allen (b. May 1, 1901 - d. Jan 13, 1989):

Academy of American Poets.
African American Registry.
Black Collegian.
California State University Stanislaus.
Georgetown University.
Library of Congress.
Modern American Poetry, University of Illinois.

Amazon.com.

Chung, Connie: K-12 TLC Guide.

Danziger, Paula: K-12 TLC Guide.
Fisher, Rudolph (b. May 9, 1897 - d. Dec 16, 1934):

Harlem Renaissance: K-12 TLC Guide.

African-American Registry.
California State University Stanislaus.
Internet Public Library.

Amazon.com.

"The South Lingers On" By Rudolph Fisher, University of Virginia.

George, Jean Craighead: K-12 TLC Guide.
Pinkney, Andrea Davis:

Pinkney, Brian: K-12 TLC Guide.
Pinkney, Gloria Jean: K-12 TLC Guide.
Pinkney, Jerry: K-12 TLC Guide.

Bill Pickett: Rodeo-Ridin' Cowboy, Brian Pinkney (Illustrator).

Amazon.com.

Randall, Dudley (b. Jan 14, 1914 - d. Aug 5, 2000):
- eNotes.
- The Poetry Foundation.
- University of Illinois.
- Washington Art.
- "Ballad of Birmingham":
Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan (b. Aug 8, 1896 - d. Dec 14, 1953):
- 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Best Novel, Pulitzer Foundation.
- Florida Historical Society.
- Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings at Cross Creek, Literary Traveler.
- Amazon.com.
Wyeth, Sharon Dennis:

Official Web Site.

Always My Dad: K-12 TLC Guide.
Something Beautiful, Embracing the Child.

Amazon.com.

Washington D.C.

Explorers, Pioneers and Astronauts Born in This State

American Explorers, Astronauts & Pioneers: K-12 TLC Guide.

Washington D.C.

American Business Leaders: K-12 TLC Guide.

Wormley, James: (b. Jan 16, 1819 - d. Oct 18, 1884):

Washington D.C.

Ellington, Duke: K-12 TLC Guide.
Sousa, John Philip: (b. Nov 6, 1854 - d. Mar 6, 1932)

Biography.com.
Community Band of Brevard, FL.
The Dallas Wind Symphony.
The Great American Brass Band Festival.
Library of Congress.
Merriam-Webster.
New York Times.
U.S. Marine Corps Band.

Amazon.com.

"The Washington Post March":
- masonmusic.org: Listening Samples.
- National Library of Australia.

Walker, George Theophilus: (b. June 27, 1922)

Official Web Site.

National Public Radio:

Composer George Walker Writes for His Son.

PBS.

Amazon.com.

Washington D.C.

Mathematicians, Scientists and Inventors Born in This State

American Scientists and Mathematicians: K-12 TLC Guide.
Inventors & Inventions: K-12 TLC Guide.
Scientists and Mathematicians: K-12 TLC Guide.

Davis, Raymond, Jr.: K-12 TLC Guide.
Fefferman, Charles Louis, University of St. Andrews.

Gross, David J.: K-12 TLC Guide.

Spanier, Edwin Henry, University of St. Andrews.
Williams, Ozzie (b. Sep 2, 1921):

African American Registry.

Washington D.C.

American Military Leaders: K-12 TLC Guide.

Davis, Benjamin O., Jr. (b. Dec 18, 1912 - Jul 4, 2002):

Tuskegee Airmen: K-12 TLC Guide.

African American Registry.
Arlington National Cemetery.
Florida International University.
Great Warrior Leaders/Thinkers, Air University Library.
Smithsonian Institution.
United States Air Force:

Air Force Link.
Wright Patterson Air Force Base.

United States Military Academy.

Davis, Benjamin O., Sr. (b. Jul 1, 1877 - Nov 26, 1970):

Washington D.C.

Notorious Americans: K-12 TLC Guide.

Washington D.C.

K-12 TLC Guide to American Entertainers & Performing Artists.
Film: K-12 TLC Guidemakers.
Americans Entertainers & Performing Artists: K-12 TLC Guideians.
Opera: K-12 TLC Guide.

Bergen, Flora Batson:
- African American Registry.
Graves, Denyce: K-12 TLC Guide.

Hawn, Goldie:
- Biography.com.
- History Channel.
- Amazon.com.
Hayes, Helen (b. Oct 10, 1900 - d. Mar 17, 1993):

10/10/1900: Birth Date.
03/17/1993: Death.

Women's International Center.

Jackson, Samuel L. (b. Dec 21, 1948):

Biography.com.

Amazon.com.
Internet Movie Database.

Razaf, Andy (b. Dec 15, 1895 - d. Feb 3, 1973):

African American Poetry: K-12 TLC Guide.

Amazon.com.

Taylor, Rip (b. Jan 13, 1934):
- Official Website.
- Internet Movie Database.
- NNDB.

Washington D.C.

Politicians and Social Leaders Born in This State

American Political Leaders: K-12 TLC Guide.
American Social Leaders: K-12 TLC Guide.
Politics: K-12 TLC Guide.
United States Government: K-12 TLC Guide.

U.S. Presidents: NONE

Brooke, Edward William (b. Oct 26, 1919):

African American Registry.
Fact Monster.
Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities.

Buchanan, Patrick:
- The Reform Party of the USA: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Official Website.
- Biography.com.
- National Public Radio: 11/7/99 (audio: 2:24).
Gore, Al: K-12 TLC Guide.

Houston, Charles Hamilton: K-12 TLC Guide.

Taylor, Anna Diggs (b. Dec 9, 1932):

Federal Judicial Center.
History of the Sixth Circuit.
Michigan Supreme Court Historical Society.
United States District Court.
Wayne State University.

Washington D.C.

American Sports Figures: K-12 TLC Guide.

National Public Radio:

Sampras, Pete: K-12 TLC Guide.

Washington D.C.

Business and Economics: K-12 TLC Guide.

City of Washington D.C.:
- D.C. Business Resource Center.
- Department of Consumer and Regulatory Affairs.
DCpages.
Open Directory Project.

Washington Business Journal.
Yahoo!

Washington D.C.

Weather & Meteorology: K-12 TLC Guide.

Washington D.C.

Education, Libraries and Museums Section

Education: K-12 TLC Guide.

City of Washington D.C..
- Washington D.C. Public Schools.
CBS News:

How the SEED School Is Changing Lives.

Yahoo!

Libraries: K-12 TLC Guide.

Library of Congress.

Museums: K-12 TLC Guide.

Directory of Teacher Resources in Art Museums, The National Gallery of Art.

Corcoran Gallery of Art:
- Home Page.
- National Public Radio (audio):
  - 04/10/00: Ottoman Empire Treasures (6:12).
  - 12/26/00: Media Metaphor (6:01).
Hillwood Museum and Gardens:
- Official Home Page.
National Building Museum, National Public Radio: 12/4/00 (audio: 6:15).
National Gallery of Art:

K-12 TLC Guide to Art.
Official Homepage:

NGA Kids.

Art Nouveau.

National Public Radio: 10/06/00 (6:30).

The Impressionists at Argenteuil.

National Public Radio: 5/26/00 (4:38).

National Public Radio (audio):
- 11/21/00: Stolen Painting Returned (4:15).
U. S. Department of Energy.
Virtual van Gogh Exhibition, National Gallery of Art.

National Museum of Women in the Arts.
Navy Art Collection, U.S. Navy Historical Center.
The Phillips Collection.
The Smithsonian Institution:
- Official Web Site.
- Museum History.
- Hirshhorn:
- Museum of American History:
  - National Public Radio:
  - Smithsonian Magazine:
- National Museum of African American History and Culture:
  - Official Web Site.
  - Facebook.
  - Federal Business Opportunities.
  - Gates Foundation.
  - IBM (pdf).
  - Louis Berger Group.
  - National Public Radio:
  - Smithsonian Institution (pdf).
  - Smithsonian Magazine:
- National Museum of African Art.
- National Museum of American Art.
- National Public Radio:
  - Camera That Saved Hubble.
  - Folklife Center on the Move (audio: 7:30).
  - Route 66 Goes to Smithsonian (audio: 3:30).
- Smithsonian Magazine:

Washington D.C.

City of Washington D.C.:
- City Agencies.
- City Council.
- Courts.
- Mayor's Office.
- Washington D.C. Public Schools.
Biographies of Women in Congress, U.S. House of Representatives.
Congress.org.
Open Directory Project.

Foreign Government Offices:
- Canadian Embassy.
- Haitian Embassy.

Washington D.C.

Genealogy: K-12 TLC Guide.
K-12 TLC Guide to U.S. History.

Historical Society.

08/24-25/1814: British Invade and Burn Washington, D.C.: K-12 TLC Guide.

04/16/1862: Slavery Is Abolished in the District of Columbia:

Slavery: K-12 TLC Guide.

11/10/1865: The Hanging of Henry Wirz:

The History Channel.
Library of Congress.
University of Missouri, Kansas City.

08/28/1963: March on Washington:

Lewis, John Robert: K-12 TLC Guide:

Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech: K-12 TLC Guide.

National Public Radio:

40th Anniversary.
The March on Washington — 20 Years Late.
'A People's History' of the March on Washington.

Oxford University Press.
Spartacus.
Stanford University.
U.S. Department of Justice.
USNews.
WGBH.

11/15/1969: 250,000 Protesters Demonstrate Peacefully in Washington, D.C., New York Times:

2010 World Nuclear Security Summit: K-12 TLC Guide.

Census:
- Census Online.
- US Census Bureau, Philadelphia Region.
Chesapeake & Ohio Canal: K-12 TLC Guide.
The Electronic Embassy.
Genealogy:
- Cyndi's List.
- The Political Graveyard.
- Vital Records Information.
- Where to Write for Vital Records, Centers for Disease Control.
History Channel:
- 01/08/1867: District of Columbia Grants First Voting Rights for African-American Men.
- 10/21/1967: Nearly 100,000 Gather to Protest the Vietnam War.
The Homeless:
- Help the Homeless .
Landmarks: K-12 TLC Guide.
The Library of Congress:
- The History of Pennsylvania Avenue.
- Washington As It Was, 1923-1959.
- 09/20/1850: D.C. Slave Trade Abolished.
- 04/06/1862: Slavery Abolished.
National Public Radio:
- Bike Courier Bards (audio: 6:20).
- DC Guns (audio: 4:30).
- D.C. Taxation without Representation (audio: 5:53).
- For Gay Catholics, D.C. Marriage Win Bittersweet.
- High-tech Companies: DC Suburbs (audio: 6:47).
- Marches on Washington (audio: 3:10).
- Millennium New Year in D.C. (audio: 4:15).
- Riding the Metro (audio: 5:30).
- Treatment of the Mentally Retarded (audio: 5:00).
- Washington Ballet in Havanna (audio: 7:45).
On-This-Day:
- 11/27/1901: U.S. Army War College Opens.
- 09/11/1941: Groundbreaking for the Pentagon.
- 09/28/1967: First D.C. Mayor Takes Office.
Open Directory Project.

Arts and Entertainment.
Society and Culture.

PBS:
- Duke Ellington's Washington.
The Shakespeare Theater.
The World Bank & IMF: K-12 TLC Guide.
Yahoo!:
- Community.
- Entertainment and Arts.

Washington D.C.

BBC:

The Art of Washington.

Bird's Eye View of Capitol Hill, The Library of Congress.
Help Save the Holt House.
National Public Radio:
- Memorial to Gandhi (audio: 1:30).
- Pushkin Monument (audio: 2:45).
- Reagan Memorial Proposed (audio: 3:00).
Smithsonian Magazine:

Monuments That Were Never Built.

A Veterans' Guide to Washington, D.C., U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Virtual Tour of the US Government, Virtual Free Sites.
Visitor Information, U.S. House of Representatives.
Washington D.C. Sightseeing Map, U. S. Department of Energy.

Arlington National Cemetery: K-12 TLC Guide.

The Capitol:
- K-12 TLC Guide to Congress.
- Architect of the Capitol.
- U.S. Capitol Visitors Center:
- 09/18/1793: Washington Lays Capitol's Cornerstone, TheHistoryNet.
- 1904 Panorama, 360 Virtual Tours.
- Ben's Guide to U.S. Government, U.S. Government Printing Office:
  - Grades 3-5.
- Building the Capitol for a New Nation, The Library of Congress.
- Statuary Hall:
- U. S. Department of Energy.
- A Virtual Tour of the Capitol, The United States Senate.
Cherry Trees:

Library of Congress.
National Public Radio.

Ford's Theater: K-12 TLC Guide.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial:

Robert Graham, Architect: K-12 TLC Guide.

National Park Service.

Howard University:
- K-12 TLC Guide to African-American Studies.
- Official Website:
- Library of Congress.
Japanese-American World War II Memorial:
- WWII Internments: K-12 TLC Guide.
- National Public Radio (audio):
  - Dedication Ceremony:
    - Report #1: 11/9/00 (1:30).
    - Report #2: 11/10/00 (3:18).
The Jefferson Memorial:
- K-12 TLC Guide to Thomas Jefferson.
- Ben's Guide to U.S. Government, U.S. Government Printing Office:
  - Grades 3-5.
- The National Park Service.
- U. S. Department of Energy.
Kennedy Center:

Official Web Site.

The Korean War Veterans Memorial:
- The National Park Service.
- U. S. Department of Energy.
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Library of Congress: K-12 TLC Guide.
The Lincoln Memorial: K-12 TLC Guide.

Martin Luther King National Memorial: K-12 TLC Guide.

Mary Mcleod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, National Park Service.

National Theater.

National Zoo:
- Home Page:
  - Panda News.
  - Panda Web.
- Pandas: K-12 TLC Guide.
- National Public Radio:
  - Hsing-Hsing, the Giant Panda Dies (audio: 00:45).
  - Replacing Hsing-Hsing (audio: 3:45).
  - Borrowed Pandas (audio: 3:41).
  - Flying Pandas (audio: 3:27).
  - National Zoo Desperately Seeks Bamboo.
  - Panda to Leave National Zoo for China.
New York Avenue Presbyterian Church:
- Home Page:
- Lincoln Log.
Pennsylvania Avenue:
- The History of Pennsylvania Avenue, The Library of Congress.
- Pennsylvania National Historic Park, The National Park Service.
The Pentagon: K-12 TLC Guide.

The Phillips Collection.

President Lincoln's Cottage:

Official Web site.

National Public Radio.
U.S. Department of Defense.

Tariff Building, National Public Radio: 5/11/00 (2:00).

The United States Botanic Gardens, U. S. Department of Energy.

United States Supreme Court: K-12 TLC Guide.

U.S. Holocaust Museum:
- The Holocaust: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Museums: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Official Web Site.
The U.S. Marine Corps War Memorial: K-12 TLC Guide.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial:
- Maya Ying Lin: K-12 TLC Guide.
- Vietnam War: K-12 TLC Guide.
- The National Park Service.
- U. S. Department of Energy.
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
- The Virtual Wall.
- 11/10/1982: Memorial Opens to Public for First Time, New York Times.
- Great Buildings Online.
- History Channel.
- Reflections on the Wall, National Geographic (audio & video: 4:21).
- Vietnam Memorials around the World, Southwest Research Institute.
- Boundaries, Maya Ying Lin.
The Vietnam Women's Memorial:
- Vietnam War: K-12 TLC Guide.
- The National Park Service.
- Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation.
The Washington Monument .

Washington National Cathedral:

Cathedrals: K-12 TLC Guide.

Official Web Site .

National Public Radio:

Stained Glass Artist Lets the Light through at Last.

The White House.

Women in Military Service for America Memorial.
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Woodrow Wilson House: K-12 TLC Guide.

World War II Memorial:
- U.S. House of Representatives.
- World War II Memorial Homepage.

Washington D.C.

Maps: K-12 TLC Guide.

DC Pages.
Library of Congress:
- Washington D.C. Town Maps.
Official Washington D.C. Tourism.
Tiger Online Mapping, U.S. Census Bureau.
US House of Representatives.
Washington D.C. Sightseeing Map,U.S. Department of Energy.
Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority Metro Map.
Yahoo!

Washington D.C.

Media: K-12 TLC Guide.

Congress.org.
Washington D.C. Newspapers, Newslink.
NewsDirectory.com.
Yahoo!

Washington D.C.

Outdoor Recreation: K-12 TLC Guide.
Parks: K-12 TLC Guide.

City of Washington D.C.:
- Department of Parks and Recreation.
- Official Washington D.C. Tourism.
Potomac River: K-12 TLC Guide.

GORP:
- In and Around DC.
Landmarks: K-12 TLC Guide.
National Capital Parks-Central, National Park Service.
Traveling in Washington, D.C. with Kids, The Savvy Traveler.

Washington D.C.

Timelines & Chronologies: K-12 TLC Guide

1793
Sep 18	George Washington Lays Cornerstone for U.S. Capitol.

Washington D.C.

Adult:
- Boundaries, Maya Ying Lin.
- The Burning Of Washington: The British Invasion of 1814, Anthony S. Pitch.
  - Amazon.com.

Washington D.C.

K-12 TLC Teachable Moments

02/08: Historic Sites of the Civil Rights Movement.

03/07/1964: Birth Date of Denyce Graves: American Women in Opera.

04/14/1864: The Assassination of President Lincoln.

08/24/1814: The British Burn Washington, D.C..


Danziger, Paula Ellington, Duke Razaf, Andy Sousa, John Philip

Teaching with Historic Places, National Park Service:
- Woodrow Wilson: Prophet of Peace.

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This guide last edited 02/25/2012
This guide last revised 03/10/2009