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National Council for the Social Studies: Establishing Martin Luther King Day

For Students 9th - 10th
What do national holidays represent and how do they come to be? Using Martin Luther King Day as an example, follow how congress establishes the holiday and the president signs it into law. Primary sources included are memos to President...
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Greenberg: Godey's Lady's Book: Editor's Table

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Read several of Sarah Josepha Hale's editorials from Godey's Lady's Book. One is a series of editorials she wrote about establishing a national Thanksgiving holiday.

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