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Archives, Fall 2000

Back to school in 1900
Sept. 11, 2000: How did people go 100 years ago?
Sept. 12, 2000: Did all kids go to school in 1900?
Sept. 13, 2000: Is SOL math a taxing situation?
Sept. 14, 2000: How would a wing work?
Sept. 15, 2000: What did kids play in 1900?

Virginia regions
Sept. 18, 2000: What can you see in Virginia?
Sept. 19, 2000: Where does water fall in Virginia?
Sept. 20, 2000: Where do those AOL discs come from?
Sept. 21, 2000: Where is the apple basket of Virginia?
Sept. 22, 2000: Where do those coal trains start?

Ancient China
Sept. 25, 2000: How old is Chinese civilization?
Sept. 26, 2000: Was China's first emperor friendly?
Sept. 27, 2000: Who worked on China's Great Wall?
Sept. 28, 2000: Whose calendar used moonbeams?
Sept. 29, 2000: What was Chinese writing like?

The Phoenicians
Oct. 2, 2000: How do you find Phoenician take-out?
Oct. 3, 2000: Who were expert ancient traders?
Oct. 4, 2000: How many jugs can ships juggle?
Oct. 5, 2000: What kind of clouds lead storms?
Oct. 6, 2000: What kind of trip is an "Odyssey"?

American Indians
Oct. 9, 2000: When were Asia and America joined?
Oct. 10, 2000: What did Northwest Indians carve?
Oct. 11, 2000: Which Indians dwelled in the cliffs?
Oct. 12, 2000: Who roamed the Great Plains?
Oct. 13, 2000: Which Indians lived in the East?

James River
Oct. 16, 2000: Where does the James River begin?
Oct. 17, 2000: Who lives in the freshwater James?
Oct. 18, 2000: What happens at Virginia's fall  line?
Oct. 19, 2000: How did Kepone hurt the James?
Oct. 20, 2000: What do tides do to the James?

Benjamin Franklin
Oct. 23, 2000: Why was Ben Franklin in Virginia?
Oct 24, 2000: Who sent rags to Williamsburg?
Oct. 25, 2000: Who proved lightning = electricity?
Oct. 26, 2000: Who spoke for America in Britain?
Oct. 27, 2000: Who got France to help America?

Elections
Oct. 30, 2000: Who represents in America?
Oct. 31, 2000: Who throws political parties?
Nov. 1, 2000: How do parties pick candidates?
Nov. 2, 2000: Who goes to electoral college?
Nov. 3, 2000: What does 'mudslinging' mean?

The French in North America
Nov. 6, 2000: When did the French sail west?
Nov. 7, 2000: What did Cartier rediscov -- ah, rename?
Nov. 8, 2000: What town did de Champlain build?
Nov. 9, 2000: Who paddled the Mississippi River?
Nov. 10, 2000: What land did LaSalle claim?

Exploring Florida
Nov. 13, 2000: Who was Juan Ponce de Leon?
Nov. 14, 2000: How did Florida treat de Leon?
Nov. 15, 2000: When was St. Augustine settled?
Nov. 16, 2000: Who built Florida's Fort Mose?
Nov. 17, 2000: When did Florida join the U.S.?

The Harlem Renaissance
Nov. 20, 2000: Where was the Harlem Renaissance?
Nov. 21, 2000: What did W.E.B. DuBois start?
Nov. 22, 2000: How did Duke Ellington swing?
Nov. 23, 2000: What did Langston Hughes write?
Nov. 24, 2000: Who was a serious black actor?

Thomas Edison and the light bulb
Nov. 27, 2000: What was Edison's 1879 question?
Nov. 28, 2000: What was Edison's prediction?
Nov. 29, 2000: What were Edison's variables?
Nov. 30, 2000: What was Edison's data?
Dec. 1, 2000: What was Edison's conclusion?

Slavery
Dec. 4, 2000: Which civilizations used slavery?
Dec. 5, 2000: Who brought Africans to America?
Dec. 6, 2000: How did Africans get to Jamestown?
Dec. 7, 2000: Were the 1st Africans in Virginia slaves?
Dec. 8, 2000: When did Virginia legalize slavery?

Tobacco
Dec. 11, 2000: Did tobacco save Jamestown?
Dec. 12, 2000: What did Virginians barter with?
Dec. 13, 2000: Was America for interdependence?
Dec. 14, 2000: Why did Virginians boycott England?
Dec. 15, 2000: How did Virginia pay for war?

International Space Station
Dec. 18, 2000: Who is building the space station?
Dec. 19, 2000: What powers Space Station Alpha?
Dec. 20, 2000: Why do experiments in space?
Dec. 21, 2000: How do humans exercise in space?
Dec. 22, 2000: How big will station Alpha get?

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