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Archives, Fall 2001

Virginia State Fair
Sep. 10, 2001: What animals are at the state fair?
Sep. 11, 2001: Who are man's feathered friends?
Sep. 12, 2001: How much milk can a cow give?
Sep. 13, 2001: What animal uses NStinct?
Sep. 14, 2001: How BIG are the pigs at the fair?

Helen Keller
Sep. 17, 2001: How did Helen Keller go blind?
Sep. 18, 2001: Who was Helen Keller's teacher?
Sep. 19, 2001: How did Helen Keller learn words?
Sep. 20, 2001: How did Helen Keller write?
Sep. 21, 2001: How did Helen Keller help the disabled?

Oceans
Sep. 24, 2001: How do oceans do the wave?
Sep. 25, 2001: Where are an ocean's current events?
Sep. 26, 2001: What can you build on plankton?
Sep. 27, 2001: Where does the ocean go dark?
Sep. 28, 2001: How low can you go below?

Mali
Oct. 1, 2001: Who built the empire of Mali?
Oct. 2, 2001: Who was Mali's Mansa Musa?
Oct. 3, 2001: How did Mali's gold travel?
Oct. 4, 2001: Did Mali have religious freedom?
Oct. 5, 2001: What did Timbuktu school's do?

Magellan
Oct. 8, 2001: Why did explorers sail far away?
Oct. 9, 2001: Who did Ferdinand Magellan fight?
Oct. 10, 2001: How did Magellan's trip begin?
Oct. 11, 2001: How did Magellan find the Pacific?
Oct. 12, 2001: Who proved that Earth is round?

Longitude
Oct. 15, 2001: Why did ships lose their way?
Oct. 16, 2001: How did ships find their latitude?
Oct. 17, 2001: Where are Earth's lines of longitude?
Oct. 18, 2001: Is Earth's North Pole magnetic?
Oct. 19, 2001: Which watch wound weally well?

Pueblo
Oct. 22, 2001: How did Pueblo Indians live?
Oct. 23, 2001: How did Pueblos meet the Spanish?
Oct. 24, 2001: Why did Pueblos fight the Spanish?
Oct. 25, 2001: Who led the 1680 Pueblo revolt?
Oct. 26, 2001: Did Spaniards retake New Mexico?

House of Burgesses
Oct. 29, 2001: What did the Virginia Company seek?
Oct. 30, 2001: Who was in charge at Jamestown?
Oct. 31, 2001: When did Jamestown almost end?
Nov. 1, 2001: When did the House of Burgesses begin?
Nov. 2, 2001: Why were they called 'Burgesses?'

Peter Zenger
Nov. 5, 2001: Who was John Peter Zenger?
Nov. 6, 2001: What power did royal governors use?
Nov. 7, 2001: What were Peter Zenger's zingers?
Nov. 8, 2001: Why was Zenger put on trial?
Nov. 9, 2001: What is freedom of the press?

French & Indian War
Nov. 12, 2001: How did the French and Indian War begin?
Nov. 13, 2001: How did Washington learn warfare?
Nov. 14, 2001: When did the French and Indians split?
Nov. 15, 2001: How did Britain win the war?
Nov. 16, 2001: Who paid for the French & Indian War?

Tax Hunter
Nov. 19, 2001: Who is the Tax Hunter?
Nov. 20, 2001: What kind of property is taxed?
Nov. 21, 2001: When is a sales tax collected?
Nov. 22, 2001: Who pays the income tax?
Nov. 23, 2001: What do excise taxes tax?

Statue of Liberty
Nov. 26, 2001: Did France help America find liberty?
Nov. 27, 2001: Who's idea was the Statue of Liberty?
Nov. 28, 2001: How did France make Liberty?
Nov. 29, 2001: How did Liberty get to America?
Nov. 30, 2001: What does the Statue of Liberty symbolize?

Television
Dec. 3, 2001: How do TVs break up light?
Dec. 4, 2001: Why are TVs called electronics?
Dec. 5, 2001: How do TV signals get bounced?
Dec. 6, 2001: How do pictures re-form in TVs?
Dec. 7, 2001: Do TV pictures really move?

Arthur Ashe
Dec. 10, 2001: Where did Arthur Ashe grow up?
Dec. 11, 2001: How did Arthur Ashe play better?
Dec. 12, 2001: Who won the first U.S. Open?
Dec. 13, 2001: When did Ashe win Wimbledon?
Dec. 14, 2001: Why did Arthur Ashe stop playing?

Battle of Britain
Dec. 17, 2001: How did World War II begin?
Dec. 18, 2001: Who said Britain wouldn't yield?
Dec. 19, 2001: When was the Battle of Britain?
Dec. 20, 2001: How did radar help Britain?
Dec. 21, 2001: Why did London get blitzed?

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