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Archives, Fall 2002

Symbols
Sept. 9, 2002: Why is the Liberty Bell a U.S. symbol?
Sept. 10, 2002: Who was America's 1st "Uncle Sam?"
Sept. 11, 2002: Who finished Washington's monument?
Sept. 12, 2002: Who is carved on Mount Rushmore?
Sept. 13, 2002: Who wrote the Pledge of Allegiance?

The Barbary Pirates
Sept. 16, 2002: Who were the Barbary Pirates?
Sept. 17, 2002: How did America fight 1801 pirates?
Sept. 18, 2002: Why did the U.S. blow up its ship?
Sept. 19, 2002: Who crossed the desert to Tripoli?
Sept. 20, 2002: Who finally beat the Barbary Pirates?

The center of the Earth
Sept. 23, 2002: Journey from the center of the Earth
Sept. 24, 2002: How deep is Earth's mantle and crust?
Sept. 25, 2002: How do volcanoes break plates?
Sept. 26, 2002: Where does the rock cycle cruise?
Sept. 27, 2002: What is mixed into a soil shake?

Pompeii
Sept. 30, 2002: How did rich Romans live in Pompeii?
Oct. 1, 2002: How did Roman government work?
Oct. 2, 2002: When did Vesuvius blow up?
Oct. 3, 2002: What buried the Romans in Pompeii?
Oct. 4, 2002: What hit Herculaneum?

Good citizens in America
Oct. 7, 2002: What are jobs for good citizens?
Oct. 8, 2002: Who invented American firefighting?
Oct. 9, 2002: What were the first fire pumpers?
Oct. 10, 2002: When did fire fight fire?
Oct. 11, 2002: When did firefighters really roll?

Christopher Columbus
Oct. 14, 2002: How did Columbus learn to sail?
Oct. 15, 2002: Why did Columbus' sailors mutiny?
Oct. 16, 2002: Where did Columbus land first?
Oct. 17, 2002: When was Columbus put in chains?
Oct. 18, 2002: When was Columbus shipwrecked?

The Lost Colony
Oct. 21, 2002: Why did the English settle in America?
Oct. 22, 2002: When was the 1st Roanoke colony?
Oct. 23, 2002: When was the 2nd Roanoke colony?
Oct. 24, 2002: When was the 3rd Roanoke colony?
Oct. 25, 2002: Where did the 'Lost Colony' go?

Pocahontas
Oct. 28, 2002: What did Pocahontas like to eat?
Oct. 29, 2002: How many did Powhatan rule?
Oct. 30, 2002: Did Powhatan help Jamestown?
Oct. 31, 2002: How did Pocahontas save Jamestown?
Nov. 1, 2002: Who did Pocahontas marry?

Clara Barton
Nov. 4, 2002: Was Clara Barton a shy child?
Nov. 5, 2002: How did Barton join the Civil War?
Nov. 6, 2002: How close was Barton to battles?
Nov. 7, 2002: Did the army ban Barton from hospitals?
Nov. 8, 2002: Who begins the American Red Cross?

Pennsylvania
Nov. 11, 2002: Who settled colonial Pennsylvania?
Nov. 12, 2002: Who was Peter Stuyvesant?
Nov. 13, 2002: Who named the colony "Penn's Woods?"
Nov. 14, 2002: What was Penn's "Holy Experiment?"
Nov. 15, 2002: When did Quakers quit governing?

Bacon's Rebellion
Nov. 18, 2002: When was Virginia's first revolution?
Nov. 19, 2002: Who was Nathaniel Bacon?
Nov. 20, 2002: Why did settlers fight Indians in 1675?
Nov. 21, 2002: Who ruled Jamestown in 1676?
Nov. 22, 2002: Who won Bacon's rebellion?

Virginia's three capitals
Nov. 25, 2002: Why did Virginia have three capitals?
Nov. 26, 2002: Why was Jamestown a sick capital?
Nov. 27, 2002: Where was Virginia's 2nd capital?
Nov. 28, 2002: How did people live in Williamsburg?
Nov. 29, 2002: Why did Virginia get a third capital?

Video economics
Dec. 2, 2002: How are needs and wants different?
Dec. 3, 2002: Who are the economic consumers?
Dec. 4, 2002: Who produces your economic choice?
Dec. 5, 2002: How do supply and demand balance?
Dec. 6, 2002: What is your opportunity cost?

Alexander Graham Bell
Dec. 9, 2002: What was Alex Bell's question?
Dec. 10, 2002: What was Alex Bell's prediction?
Dec. 11, 2002: Who tested variables with Bell?
Dec. 12, 2002: What were Bell's test results?
Dec. 13, 2002: What was Alex Bell's conclusion?

Northwest Indians
Dec. 16, 2002: Where did Kwakiutl Indians live?
Dec. 17, 2002:  How did Northwest Indians float?
Dec. 18, 2002:  What fish did Northwest Indians eat?
Dec. 19, 2002:  How did Kwakiutls make totem poles?
Dec. 20, 2002: What is a Kwakuitle Potlatch?

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