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This month's theme - New Frontiers

February 1, 1709 - Robinson Crusoe Day (rescue of Alexander Selkirk who inspired Dafoe's book)

February 4, 1902 - Charles Lindberg birthday - aviator - first solo non-stop flight across the Atlantic (new frontier)

February 6, 1952 - Queen Elizabeth II takes the throne upon the death of her father King George VI

February 6, 1895 - Babe Ruth birthday - baseball great

February 7, 1812 - Charles Dickens birthday - author - Tale of Two Cities etc

February 7, 1867 - Laura Ingalls Wilder birthday - author - Little House on the Prairie (New Frontier)

February 8, 1828 - Jules Verne birthday - author - 20 000 Leagues Under the Sea (New Frontier)

February 11, 1847 - Thomas Alva Edison birthday - inventor

February 12, 1938 - Judy Blume birthday - author - Blubber etc.

February 14 - Valentine's Day

February 15, 1564 - Galileo Galilei birthday - astronomer - Sunis the center of our solar system (New Frontier)

February 15, 1928 - Norman Bridwell birthday - creator of Clifford the dog

February 19, 1473 - Nicholas Copernicus birthday - astronomer - Earth is the center of our solar system

February 23, 1685 - George Frederick Handel birthday - composer

February 24, 1786 Wilhelm Carl Grimm birthday - Brother's Grimm

Learn about Galileo and Copernicus and their differing views of the solar system. Choose one point a view and write an argument to defend your view.

Imagine you are Charles Lindbergh on that first solo flight - write a journal entry to tell how you feel, what you see etc.

Little House on the Prairie became a well known tale of pioneer life - visit a pioneer museum so you can get a reall feeling of how she lived.

Jules Verne wrote about the undersea world before practical submarines were invented. Read about the Nautilus (the submarine in his book) and compare it to a modern day underwater vessel - what are the similarities and differences - how accurate was Verne?