Literature, Literacy and Current Events

March 1941: Rosie begins riveting

March 12, 2025 - In 1941 when 25 women completed training at a Vultee airplane factory, their first day of work was scheduled for April 1.

Word of the Day

: Find it in blue in today's top story!

Writing Practice

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Writing Progress

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Weekly VOCAB

Today In History

June 12

1987: In Berlin, Germany, U.S. President Ronald Reagan delivered his famous speech at the Brandenburg Gate, a barrier that separated East Berlin from West Berlin. In his speech, he famously said: "Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall." Mr. Gorbachev was the leader of the Soviet Union that occupied East Germany and built the wall.

1929: Anne Frank, young Jewish girl who, with her family, hid from the Nazis for two years in Amsterdam before being sent to a concentration camp where she died, was born in Germany. She kept a diary that was eventually published by Otto Frank, her father, who survived Auschwitz. The Diary of Anne Frank has been translated into more than 60 languages. See Student News Net Story #7335 about Anne's pen pal from Danville, Iowa.

1924: George H. W. Bush, the nation's 41st president and father of George W. Bush, the nation's 43rd president, was born in Milton, Massachusetts. His father was U.S. Senator Prescott Bush.

1806: Library of Congress: John A. Roebling, civil engineer and designer of bridges, was born in Muhlhausen, Prussia. The Brooklyn Bridge, Roebling's last and greatest achievement, spans New York's East River to connect Manhattan with Brooklyn. It was completed in 1883.

Featured Unit

Chemical Elements "Off the Wall"

Studio glass art is a recent development but creating functional glass from silica sand is thousands of years old. Through this Student News Net video, tour the Chihuly Garden and Glass in Seattle, Washington to marvel at the beauty of glass and the chemical elements! Student News Net was there in 2017.

Read More: Seattle sights are simply stupendous

Pink diamonds are rare

Over 90 percent of the world's pink diamonds come from The Argyle Diamond Mine in Western Australia. Pink Diamonds are very rare and very expensive, but all diamonds are tetrahedrons of carbon atoms.

A rush for gold ended quickly

The story of the short-lived Klondike Gold Rush (1896-1899) is told at the Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park in downtown Seattle.

Glass: a hot and cool combo of art and science

Glassblowing is a red hot, totally cool combination of art and science.

Independent Practice and Activities for Printing

IP: Pink diamonds are rare
IP: Rush for gold ended quickly
Quiz: Rush for gold ended quickly
IP: Glass a hot and cool combo of art and science

In The News

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