Monday, January 27, 2014

Drop a Class? What to Do With Your Textbook

*This is a Sponsored Post*

Hello Baylor and MCC students.  I wanted to remind you again about CampusBookRentals.com, where you can rent books for 40-90% off new bookstore prices.   OK, yeah, I know...the semester started two weeks ago, so I'm a little late.  But here's the thing...what if you drop a class?  What do you do with the books you bought?  Well, if they're from Campus Book Rentals than you can still return them for free (they have a 30 day return policy).  And if they were books you bought elsewhere, you can earn some money renting them out to other students through their sister site, RentBack.com.  Learn more below...



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Friday, January 24, 2014

Snowfall

I wake up this morning and before I even look out my window I check the Midway app on my phone.  Nothing.  So I open safari on my phone and check the website.  Nothing new...don't even see the message they had last night about where they would be posting notices of closures.  "Dang,"  I think, "I was really hoping to sleep in."  Had some trouble sleeping the last couple days and it sure would be nice, but I drag myself out of bed.  And then I see this outside my window...



Snow!  Wow, I guess it's just not enough for a snow day.  I check the computer one more time...and there it is.  Not sure why it didn't show up on my phone, but they're postponing 2 hours.  "YES!" I think, preparing to slip back into bed, when I hear a little, kinda grumpy voice behind me.  

Oh well...I could tell him to go back to bed, but I know he'll want to see this.  We have some breakfast and he's dressed in record time...and out in the white stuff.


This is all before his brothers wake up.  They do and I'm getting breakfast for everyone and giving them instructions on where they can play and who should watch who and how they should bundle up...cause I have every plan of going back to sleep.  And I do, for a glorious 'nother hour before I wake up and hussle everyone into the car.  There's an air of holiday, even though they only got an extra two hours this morning.

And I look up, and the clouds are dramatically split in two...one half white, the other half dark, with blue skies left of all.  The picture below doesn't begin to capture it, because it was fading by the time I got back and could take a picture.  




What a morning!  Love when it snows here, even it's just a dusting.  



Saturday, January 11, 2014

People in History & Culture - Printables



Below you can  links to coloring pages, paper dolls and other resources related to various historical and cultural figures from the Dover Sampler.  These may be eventually removed, so snag them while you can.   They do have some limitations on how you can use them, but using them for home use with your kids or in the classroom should be fine.  I've organized them below by last name, birthdate, and by category (entertainers, politicians, ect.), and I'll be adding more to this list as I discover them.  I also have another list organized by Era which has other historical printables.




Alphabetical by Last Name

(Or first name where last is not available or where person is mainly known by another name)

Johnny Appleseed (see John Chapman)
Louisa May Alcott - November 29, 1832
Jane Austen 2 - December 16, 1775
Lucille Ball - August 6, 1911
Roseanne Cherrie Barr - November 3, 1952
Thomas Hart Benton (Self-portrait by) - April 15, 1889
Halle Berry - August 14, 1966
Joe Biden - November 20, 1942
Simone Biles - March 14, 1997
Wallace Broecker - November 29, 1931
Barbara Bush (First Lady to George W Bush)  - June 8, 1925
Rosalyn Carter (First Lady to Jimmy Carter) - August 18, 1927 
Cassatt, Mary - May 22, 1844 
Christopher ColumbusResource 2  - Between 31 October 1450 and 30 October 1451
Captain James Cook - November 7, 1728
Misty Copeland - September 10, 1982
John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) - September 26, 1774
William Clark - (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838)
Harry Clarke (Artwork by) - March 17, 1889
Paul Cézanne (Arwork by, including self-portrait), Artwork 2  - January 19, 1839
Leonardo da Vinci 2 3 4(Artwork by) - April 15, 1452 
Doris Day (Actress) - April 3, 1922 or 1924
Edgar Degas 2 (Artwork by) - July 19, 1834
Princess Diana 2 - July 1, 1961
Charles Dickens - Feb 7, 1812
Thomas Eakins 2 - July 25, 1844
Wyatt Earp - March 19, 1848
Thomas Alva Edison - February 11, 1847
Queen Elizabeth II - April 28, 1926
Tina Fey - May 18, 1970
Harrison Fisher (Artwork Inspired by) -  July 27, 1875 or 1877
Charles Folkard (Artwork by) - April 6, 1878
Pope Francis 2, 3 (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) -  December 17, 1936
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 or January 6, 1705 – April 17, 1790) 
Greta Garbo - September 18, 1905
Lou Gherig - June 19, 1903
Jane Goodall - April 3, 1934
Kamala Harris - October 20, 1964
Prince Henry - September 15, 1984
Ruth Bader Ginsburg - March 15, 1933
Julia Dent Grant (Wife of Ulysses S. Grant) - Jan 26, 1826
Alexander Hamilton 2 3 - January 11, 1755
Lucy Ware Went Hayes (1st Lady to Rutherford B. Hayes - August 28, 1831)
Benjamin Harrison  - Aug 20, 1833
Rutherford B. Hayes - Oct 4, 1822
Patricia Helen Heaton - March 4, 1958
Audrey Hepburn - May 4, 1929
Helen Jacobs - 1888
Andrew Jackson - March 15, 1767
Pope John Paul II, 2 (born Karol Józef Wojtyla ) - May 18, 1920
Katherine Johnson - August 26, 1918
Angelina Jolie - June 4, 1975
Jacqueline (Jackie) Kennedy Onassis - July 28, 1929 
Martin Luther King 2 - Jan 15, 1929
Thurgood Marshall - July 2, 1908
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - January 27, 1756
Harriet Nelson - July 18, 1909
Sandra Day O'Connor - March 26, 1930
Helen Keller - June 27, 1880
Annette Kellerman -July 6, 1886
Gustav Klimt (coloring page inspired by Tree of Life) - July 14, 1862
Meriwether Lewis - August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809
Abraham Lincoln  23, 4, 5 - Feb 12, 1809 
Gina Lollobrigida (Luigina "Gina" Lollobrigida)- July 4, 1927
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela - Sept 26, 1936
Meghan Markle - August 4, 1981
Kate Middleton, Duchess of CambridgeResource 2, 3, 4(Catherine Middleton) - January 9, 1982
Claude MonetResource 23 (Oscar-Claude Monet) (Artwork by)  November 14, 1840
Mary Tyler Moore - December 29, 1936
Julia Morgan - January 20, 1872
Nelson MandelaResource 2 - July 18, 1918
Berth Morisot (Artwork By) - January 14, 1841
Pat Nixon (1st Lady to Richard Nixon) - March 16, 1912
Barak Obama, 2 - August 4, 1961
Michelle Obama - January 17. 1964
Rosa Parks 2 - Feb 4, 1913
St. Patrick (March 17, sometime in the 5th century)
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - June 10, 1921
Marco Polo - 1254
Raphael -  April 6 or March 28, 1483
Phylicia Rashād - June 19, 1948
Frederic Remington - Oct 4, 1861
Pierre-Auguste Renoir 2 3 - February 25, 1841
Doris Roberts - November 4, 1925
Jackie Robinson - January 31, 1919
Norman Rockwell - Feb 3, 1894
Wilhelm Röntgen  - Nov 8, 1895
Theodore (Teddy) Rosevelt - Oct 27, 1858
Babe Ruth - Feb 6, 1895
Antonin Scalia -  March 11, 1936
Roger Sherman - April 19, 1721
Squanto - 1585-ish
Zachary Taylor - November 24, 1784
Louis C. Tiffany  (Artwork by) - February 18, 1848
Harriet Tubman -1822
Lana Turner - February 8, 1921
Donald Trump -  June 14, 1946
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) - November 30, 1835
Vincent Van Gogh (artwork), Resource 2, 3 - March 30, 1853
Beatice Whitney Van Ness (ARTWORK BY) - 1888
Reese Witherspoon - March 22, 1976
Jules Verne - Feb 8, 1828
George Washington, Resource 2, 3, 4 , 5- February 22, 1732
Martha Washington (MN: Dandridge)  - June 13, 1731 – May 22, 1802
H. G. Wells -  (Herbert George Wells) - September 21, 1866
Benjamin West - October 10, 1738
Betty White 2 - January 17, 1922
Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge , 2 - June 21, 1982





By Birthdate
They are not organized by year, but by day, in case you want to share about these people on the day of their births. 

Kate Middleton, Duchess of CambridgeResource 2, 3, 4(Catherine Middleton) - January 9, 1982
Alexander Hamilton 2 3 - January 11, 1755
Martin Luther King 2 - Jan 15, 1929
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 or January 6, 1705 – April 17, 1790)
Betty White 2 - January 17, 1922
Michelle Obama - January 17. 1964 
Julia Morgan - January 20, 1872
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - January 27, 1756 
Jackie Robinson - January 31, 1919
Julia Dent Grant  (Wife of Ulysses S. Grant) - Jan 26, 1826
Berth Morisot (Artwork By) - January 14, 1841
Norman Rockwell - Feb 3, 1894 
Rosa Parks 2 - Feb 4, 1913
Babe Ruth - Feb 6, 1895
Charles Dickens - Feb 7, 1812
Jules Verne - Feb 8, 1828
Lana Turner - Feb 8, 1921
Thomas Alva Edison - February 11, 1847 
Abraham Lincoln  23, 4, 5 - Feb 12, 1809
Louis C. Tiffany  (Artwork by) - February 18, 1848 
George Washington, Resource 2, 3, 4 , 5- February 22, 1732
Pierre-Auguste Renoir 2 3 - February 25, 1841
Patricia Helen Heaton - March 4, 1958
Antonin Scalia -  March 11, 1936
Simone Biles - March 14, 1997
Ruth Bader Ginsburg - March 15, 1933 
Andrew Jackson - March 15, 1767
Pat Nixon (1st Lady to Richard Nixon) - March 16, 1912 
St. Patrick (March 17, sometime in the 5th century)
Harry Clarke (Artwork by) - March 17, 1889
Wyatt Earp - March 19, 1848
Reese Witherspoon - March 22, 1976
Sandra Day O'Connor - March 26, 1930
Raphael -   March 28 or April 6, 1483
Vincent Van Gogh (artwork), Resource 2 3 - March 30, 1853
Doris Day (Actress) - April 3, 1922 or 1924
Jane Goodall - April 3, 1934
Charles Folkard (Artwork by) - April 6, 1878
Leonardo da Vinci 2 3 4(Artwork by) - April 15, 1452
Thomas Hart Benton (Self-portrait by) - April 15, 1889
Roger Sherman - April 19, 1721
William Shakespeare -  April 26, 1564
Queen Elizabeth II - April 28, 1926
Audrey Hepburn - May 4, 1929
Pope John Paul II, 2 (born Karol Józef Wojtyla ) - May 18, 1920
Tina Fey - May 18, 1970
Cassatt, Mary - May 22, 1844
Angelina Jolie - June 4, 1975
Barbara Bush - June 8, 1925
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - June 10, 1921
Martha Wahsington (MN: Dandridge)  - June 13, 1731 – May 22, 1802
Donald Trump -  June 14, 1946
Powhatan (Pocahontas' Father) - June 17, 1545
Lou Gherig - June 19, 1903
Phylicia Rashād - June 19, 1948
Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge , 2 - June 21, 1982
Helen Keller - June 27, 1880
Princess Diana 2 - July 1, 1961
Thurgood Marshall - July 2, 1908
Gina Lollobrigida (Luigina "Gina" Lollobrigida)- July 4, 1927
Annette Kellerman - 6 July 1886
Gustav Klimt (coloring page inspired by Tree of Life) - July 14, 1862
Harriet Nelson - July 18, 1909
Nelson MandelaResource 2 - July 18, 1918
Edgar Degas 2 (Artwork by) - July 19, 1834
Thomas Eakins 2 - July 25, 1844
Harrison Fisher (Artwork Inspired by) -  July 27, 1875 or 1877
Jacqueline (Jackie) Kennedy Onassis - July 28, 1929
William Clark - (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838)
Meghan Markle - August 4, 1981
Barak Obama , 2 - August 4, 1961
Lucille Ball - August 6, 1911
Halle Berry - August 14, 1966
Meriwether Lewis - August 18, 1774
Rosalyn Carter (First Lady to Jimmy Carter) - August 18, 1927 
Benjamin Harrison  - Aug 20, 1833
Katherine Johnson - August 26, 1918
Lucy Ware Went Hayes (1st Lady to Rutherford B. Hayes - August 28, 1831)
Misty Copeland - September 10, 1982
Prince Henry - September 15, 1984
Greta Garbo - September 18, 1905
John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) - September 26, 1774
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela - Sept 26, 1936
H. G. Wells -  (Herbert George Wells) - September 21, 1866
Rutherford B. Hayes - Oct 4, 1822
Frederic Remington - Oct 4, 1861
Benjamin West - October 10, 1738
Kamala Harris - October 20, 1964
Theodore (Teddy) Rosevelt - Oct 27, 1858
Christopher ColumbusResource 2  - Between 31 October 1450 and 30 October 1451
Roseanne Cherrie Barr - November 3, 1952
Doris Roberts - November 4, 1925
Captain James Cook - November 7, 1728
Wilhelm Röntgen  - Nov 8, 1895
Claude MonetResource 23 (Oscar-Claude Monet) (Artwork by)  November 14, 1840
Joe Biden - November 20, 1942
Zachary Taylor - November 24, 1784
Wallace Broecker - November 29, 1931
Louisa May Alcott - November 29, 1832
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) - November 30, 1835
Jane Austen 2 - December 16, 1775
Pope Francis 2, 3 (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) -  December 17, 1936
Mary Tyler Moore - December 29, 1936

UNSURE OF DAY - ONLY HAVE YEAR
Marco Polo - 1254
Squanto - 1585-ish 
Harriet Tubman -1822
Beatice Whitney Van Ness (Artwork) - 1888 (not sure of day)
Helen Jacobs - 1888
Paul Cézanne (Arwork by, including self-portrait), Artwork 2  - January 19, 1839



BY CATEGORY

Politicians, Crusaders, Rulers and Other Government and Political Figures:
Powhatan (Pocahontas' Father) - June 17, 1545
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 or January 6, 1705 – April 17, 1790)
Roger Sherman - April 19, 1721
Martha Wahsington (MN: Dandridge)  - June 13, 1731 – May 22, 1802
George Washington, Resource 2, 3 , 4 , 5- February 22, 1732
Alexander Hamilton 2 3 - January 11, 1755
Andrew Jackson - March 15, 1767
Zachary Taylor - November 24, 1784
Abraham Lincoln  23, 4, 5 - Feb 12, 1809
Harriet Tubman -1822
Rutherford B. Hayes - Oct 4, 1822
Julia Dent Grant  (Wife of Ulysses S. Grant) - Jan 26, 1826
Lucy Ware Went Hayes (1st Lady to Rutherford B. Hayes - August 28, 1831)
Benjamin Harrison  - Aug 20, 1833
Theodore (Teddy) Rosevelt - Oct 27, 1858
Thurgood Marshall - July 2, 1908
Pat Nixon (1st Lady to Richard Nixon) - March 16, 1912 
Rosa Parks 2 - Feb 4, 1913
Nelson MandelaResource 2 - July 18, 1918
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh - June 10, 1921
Barbara Bush - June 8, 1925
Queen Elizabeth II - April 28, 1926
Rosalyn Carter (First Lady to Jimmy Carter) - August 18, 1927 
Martin Luther King 2 - Jan 15, 1929
Jacqueline (Jackie) Kennedy Onassis - July 28, 1929
Sandra Day O'Connor - March 26, 1930
Ruth Bader Ginsburg - March 15, 1933 
Antonin Scalia -  March 11, 1936
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela - Sept 26, 1936
Joe Biden - November 20, 1942
Donald Trump -  June 14, 1946
Princess Diana 2 - July 1, 1961
Barak Obama , 2 - August 4, 1961
Michelle Obama - January 17. 1964
Kamala Harris - October 20, 1964
Kate Middleton, Duchess of CambridgeResource 2, 3, 4(Catherine Middleton) - January 9, 1982
Meghan Markle - August 4, 1981
Prince William Arthur Philip Louis, Duke of Cambridge , 2 - June 21, 1982
Misty Copeland - September 10, 1982
Prince Henry - September 15, 1984




Authors:
William Shakespeare -  April 26, 1564
Jane Austen 2 - December 16, 1775
Charles Dickens - Feb 7, 1812
Jules Verne - Feb 8, 1828
Louisa May Alcott - November 29, 1832
Mark Twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens) - November 30, 1835
H. G. Wells -  (Herbert George Wells) - September 21, 1866



Artists and Craftspeople
Raphael  (Artwork by) -  April 6 or March 28, 1483
Benjamin West (Artwork by) - October 10, 1738
Leonardo da Vinci 2 3 4(Artwork by) - April 15, 1452
Edgar Degas 2 (Artwork by) - July 19, 1834
Paul Cézanne (Arwork by, including self-portrait), Artwork 2  - January 19, 1839
Cassatt, Mary - May 22, 1844
Frederic Remington - Oct 4, 1861
Harrison Fisher (Artwork Inspired by) -  July 27, 1875 or 1877 
Claude MonetResource 23 (Oscar-Claude Monet) (Artwork by)  November 14, 1840
Berth Morisot (Artwork By) - January 14, 1841
Pierre-Auguste Renoir 2 3 - February 25, 1841
Thomas Eakins 2 - July 25, 1844
Louis C. Tiffany  (Artwork by) - February 18, 1848
Vincent Van Gogh (artwork), Resource 23 - March 30, 1853
Gustav Klimt (coloring page inspired by Tree of Life) - July 14, 1862
Charles Folkard (Artwork by) - April 6, 1878
Helen Jacobs - 1888
Beatice Whitney Van Ness (Artwork by) - 1888
Harry Clarke (Artwork by) - March 17, 1889
Thomas Hart Benton (Self-portrait by) - April 15, 1889
Norman Rockwell - Feb 3, 1894 
Julia Morgan (Architect) - January 20, 1872



Inventors and Scientists
Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 or January 6, 1705 – April 17, 1790)  
Thomas Alva Edison - February 11, 1847
Wilhelm Röntgen  - Nov 8, 1895
Katherine Johnson - August 26, 1918
Wallace Broecker - November 29, 1931
Jane Goodall - April 3, 1934

Musicians and Composers
(Also see Entertainers...)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - January 27, 1756

Entertainers:
Annette Kellerman - 6 July 1886
Greta Garbo - September 18, 1905
Lucille Ball - August 6, 1911
Lana Turner - Feb 8, 1921
Doris Day (Actress) - April 3, 1922 or 1924
Betty White 2 - January 17, 1922
Doris Roberts - November 4, 1925
Gina Lollobrigida (Luigina "Gina" Lollobrigida)- July 4, 1927
Audrey Hepburn - May 4, 1929
Mary Tyler Moore - December 29, 1936
Phylicia Rashād - June 19, 1948
Roseanne Cherrie Barr - November 3, 1952
Patricia Helen Heaton - March 4, 1958
Halle Berry - August 14, 1966
Angelina Jolie - June 4, 1975
Tina Fey - May 18, 1970
Reese Witherspoon - March 22, 1976




Explorers/Adventurers
Marco Polo - 1254 
Christopher ColumbusResource 2  - Between 31 October 1450 and 30 October 1451
Captain James Cook - November 7, 1728
Meriwether Lewis - August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809
William Clark - (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838)


Sports Figures
Annette Kellerman - 6 July 1886
Jackie Robinson - January 31, 1919
Babe RuthFebruary 6, 1895
Lou Gherig - June 19, 1903
Simone Biles - March 14, 1997


Religious Figures
St. Patrick (March 17, sometime in the 5th century)
Pope John Paul II, 2 (born Karol Józef Wojtyla ) - May 18, 1920
Pope Francis 2, 3 (Jorge Mario Bergoglio) -  December 17, 1936


Other/Misc.:
Squanto - 1585-ish
John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) - September 26, 1774
Helen Keller - June 27, 1880
Wyatt Earp - March 19, 1848




TO SORT:
Just haven't gotten around the looking up birthdates for...




If you know of other free history printables please leave a comment and let me know.



Note to self:  To add: http://www.doverpublications.com/sampler/1103