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Father's Day : activities and projects for ESL students

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Father’s Day  in the USA  - a  holiday  (third Sunday in June) to honour fathers.  Sonora Smart Dodd , of Spokane , Washington , is usually credited for originating Father's Day. Her father, a Civil War  veteran, raised her and her five siblings after their mother died in childbirth. She is said to have had the idea in 1909 while listening to a sermon on Mother's Day , which at the time was becoming established as a holiday. Local religious leaders supported the idea, and the first Father’s Day was celebrated on June 19, 1910, the month of the birthday of Dodd’s father. I n 1966 Pres. Lyndon B. Johnson  issued a proclamation that recognized the day. It became a national holiday in 1972, when Pres. Richard Nixon  signed legislation designating  the third Sunday of June as Father’s Day. This Day is celebrated commercially and involves the sending of cards and giving of gifts to fathers, grandfathers and other father figures. Some Roman Catholic...

Multiculturalism, 11H

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Multiculturalismandthegreenbook  

NO SMOKING!

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Tobacco  

Smoking is one of the world's largest health problems today

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Smokingindata  

Javascript

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Javascript  

Inventing the car

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  Theinventionofthecar

The caravel

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 Thelegacyofthecaravel