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January 11 reading ideas
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Explore how the Colorado River shaped the Grand Canyon, meet aviator Amelia Earhart, and learn about Alexander Hamilton’s role in the early United States. On January 11, 1922, a patient received an early insulin extract for the first time. Explore the research and collaboration that led to an improved treatment.
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The Grand Canyon became a National Monument on January 11, 1908. Read how the Colorado River shaped the canyon and how people work to protect natural places, then trace one cause-and-effect connection in the text.
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Explore this topic through Arizona.
Explore how the Colorado River shaped the Grand Canyon’s geology.
Read passageFollow the Colorado River through the American Southwest.
Read passageDiscuss why people protect national parks and other wild places.
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On January 11, 1935, Amelia Earhart completed a solo flight from Hawaii to Oakland. Discover her life and aviation career, then discuss what it takes to plan a long flight.
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Discover Amelia Earhart’s life and aviation career.
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Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11. Explore a short introduction to his life and his role in the early United States.
Read a short introduction to Alexander Hamilton among four notable New Yorkers.
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On January 11, 1922, a patient received an early insulin extract for the first time. Explore the research and collaboration that led to an improved treatment.
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Open collectionFollow the research that led to the first insulin treatments.
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The Grand Canyon became a National Monument on January 11, 1908. The Great Sculptor: How the Colorado River Carved the Grand Canyon explores erosion by the Colorado River, while Lifeline of the American Southwest: The Story of the Colorado River follows the river across the Southwest. Preserving the Wild: Why National Parks Remain Our Most Vital Resource invites readers to consider why protected places matter. Find the canyon on the Arizona map.
Amelia Earhart: Courage in the Clouds introduces Earhart’s aviation career. Use the Hawaii map and California map to trace the route of her January 1935 solo flight and discuss the planning a long-distance journey requires.
Alexander Hamilton was born on January 11. Meet the first U.S. Secretary of the Treasury in New York’s Notable Figures, a reading that introduces Hamilton alongside three other people connected with New York City.
Learn how researchers worked together to develop insulin treatment for diabetes. Trace the first human treatment and the improvements that followed. Read A Scientific Breakthrough: The Discovery of Insulin.
