Quiztory: Week of March 6
Test your students’ knowledge of the notable events covered in findingDulcinea’s “On This Day” column this week with Quiztory. It makes a fun extra credit assignment.
1. What proposal in 1820 attempted to maintain the balance of slave and free states in the United States Senate?
2. Who was the first member of the American Girl Guides, later known as the Girl Scouts?
3. After Russia’s February Revolution began in 1917, to whom did Czar Nicholas II try to cede his throne?
4. When was Dred Scott, a slave who sued for freedom after spending time in free territory, finally freed?
5. What was the name of Axis Sally’s most notorious radio broadcast, intended to frighten Allied soldiers?
What’s Coming Up?
Next week, “On This Day” will examine the Birmingham Six, the Ides of March and the first St. Patrick’s Day. We’ll also take a look at Gandhi and civil disobedience, the first TV broadcast of the Oscars, and the kidnapping of Aldo Moro by the Italian Red Brigades.
