The Dirksen Center wants to help teachers teach better by giving them the opportunity to use technology to create, customize, and share online learning activities in their classrooms. The Center wants to help students learn more by bringing educational resources together in one place that provide new ways to learn about Congress interactively.

For most of its history, the U.S. Congress has been a largely white male affair. As the membership grows more diverse, test your wits about those who broke ground.

Trivia: What was the first state to be simultaneously represented by two female senators?

A) Maine
B) California [The first woman ever to serve in the U.S. senate was Rebecca Felton of Georgia, who served for only two days in 1922 as an interim appointee. She was followed by Hattie Caraway, who was appointed to fill the seat of her late husband; she was reelected twice. In 1992, California became the first state to be represented by two woman senators when it simultaneously elected Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer. Kansas was briefly represented by two women in 1996 when appointee Sheila Frahm joined Nancy Kassebaum. Maine was next in 1997, when Susan Collins joined Olympia Snow and Washington became the fourth state in 2001, when Maria Cantwell joined Patty Murray.]
C) Kansas
D) Washington

*Find the answer in next month's issue.

Answer to November's Fun, Facts, and Trivia: http://www.webcommunicator.org/classroom%20resources/funfactstrivia_ans1106.htm.

Do you have or know of an online activity you would like The Dirksen Congressional Center to feature on its new Web site for students -- Congress for Kids? The Center is currently seeking online activities that provide new ways to learn about Congress and the workings of the federal government interactively.

If you have questions or suggestions for online activities, contact Cindy Koeppel.