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Monthly Activity Calendar

May 2013

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May 2013

May is “Flower Month”

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Wed. May. 1
May Day

Find an occupation for each letter of the alphabet.

Save the Rhino Day

Read about rhinos, then take a quiz on them.

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Thu. May. 2
Elijah McCoy (inventor) born, 1844

Do a cloze activity on McCoy.

Leonardo da Vinci died, 1519

Color a painting by da Vinci.

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Fri. May. 3
Constitution Day, Japan

Read about, color, and take a quiz on Japan’s flag.

First airplane landed at North Pole, 1952

Label the North Pole and other world features.

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Sat. May. 4
Greenery Day, Japan

Make a tiny Japanese garden.

Space Day

Write a page on a space adventure you would like to have.

International Firefighters Day

Print a simple booklet on firefighter’s gear.

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Sun. May. 5
Cinco de Mayo

Do a Cinco de Mayo wordsearch puzzle, or label a map of Mexico.

Children's Day, Japan

Make a Japanese origami butterfly.

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Mon. May. 6
Sigmund Freud (psychoanalyst) born, 1856

Write a page on a dream that you’ve had.

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Tue. May. 7
Rabindranath Tagore (Nobel prize-winner, Hindu poet and composer) born, 1861

Label a map of India.

National Teachers Day

Write a page on what you’d do if you were a teacher.

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Wed. May. 8
V-E Day - Victory in Europe, Germany's surrender in World War II, 1945

Label a map of Europe.

First Westminister Dog Show held, 1877

Label a dog anatomy printout.

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Thu. May. 9
First Newspaper Cartoon (in the USA), 1754

Make your own comic book.

Europe Day

Read about, color, and take a quiz on the EU flag.

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Fri. May. 10
Independence Day, Israel

Read about, color, and take a quiz on the flag of Israel.

Peace Day

Make a dove, a symbol of peace.

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Sat. May. 11
Salvador Dali born, 1904

Draw a self portrait.

Minnesota became a state, 1858

Read a page on Minnesota, then take a quiz.

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Sun. May. 12
Mother's Day
2nd Sunday in May

Make a beautiful pop-up card.

Manitoba became a province of Canada, 1870

Label a map of Canada.

Florence Nightingale born, 1820

Read about Florence Nightingale, then take a quiz.

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Mon. May. 13
Republic of Ecuador was founded, 1830

Label a map of Ecuador.

Tulip Day

Read about the parts of a bulb.

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Tue. May. 14
Lewis and Clark start their expedition west, 1803

Do a cloze activity on Lewis and Clark.

Thomas Gainsborough (artist) born, 1727

Color a painting by Gainsborough.

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Wed. May. 15
International Day of Families

Write a page about your family.

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Thu. May. 16
First US Nickel Minted, 1866

Read about the nickel.

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Fri. May. 17
Constitution Day, Norway

Read about, color, and take a quiz on Norway’s flag.

French and Indian War Began, 1756

Do a cloze activity on this seven-year war.

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Sat. May. 18
Armed Forces Day (US)
3rd Saturday in May

Label a world map.

Flag Day, Haiti

Read about, color, and take a quiz on Haiti’s flag.

Mount St. Helens Erupted, 1980

Label a volcano diagram.

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Sun. May. 19
Sarah Peale (portrait artist) born, 1800

Draw a self-portrait and describe yourself in writing.

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Mon. May. 20
Victoria Day (Canada)

Label a map of Canadian provinces.

Flower Day

Label the parts of a flower.

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Tue. May. 21
Charles Lindbergh landed in Paris after the first solo crossing of the Atlantic Ocean in the plane,"The Spirit of St. Louis", 1927

Label his journey from New York, USA, to Paris, France, on the world map.

Mary Anning (fossil hunter) born, 1799

Do a cloze activity on this fossil hunter’s life.

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Wed. May. 22
Mary Cassatt born, 1844

Color a painting by Cassatt.

International Day for Biological Diversity

Read about an endangered species.

National Bike to School Day

Label the parts of a bicycle.

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Thu. May. 23
National Day (Amendment of the Constitution), Morocco

Color, read about, and take a quiz on Morocco’s flag.

South Carolina became a state, 1788

Read a page on South Carolina, then take a quiz.

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Fri. May. 24
First Morse Code Message Sent - from Washington DC to Baltimore, 1844

Read about Morse code, then write your name in Morse code.

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Sat. May. 25
President John Kennedy announced Apollo goal of going to the Moon, 1961

Read about the moon, then take a quiz on the moon.

Africa Day

Read about Africa, then take a quiz on Africa.

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Sun. May. 26
Sally Ride (astronaut) born, 1951

Do a cloze activity on Ride.

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Mon. May. 27
Memorial Day (US)
Last Monday in May

Color a US Flag.

Rachel Carson (ecologist) born, 1907

Label the Earth’s oceans.

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Tue. May. 28
Monkeynauts Able and Baker flew in space, 1959

Do a cloze activity on monkeynauts.

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Wed. May. 29
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the top of Mount Everest, 1953

Label a map of Nepal.

Rhode Island became a state, 1790

Read a page on Rhode Island, then take a quiz.

Wisconsin became a state, 1848

Read a page on Wisconsin, then take a quiz.

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Thu. May. 30
Mariner 9 was launched towards Mars, 1971

Label our Solar System.

Lincoln Memorial Dedication

Read about Lincoln, then take a quiz on his life.

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Fri. May. 31
Julius Richard Petri born, 1852

Petri invented the Petri dish. Label the bacterium.

National Save Your Hearing Day

Label the parts of the ear.

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