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Monthly Activity Calendar

August 2016

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August 2016

August is “American Artist Appreciation Month”

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Mon. Aug. 1
Herman Melville (author of Moby Dick) born, 1819

Label a sperm whale.

Colorado became a state, 1876

Read a page on Colorado, then take a quiz.

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Tue. Aug. 2
Persian Gulf War started when Iraq invaded Kuwait, 1990

Label a map of the Middle East.

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Wed. Aug. 3
First ships passed through the Panama Canal, 1914

Label a map of Panama.

National Watermelon Day

Make a 3-D watermelon from paper.

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Thu. Aug. 4
John Venn born, 1834

Read about Venn diagrams, and pick one to make.

Barack Obama born, 1961

Read about President Obama, and answer questions about him.

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Fri. Aug. 5
Rio Summer Olympics
Neil Armstrong (first man on the moon) born, 1930

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

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Sat. Aug. 6
Independence Day, Jamaica

Color, read about, and take a quiz on the flag of Jamaica.

Hiroshima Day, anniversary of atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima, Japan, 1945

Label a map of Japan

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Sun. Aug. 7
US Launches Explorer VI, taking the first pictures of Earth from space, 1959

Label a map of the Earth.

National Friendship Day
1st Sunday in August

Write an essay on what being a friend means to you.

American Family Day
1st Sunday in August

Make a family tree.

National Lighthouse Day

Color a lighthouse.

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Mon. Aug. 8
Matthew Henson (Arctic explorer) born, 1886

Do a cloze activity on Henson.

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Tue. Aug. 9
Jesse Owens wins four gold medals, 1936

Do a cloze activity on Owens.

International Art Appreciation Day

Pick a painting and color it.

Book Lovers Day

Write a book report on a book you enjoyed.

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Wed. Aug. 10
Independence Day, Ecuador (Ecuador declared its independence from Spain in 1809)

Label a map of Ecuador.

Construction Began on Mt. Rushmore

Color and read about Mt. Rushmore.

Missouri became a state, 1821

Read a page on Missouri, then take a quiz.

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Thu. Aug. 11
Independence Day, Chad (Chad gained independence from France in 1960)

Label a map of Chad.

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Fri. Aug. 12
Fossil of a huge T. rex found by Susan Hendrickson, 1990

Take a quiz on T. rex.

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Sat. Aug. 13
International Left-Handers Day

Do a cloze activity on left-handedness.

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Sun. Aug. 14
Pakistan became independent of British rule, 1947

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

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Mon. Aug. 15
Independence Day India, 1947

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

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Tue. Aug. 16
Joke Day

Write about the funniest thing you’ve ever heard or seen.

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Wed. Aug. 17
Phobos, a Martian moon, discovered, 1877

Read about Mars, then take a quiz.

Davy Crockett born, 1786

Read about and color a page on Crockett.

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Thu. Aug. 18
Helium discovered on the Sun, 1868

Read about the Sun, then take a quiz.

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Fri. Aug. 19
Wilbur Wright born, 1867

Read about the Wright brothers and the invention of the airplane.

Potato Day

Label the vegetables in Spanish, in French, or in German.

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Sat. Aug. 20
Roger W. Sperry (brain researcher) born, 1913

Label the parts of the brain

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Sun. Aug. 21
State Day, Hungary

Color, read about, and take a quiz on the flag of Hungary.

Hawaii became a state, 1959

Read a page on Hawaii, then take a quiz.

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Mon. Aug. 22
National Tooth Fairy Day

Label the parts of a tooth

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Tue. Aug. 23
Mexico gained its independence from Spain with the Treaty of Aquala, 1821

Take a quiz on the geography of Mexico.

24
Wed. Aug. 24
Ukrainian Independence Day

Take a quiz on Ukraine.

Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii, AD 79

Make your own volcano.

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Thu. Aug. 25
Amelia Earhart completes non-stop transcontinental flight (across North America) in 19 hrs and 5 mins, 1932

Label a map of North America and draw Earhart’s route from Los Angeles, California, to Newark, New Jersey.

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Fri. Aug. 26
Liberia became an independent republic, 1847

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

National Dog Day, US

Write 10 things you should never teach your dog!.

27
Sat. Aug. 27
Krakatoa erupted, 1883

Label the structure of a volcano.

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Sun. Aug. 28
Dream Day - Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I have a dream" speech, 1963

Take a quiz on MLK.

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Mon. Aug. 29
Atahualpa, the last Incan King of Peru, was murdered on orders from Spanish conqueror Francisco Pizarro, and the Inca empire died, 1533

Label a map of South America.

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Tue. Aug. 30
Jacques-Louis David (artist) born, 1748

Color a David sketch of Marie Antoinette.

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (author of "Frankenstein") born, 1797

Write a page on something that really scared you.

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Wed. Aug. 31
Maria Montessori (teacher) born, 1870

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

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