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January 2018

January is “Staying Healthy Month”

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Mon. Jan. 1
New Year's Day

Say “Happy New Year” in many languages, or make a pop-up card for the New Year.

Kwanzaa Ends
Betsy Ross' Birthday, 1752

US flag printout

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Tue. Jan. 2
Forefathers Day, Haiti

Fill out a map of Haiti

Full Moon
2:24 AM GMT

Read about the phases of the moon, and then label the phases on a worksheet.

Georgia became 4th US state, 1788

Read a page on Georgia, then take a quiz.

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Wed. Jan. 3
Perihelion Day
5:35 AM GMT

The Earth is at its closest distance to the Sun. Label an orbital diagram.

J.R.R. Tolkien (author) born, 1892

Write a book report on your favorite book.

Alaska became 49th state, 1959

Read a page on Alaska, then take a quiz.

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Thu. Jan. 4
Louis Braille born, 1809

Read a page on Braille, then take a quiz.

Utah became a state, 1896

Read a page on Utah, then take a quiz.

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Fri. Jan. 5
George Washington Carver died, 1943

Read about this great scientist, then write a report on his life.

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Sat. Jan. 6
Joan of Arc born, 1412

Label a map of France.

New Mexico became a state, 1912

Read a page on New Mexico, then take a quiz.

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Sun. Jan. 7
Galileo discovers Jupiter's 4 biggest moons, 1610

Print out a page on Jupiter and color it.

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Mon. Jan. 8
Last Quarter Moon
10:25 PM GMT

Take an interactive quiz on the moon.

Stephen Hawking's Birthday, 1942

Make a glitter galaxy.

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Tue. Jan. 9
Connecticut became 5th US state, 1788

Read a page on Connecticut, then take a quiz.

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Wed. Jan. 10
League of Nations formed, 1920

Pick the flag of a country and draw it.

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Thu. Jan. 11
Amelia Earhart was first woman to fly solo from Hawaii to California, 1935

Print out world map, label it, and trace her journey on it.

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Fri. Jan. 12
John Hancock born, 1737

Practice your handwriting with these printouts.

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Sat. Jan. 13
Make Your Dreams Come True Day

Write a page describing your fondest dream.

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Sun. Jan. 14
Albert Schweitzer's Birthday, 1875

Label a map of Africa.

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Mon. Jan. 15
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
3rd Monday in January

Take a quiz on MLK Jr.

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Tue. Jan. 16
Dian Fossey (gorilla researcher) born, 1932

Read about gorillas, then take a quiz on them.

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Wed. Jan. 17
New Moon
2:17 AM GMT

Color a page on the moon.

Benjamin Franklin's Birthday, 1706

Read about Franklin, then take a quiz on him.

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Thu. Jan. 18
Robert Scott reaches South Pole, 1912

Read about Scott and write a report on his life.

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Fri. Jan. 19
Paul Cezanne's Birthday

Color a painting of Cezanne’s.

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Sat. Jan. 20
Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin's Birthday, 1930

Print, read, and color a moon page.

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Sun. Jan. 21
Edward Jenner's smallpox vaccination introduced, 1799

Label a printout on the skin.

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Mon. Jan. 22
British colonists reach New Zealand, 1840

Read about New Zealand’s animals, pick one, then print and color it.

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Tue. Jan. 23
National Handwriting Day

Practice your handwriting.

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Wed. Jan. 24
First Quarter Moon
10:20 PM GMT

Read about the moon, then take a quiz.

Voyager 2 passes within 51,000 miles of Uranus, 1986

Read about and color Uranus

James W. Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill, California, 1848

Read a page about gold and write a paragraph on the uses and properties of it.

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Thu. Jan. 25
Burns Night

Honor Robert Burns by labeling a map of Scotland (and the rest of the British Isles).

First Winter Olympics, 1924

Print and color an Olympics Flag.

National Opposite Day

Fun activities about antonyms.

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Fri. Jan. 26
Australia Day

Label a map of Australia.

Michigan became a state, 1837

Read a page on Michigan, then take a quiz.

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Sat. Jan. 27
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart born, 1756

Read about and take a quiz on Mozart.

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Sun. Jan. 28
Arkansas makes the honeybee its state insect, 1973

Label a honey bee

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Mon. Jan. 29
Galileo sighted what was later found to be Neptune, 1613

Read about and take a quiz on Neptune

Kansas became a state, 1861

Read a page on Kansas, then take a quiz.

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Tue. Jan. 30
Adolf Hitler (Nazi tyrant) was named Chancellor of Germany, 1933

Label a map of modern Europe.

Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birthday, 1882

Read about FDR, then write a paragraph on him.

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Wed. Jan. 31
Full Moon
1:27 PM GMT

Take an interactive quiz on the moon.

Total Lunar Eclipse
1:27 PM GMT

Label a lunar eclipse.

Franz Schubert born, 1797

Print and label the C-major scale.

Jackie Robinson's Birthday, 1919

Print and take a quiz on African-American history.

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