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August 2021

August is “American Artist Appreciation Month”

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Sun. 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.

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.

Mon. Aug. 2

Persian Gulf War started when Iraq invaded Kuwait, 1990

Label a map of the Middle East.

Tue. 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.

Wed. 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.

Thu. Aug. 5

Neil Armstrong (first man on the moon) born, 1930

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

Fri. 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

Sat. Aug. 7

US Launches Explorer VI, taking the first pictures of Earth from space, 1959

Label a map of the Earth.

National Lighthouse Day

Color a lighthouse.

Sun. Aug. 8

New Moon

1:50 PM GMT

Color a page on the moon.

Matthew Henson (Arctic explorer) born, 1886

Do a cloze activity on Henson.

Mon. 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.

Tue. 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.

Wed. Aug. 11

Independence Day, Chad (Chad gained independence from France in 1960)

Label a map of Chad.

Thu. Aug. 12

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

Take a quiz on T. rex.

Fri. Aug. 13

Friday the 13th

International Left-Handers Day

Do a cloze activity on left-handedness.

Sat. Aug. 14

Pakistan became independent of British rule, 1947

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

Sun. Aug. 15

Independence Day India, 1947

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

First Quarter Moon

3:20 PM GMT

Read about the moon, then take a quiz.

Mon. Aug. 16

Joke Day

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

Tue. 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.

Wed. Aug. 18

Helium discovered on the Sun, 1868

Read about the Sun, then take a quiz.

Thu. 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.

Fri. Aug. 20

Roger W. Sperry (brain researcher) born, 1913

Label the parts of the brain

Sat. 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.

Sun. Aug. 22

Full Moon

12:02 PM GMT

Take an interactive quiz on the moon.

National Tooth Fairy Day

Label the parts of a tooth

Mon. Aug. 23

Mexico gained its independence from Spain with the Treaty of Aquala, 1821

Take a quiz on the geography of Mexico.

Tue. Aug. 24

Ukrainian Independence Day

Take a quiz on the Ukraine.

Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii, AD 79

Make your own volcano.

Wed. 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.

Thu. 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!.

Fri. Aug. 27

Krakatoa erupted, 1883

Label the structure of a volcano.

Sat. Aug. 28

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

Take a quiz on MLK.

Sun. 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.

Mon. Aug. 30

Last Quarter Moon

7:13 AM GMT

Color a page on the moon.

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.

Tue. Aug. 31

Maria Montessori (teacher) born, 1870

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

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