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Monthly Activity Calendar

December 2021

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December 2021

December is “Write to a Friend Month”

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Wed. Dec. 1
Twelve nations, including the US, signed a treaty making Antarctica a scientific preserve free from military activity, 1959

Take a quiz on Antarctica.

Rosa Parks Day

Read about Parks and take a quiz on civil rights history.

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Thu. Dec. 2
Christiaan Barnard performed first heart transplant, 1967

Label a human heart.

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Fri. Dec. 3
Pioneer 10 made the first flyby of Jupiter and took first close-up images of Jupiter (1973)

Read about Jupiter, then take a quiz on it.

Illinois became a state, 1818

Read a page on Illinois, then take a quiz.

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Sat. Dec. 4
Total Solar Eclipse
7:43 AM GMT

Read about solar eclipses, then label a solar eclipse diagram.

New Moon
7:43 AM GMT

Color a page on the moon.

National Cookie Day

Read about food and answer questions.

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Sun. Dec. 5
Last Night of Hanukkah
Walt Disney's Birthday

Draw your own comics.

International Volunteer Day

Write a page on something nice that you did for someone, or on something nice that someone did for you.

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Mon. Dec. 6
Johann Palisa (astronomer who discovered 120 asteroids) born, 1848

Read about asteroids, then take a quiz on them.

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Tue. Dec. 7
Pearl Harbor Day (US)
Pearl Harbor Day

Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, attacked by Japan, 1941. Take a quiz on Hawaii.

The spacecraft Galileo became the first spacecraft to orbit an outer planet (Jupiter), 1995

Color and read about Jupiter.

Delaware became a state and was the first state to ratify the U.S. Constitution, 1787

Take a quiz on Delaware.

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Wed. Dec. 8
Bill Clinton signed The North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) into law, 1993

Label a map of North America.

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Thu. Dec. 9
3.6-million-year-old skeleton of early human found in South Africa, 1998

Label a human skeleton.

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Fri. Dec. 10
Martin Luther King, Jr., received the Nobel Peace Prize, 1964

Take a quiz on MLK.

Mississippi became a state, 1817

Read a page on Mississippi, then take a quiz.

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Sat. Dec. 11
First Quarter Moon
1:36 AM GMT

Read about the moon, then take a quiz.

Annie Jump Cannon (stellar astronomer) born, 1863

Read about stars, then take a quiz on them. Or, color a picture of Annie Jump Cannon.

Indiana became a state, 1816

Read a page on Indiana, then take a quiz.

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Sun. Dec. 12
Edvard Munch (artist) born, 1863

Color a painting by Munch.

Pennsylvania became a state, 1787

Read a page on Pennsylvania, then take a quiz.

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Mon. Dec. 13
Sir Francis Drake starts his trip around the world, 1577

Read about the second expedition to sail around the world.

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Tue. Dec. 14
Roald Amundsen became the first man to reach the South Pole, 1911

Read about Amundsen, then take a quiz on him.

Tycho Brahe (astronomer) born, 1546

Read about stars, then take a quiz.

Alabama became a state, 1819

Read a page on Alabama, then take a quiz.

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Wed. Dec. 15
Canada adopted its national flag, 1964

Color and take a quiz on the Canadian flag.

Basketball was invented (by James E. Naismith), 1891

Write abour your favorite sport.

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Thu. Dec. 16
Oliver Cromwell became Lord Protector of England, Scotland, and Ireland, 1653

Label a map of the British Isles.

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Fri. Dec. 17
Orville and Wilbur Wright made the first successful flight, 1903

Do a cloze activity on the Wright brothers.

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Sat. Dec. 18
New Jersey became a state, 1787

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

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Sun. Dec. 19
Full Moon
4:36 AM GMT

Take an interactive quiz on the moon.

Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol" was published, 1843

Make a Christmas stocking.

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Mon. Dec. 20
USA purchased Louisiana Territory from France, 1803

Read about the purchase, then take a quiz.

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Tue. Dec. 21
Winter Solstice - Start of Winter
3:59 PM GMT

Read about equinoxes and seasons, then take a quiz on them.

Forefathers' Day (Anniversary of the landing of the Mayflower at Plymouth, 1620)

Take a quiz on the voyage of the Mayflower.

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Wed. Dec. 22
A living coelacanth was discovered, 1938

Read about and color this “living fossil.”

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Thu. Dec. 23
Roots Day

Make a family tree.

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Fri. Dec. 24
Joseph Cornell (artist) born, 1903

Create a work of art in the style of Cornell.

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Sat. Dec. 25
Christmas

Make a Christmas craft.

Isaac Newton's Birthday

Read a page on Isaac Newton.

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Sun. Dec. 26
Boxing Day (Canada)

Make a box out of paper.

Kwanzaa Starts

Make a Kwanzaa candle.

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Mon. Dec. 27
Last Quarter Moon
2:24 AM GMT

Color a page on the moon.

Charles Darwin left England on HMS Beagle, 1831
Johannes Kepler born, 1571

Label the orbit of a planet.

Visit the Zoo Day

Pick an animal, read about it, and color its picture.

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Tue. Dec. 28
King's Birthday, Nepal

Fill in a map of Nepal.

Iowa became a state, 1846

Read a page on Iowa, then take a quiz.

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Wed. Dec. 29
Texas became a state, 1845

Read a page on Texas, then take a quiz.

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Thu. Dec. 30
Edwin Hubble announced the existence of other galactic systems, 1924

Read about galaxies, then make a glitter galaxy.

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Fri. Dec. 31
New Year's Eve

Say “Happy New Year” in many languages, or answer questions about the past year and about your hopes for the new year.

Soviet Union officially dissolves, 1991

Draw a map of what is now Russia.

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