JULY IMPORTANT DATES
Autor: fundamentaling | Publicado: 2012-07-02T11:31:00-07:00




1ST&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Today is CANADA DAY! The British established the Dominion of Canada on this day in 1867. (Display the Canadian flag in your classroom in celebration.) 



2ND&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; THURGOOD MARSHALL, the first black U.S. Supreme Court Justice, was born on this day in 1908. It is also the anniversary of the CIVIL RIGHTS ACT of 1964. (Discuss with your class the changes that have taken place in racial equality.) 



3RD&nbsp;&nbsp; The Seminole Indians celebrate their new corn crop today with a GREEN CORN DANCE. (Ask your students to find out more about the celebration and where it takes place.) 



4TH&nbsp;&nbsp; Today is DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE DAY in the United States. (Celebrate by attending a community parade or having a family picnic.) 



5TH&nbsp;&nbsp; P.T. BARNUM, American circus showman, was born on this day in 1810. (Ask your students to discuss their favorite circus performers and acts.)



6TH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; American naval hero JOHN PAUL JONES was born on this day in 1747. (Have your students research this interesting hero of the American Revolution.) 



7TH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; SATCHEL PAIGE, famous baseball player, was born on this day in 1839. (Ask your baseball fans to find out which position he played.) 



8TH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; American industrialist JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER was born on this day in 1839. (Ask your students to find out what contributions he made toward the building of our nation.) 



9TH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; ELIAS HOWE, inventor of the sewing machine, was born on this day in 1819. (Teach your students to use a sewing machine this summer. A simple craft, such as a pot holder, will be a great gift for Mom this holiday season.) 



10TH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; American artist JAMES McNEILL WHISTLER was born on this day in 1834. (Ask your students to find a picture of his most well-known painting.) 



11TH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; American children's author E.B. WHITE was born on this day in 1899. (This is a good time to begin reading his most famous book, Charlotte's Web, to your class.)

12TH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; GEORGE EASTMAN, inventor of the camera and founder of the Eastman Kodak Company, was born on this day in 1854. (Ask your students to each bring in a photo of themselves to display on a class bulletin board.)

13TH&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The first trans-Atlantic telephone conversation via TELSTAR was completed on this day in 1962. (Students might be interested in knowing how satellite communications work in both television and telephone.) 

14TH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Today is BASTILLE DAY! This celebration honors the victory of the people during the French Revolution in 1789. (Ask students to find the city of Paris on the class map.)

15TH&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;REMBRANDT VAN RIJN, famous old master Dutch artist, was born on this day in 1606. (Bring some prints of Rembrandt's beautiful paintings into your classroom.) 

16TH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; APOLLO 11 was launched on this day in 1969, with astronauts Collins, Armstrong and Aldrin. (Ask your students to locate Cape Canaveral, FL, on your classroom map.) 

17TH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; APOLLO 18 and the U.S.S.R. craft SOYUZ 19 linked up in space in a dramatic gesture of goodwill in 1975. (Ask your students what other ways nations could promote peace and goodwill.) 

18TH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; JOHN GLENN JR., American astronaut and politician, was born on this day in 1921. (Ask students to find out the particulars of his historic flight.) 

19TH&nbsp; &nbsp;The first WOMEN'S RIGHTS CONVENTION was held on this day in Seneca Falls, New York in 1848. (Ask students to list some rights that women now have that they did not have then.) 

20TH&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;The first LANDING ON THE MOON by American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin was accomplished on this day in 1969. (Ask your students to find out what Armstrong said when he first set foot on the moon's surface.) 

21ST&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;British explorer MUNGO PARK began his voyage down the Niger River in Africa on this day in 1796. (Ask your students to trace his route on the class map.) 

22ND&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; EMMA LAZARUS, American poet who wrote the poem engraved on the Statue of Liberty, was born on this day in 1849. (Read her famous poem to your students.) 

23RD&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The ICE CREAM CONE was introduced at the World's Fair in St. Louis by Italo Marchioni in 1903. (Treat your students to an ice cream treat on this summer day.)&nbsp;



24TH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Today is MORMON PIONEER DAY, celebrating the founding of their settlement in Salt Lake City, Utah, in 1847. (Have students locate the Great Salt Lake on the classroom map.)



25TH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Franklin D. Roosevelt was the first U. S. president to visit the islands of HAWAII in 1934. (Discuss the customs and dress of the people in Hawaii and hold a class luau.)



26TH&nbsp;&nbsp; NEW YORK STATE was the eleventh state to ratify the constitution and become a state, on this day in 1788. (Ask your students to name the other twelve states that made up the original thirteen.) 



27TH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; U.S. figure skater PEGGY FLEMING was born on this day in 1948. (Ask your students to find out which year she won her Olympic gold medal.) 



28TH&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; British children's author BEATRIX POTTER was born on this day in 1866. (Read one of her charming stories to your class during quiet time.) 



29TH&nbsp;&nbsp; CHARLES, PRINCE OF WALES and LADY DIANA SPENCER were married in St. Paul's Cathedral in London on this day in 1981. (See if your students know the identities of these two people and ask them to locate London on the classroom map.)



30TH&nbsp;&nbsp; HENRY FORD, American automobile manufacturer, was born on this day in 1863. (Ask your students to design a futuristic car.)



31ST&nbsp;&nbsp; THOMAS EDISON received a U.S. patent for his phonograph on this day in 1877. (Ask students about later advances in this invention and how technology may change it in the future.)

DON'T FORGET: JULY IS NATIONAL ICE CREAM MONTH! 

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