December Curriculum Calendar - Lesson Plan Ideas by Date

Enhance your current curriculum with this fun reference calendar. Whether you want to highlight historic events, honor birthdays of significant people, or celebrate holidays, this is a valuable tool for every teacher. Click on any event to find a breadth of related teaching resources that will spark new ideas to spice up your daily lessons. There's something worth celebrating every day!

Curriculum Calendar

<< December 2024

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat
1 World AIDS Day Also try: HIV, immune system Rosa Parks arrested for civil disobedience (1955) Also try: civil rights movement, Montgomery Bus Boycott	2 George Seurat born (1859) Also try: pointillism, post-impressionism The Monroe Doctrine created (1823) Also try: James Monroe, foreign policy	3 International Day of Persons with Disabilities Also try: Americans with Disabilities Act Joseph Conrad born (1857) Also try: Heart of Darkness, English literature Christiaan Barnard performs first human heart transplant (1967) Also try: circulatory system	4 Wildlife Conservation Day Also try: biodiversity National Dice Day Also try: probability	5 Martin Van Buren born (1782) Also try: US presidents Walt Disney born (1901) Also try: Disneyland, cartoons	6 St. Nicholas Day Also try: Christmas traditions Encyclopedia Britannica published (1768) Also try: research skills, informational text 13th Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery (1865) Also try: Reconstruction, abolition	7 National Letter Writing Day Also try: personal letters, persuasive letters, parts of a letter Japan attacks Pearl Harbor (1941) Also try: World War II Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter (1995) Also try: Jupiter
8 Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day Also try: science fiction, time capsule Eli Whitney born (1785) Also try: cotton gin, American inventors	9 John Milton born (1608) Also try: Paradise Lost The Petrified Forest National Park established in Arizona (1962) Also try: fossils, Arizona geography	10 Emily Dickinson born (1830) Also try: slant rhyme, poetry Adventures of Huckleberry Finn published (1884) Also try: Mark Twain Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize (1964) Also try: Nobel Peace Prize	11 Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca (629) Also try: Mecca, Islam The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (2001) Also try: World Trade Organization	12 Guglielmo Marconi receives first transatlantic radio signal (1901) Also try: radio, wireless communication The US Supreme Court releases decision in Bush v. Gore (2000) Also try: George W. Bush, Al Gore, elections	13 Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England on round-the-world voyage (1577) Also try: circumnavigation, English explorers Saddam Hussein captured (2003) Also try: Iraq War	14 National Monkey Day Also try: primates, baboons, tamarins Roald Amundsen reaches South Pole (1911) Also try: polar expeditions, South Pole
15 Bill of Rights Day Also try: US Constitution, amendments Nero born (37) Also try: Ancient Rome, Roman rulers	16 Boston Tea Party (1773) Also try: American Revolutionary, Sons of Liberty Battle of the Bulge (1944) Also try: World War II	17 Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City (1790) Also try: archaeology, calendars Wright Brothers make their first successful flight (1903) Also try: aviation, airplanes	18 The Nutcracker Suite premieres in Russia (1892) Also try: ballet Saturn's moon Epimetheus discovered (1966) Also try: Saturn, solar system	19 A Christmas Carol published (1843) Also try: Charles Dickens Last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, returns to Earth (1972) Also try: lunar flights, space exploration	20 Grimm's Fairy Tales first published (1812) Also try: folklore, folktales Trial against Auschwitz guards begins (1963) Also try: Holocaust, Nazi leaders	21 Winter Solstice Also try: four seasons Pilgrims land at Plymouth (1620) Also try: Plymouth colony, Mayflower
22 Edward Johnson illuminates Christmas tree with electric lights (1882) Also try: Christmas trees	23 Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a moon of Saturn (1672) Also try: Saturn, moons The Federal Reserve created (1913) Also try: central banking, interest rates	24 Christmas Eve Also try: Christmas carols Treaty of Ghent signed (1814) Also try: War of 1812	25 Christmas Day Also try: Christmas around the world Hanukkah begins Also try: Judaism William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy crowned King of England (1066) Also try: Duke of Normandy	26 Kwanzaa begins Also try: African heritage First performance of King Lear (1606) Also try: William Shakespeare, Globe Theatre	27 Johannes Kepler born (1571) Also try: Scientific Revolution, planetary motion Louis Pasteur born (1822) Also try: vaccination, pasteurization	28 Woodrow Wilson born (1856) Also try: US presidents Endangered Species Act passed (1973) Also try: extinction, wildlife management
29 Wounded Knee Massacre takes place (1890) Also try: Lakota, Native American history Mongolia declares independence from the Qing Dynasty (1911) Also try: Qing Dynasty	30 Rudyard Kipling born (1865) Also try: British imperialism, The Jungle Book Edwin Hubble announces discovery of other galaxies (1924) Also try: space exploration, the universe	31 New Year's Eve Also try: calendars, midnight Henri Matisse born (1869) Also try: impressionism, painting, sculpture	1	2	3	4

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