September 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

<< September 2024 >>

Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thur	Fri	Sat
1 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway first published (1952) Also try: Ernest Hemingway Bobby Fischer earns world chess title (1972) Also try: Bobby Fischer	2 Labor Day Also try: American Labor Movement Victory over Japan Day (1945) Also try: World War II, atomic bomb First successful open heart surgery (1952) Also try: surgery, medical technology	3 Richard "The Lionheart" crowned at Westminster (1189) Also try: King of England, Westminster Treaty of Paris ends American Revolutionary War (1783) Also try: American Revolutionary War	4 Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan (1609) Also try: New York, Age of Discovery Google founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin (1998) Also try: search engine, Digital Age	5 First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia (1774) Also try: Intolerable Acts, American Revolution Jesse James born (1847) Also try: Wild West	6 National Read a Book Day Also try: novels, author study John Dalton born (1766) Also try: atomic theory, chemists	7 US gets the nickname "Uncle Sam" (1813) Also try: national symbols ESPN debuts (1979) Also try: sports broadcasting
8 International Literacy Day Also try: reading fluency, reading comprehension National Grandparents Day Also try: heritage, family tree	9 International Sudoku Day Also try: logic puzzles, problem solving Leo Tolstoy born (1828) Also try: War and Peace, Anna Karenina	10 World Suicide Prevention Day Also try: mental health Switzerland joins the United Nations (2002) Also try: United Nations	11 September 11th Remembrance Day Also try: terrorism, national security	12 Lascaux cave paintings discovered (1940) Also try: Paleolithic era, anthropology Mae Jemison becomes first African American woman in space (1992) Also try: astronauts, NASA, space exploration	13 Milton Hershey born (1857) Also try: chocolate Roald Dahl born (1916) Also try: Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	14 Ivan Pavlov born (1849) Also try: classical conditioning, psychology Francis Scott Key writes "The Star-Spangled Banner" (1814) Also try: "The Star-Spangled Banner"
15 Hispanic Heritage Month begins Also try: Latin America, Spain Tomie dePaola born (1934) Also try: Strega Nona, children's books The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship (1935) Also try: Holocaust	16 The Mayflower starts voyage to North America (1620) Also try: pilgrims, colonial America Mexican Independence Day (1810) Also try: Mexican history	17 Constitution Day: US Constitution signed (1787) Also try: supreme law, separation of powers, Bill of Rights Battle of Antietam fought during the American Civil War (1862) Also try: American Civil War	18 Fugitive Slave Act passed (1850) Also try: slavery, Underground Railroad The New York Times first published (1851) Also try: newspaper, print media	19 Talk Like a Pirate Day Also try: Blackbeard, Treasure Island Otzi the Iceman discovered (1991) Also try: mummy, anthropology	20 Upton Sinclair born (1878) Also try: The Jungle, muckraking, meat packing industry President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror" (2001) Also try: "war on terror"	21 H.G. Wells born (1866) Also try: War of the Worlds, science fiction The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien first published (1937) Also try: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
22 Autumnal Equinox Also try: autumn, celestial sphere President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation (1862) Also try: American Civil War, slavery, freedom Second assassination attempt made on President Gerald Ford (1975) Also try: US presidents	23 The Phantom of the Opera published (1909) Also try: Gaston Leroux, musical theater Planet Neptune discovered (1846) Also try: outer planets, solar system	24 National Punctuation Day Also try: grammar, commas, apostrophes, semicolons Dwight D. Eisenhower mandates desegregation of Little Rock schools (1957) Also try: Dwight D. Eisenhower	25 William Faulkner born (1897) Also try: American literature Shel Silverstein born (1930) Also try: The Giving Tree, poetry	26 Johnny Appleseed born (1774) Also try: apples, American pioneers Sir Francis Drake finishes circumnavigation of the earth (1580) Also try: circumnavigation, European explorers	27 Ancestor Appreciation Day Also try: heritage, family tree Samuel Adams born (1722) Also try: Founding Fathers, Articles of Confederation, Continental Congress	28 William the Conqueror invades England (1066) Also try: Battle of Hastings SpaceX launches first private spacecraft, the Falcon 1, into orbit (2008) Also try: space exploration, rockets
29 Miguel de Cervantes born (1547) Also try: Don Quixote John D. Rockefeller becomes America's first billionaire (1916) Also try: oil industry	30 Truman Capote born (1924) Also try: Breakfast at Tiffany's The Hoover Dam dedicated by FDR (1935) Also try: hydroelectricity	1 National Bullying Prevention Month Also try: cyberbullying Yosemite National Park established by US Congress (1890) Also try: sequoia forest Nazi leaders are sentenced at the Nuremberg Trials (1946) Also try: Holocaust, war crimes	2 International Walk to School Day Also try: physical fitness, healthy habits International Day of Non-Violence Also try: Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr. World Farm Animals Day Also try: cows, horses, chickens, pigs	3 National Butterfly and Hummingbird Day Also try: hummingbirds, pollinators East and West Germany reunify (1990) Also try: Berlin Wall	4 Construction begins on Mount Rushmore (1927) Also try: national monuments USSR launches Sputnik I (1957) Also try: space race	5 The Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) debuts (1970) Also try: television, nonprofit organization

Jump to another Curriculum Calendar Month: