November 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
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27
President Theodore Roosevelt born (1858)
Also try:
US presidents
First New York City subway opens (1904)
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mass transit, public transportation
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28
Statue of Liberty dedicated (1886)
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Liberty Island, New York City
National Prohibition Act goes into effect (1919)
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Volstead Act, speakeasies
Cuban Missile Crisis ends (1962)
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29
Stock Market crashes, "Black Tuesday" (1929)
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Great Depression, stock market crash
First ARPANET link established, precursor to the Internet (1969)
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computer networks, technology
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30
John Adams born (1735)
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US presidents
War of the Worlds radio broadcast (1938)
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H.G. Wells
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31
Halloween
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costumes, Halloween traditions
Seven Billion Day: global population reaches 7,000,000,000 (2011)
Also try:
population growth
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1
European Union comes into existence (1993)
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Europe
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2
Day of the Dead
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Dia de los Muertos
James Polk born (1795)
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US presidents
Warren G. Harding born (1865) and elected president (1920)
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US presidents
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3
Daylight Saving Time ends, Standard Time begins
Also try:
time zones
Chevrolet Motor Car Company incoporated (1911)
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automobile industry, transportation
Linus Pauling wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1954)
Also try:
chemical bonds, biochemistry
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4
First wagon train reaches California (1841)
Also try:
westward expansion, Oregon Trail
Barack Obama becomes first African American elected as US president (2008)
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US presidents, elections
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5
Guy Fawkes arrested for Gunpowder Plot (1605)
Also try:
Gunpowder Plot
Susan B. Anthony votes and is fined $100 (1872)
Also try:
women's suffrage, 19th Amendment
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6
Inventor of basketball, James Naismith, born (1861)
Also try:
James Naismith
The Bolshevik Revolution begins in Russia (1917)
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Russian Revolution, Vladimir Lenin
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7
Marie Curie born (1867)
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radioactivity, radioactive isotopes
The New York City Museum of Modern Art opens (1929)
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art museums, art appreciation
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8
Wilhelm Roentgen discovers x-rays (1895)
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electromagnetic spectrum, Wilhelm Roentgen
National STEM/STEAM Day
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engineering, science experiments
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9
Carl Sagan born (1934)
Kristallnacht begins (1938)
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Holocaust
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10
Sesame Street debuts on PBS (1969)
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puppets
Great Wall of China opens for tourism (1970)
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Ming Dynasty, Chinese history
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11
Veterans Day
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US military
Origami Day
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Japanese culture, arts and crafts
World War I Armistice signed (1918)
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Woodrow Wilson, Fourteen Points
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12
Elizabeth Cady Stanton born (1815)
Joseph Stalin becomes ruler of the Soviet Union (1927)
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Soviet Union, socialism
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13
World Kindness Day
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compassion, character education
Vietnam Veterans' Memorial dedicated (1982)
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Vietnam War
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14
Claude Monet born (1840)
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impressionism, famous painters
Treasure Island first published as a book (1883)
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Robert Louis Stevenson
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15
America Recycles Day
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recycled art, conservationism
Georgia O'Keeffe born (1887)
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painting flowers, artists
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16
International Day for Tolerance
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character education
Federal Reserve Bank opens for business (1914)
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central banking, financial literacy
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17
Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies (1558)
Also try:
Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Mary I
Suez Canal opens in Egypt (1869)
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Egypt
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18
US and Canada adopt a system of standard time zones (1883)
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Earth's rotation
Push-botton phones used for the first time (1963)
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telecommunications
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19
President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address (1863)
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Battle of Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln
Impeachment hearings against President Bill Clinton begin (1998)
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President Bill Clinton
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20
Edwin Hubble born (1889)
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Hubble telescope
Garrett Morgan receives US patent for a traffic signal (1923)
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automobiles, inventions
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21
Voltaire born (1694)
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Enlightenment, philosophers
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22
President John F. Kennedy assassinated (1963)
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John F. Kennedy, US presidents
Angela Merkel takes office as first female German Chancellor (2005)
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female leaders, German history
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23
Family Volunteer Day
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community service
Fibonacci Day
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Golden Ratio, mathematicians
Of Mice and Men debuts on Broadway (1937)
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John Steinbeck, Broadway plays
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24
Zachary Taylor born (1784)
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US presidents
Origin of Species published (1859)
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Charles Darwin, evolution
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25
Andrew Carnegie born (1835)
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philanthropy, charity
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26
Charles Shultz born (1922)
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Charlie Brown, cartoonists
Alice in Wonderland first published in America (1865)
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Lewis Carroll, fantasy genre
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27
Anders Celsius born (1701)
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temperature, thermometer
Bill Nye born (1955)
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science education
Atmosphere discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris (2001)
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atmosphere, Hubble Space Telescope
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28
William Blake born (1757)
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Romantic Age, poets
First pulsar observed (1967)
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neutron stars, cosmic rays
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29
National Native American Heritage Day
Also try:
ancestors
Louisa May Alcott born (1832)
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Little Women
C.S. Lewis born (1898)
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The Chronicles of Narnia
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30
Mark Twain born (1835)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Winston Churchill born (1874)
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British prime ministers
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