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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 16
   African American journalist Ida B. Wells was born in 1862.
   Students brainstorm a list of human rights issues, research their group's issue in depth, examine the way journalists cover a story, and create articles for a classroom newspaper.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 28
   Author of Tuck Everlasting, Natalie Babbitt, was born in 1932.
   Students research the concept of immortality from beliefs around the world and compose a short story, myth, or poem that addresses immortality.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 18
   Celebrate Mandela Day today.
   After reading Kadir Nelson's Nelson Mandela, students explore the Mandela Day website before using an online tool to start working on a service project of their own.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   1 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 12
   Henry David Thoreau was born in 1817.
   Students make mental "snapshots" of a natural setting, then capture the details of their setting by writing and then creating a class booklet of the nature walk.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 20
   In 1969, the first human walked on the moon.
   As a class, students discuss Neil Armstrong's famous quote when he landed on the moon and explore the difference that one word can make, as well as the gendered language that Armstrong uses.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 4
   It's Independence Day! Or is it?
   Students consider why there are so many different dates associated with the Declaration of Independence and why the nation's birthday is celebrated on July 4.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 31
   J.K. Rowling and her Harry Potter celebrate birthdays today.
   Students are encouraged to think about why people challenge Harry Potter books, do a Web Quest that allows them to research the issue, and decide whether the books should be banned from the public library.
8. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 21
   Novelist Ernest Hemingway was born on this day in 1899.
   Students examine the ways different authors treat the subject of war in their writing and compare and contrast using the Venn Diagram interactive.
9. Classroom Resources | Grades   9 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 17
   On the Road author Jack Kerouac embarked on his first cross-country road trip in 1947.
   Students read a section from On the Road that deals with cross-country travel and reflects Kerouac's unique writing style. Students then attempt to write a narrative using Kerouac's stream-of-consciousness style.
10. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  July 22
    The Pied Piper led the children out of Hamelin in 1376.
    After listening to The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents, students compare Pratchett's version with Browning's version and discuss how perspective changes the story.

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