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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 4
   Celebrate John Venn's Birthday!
   Students celebrate the birth of English logician, philosopher, and creator of the Venn Diagram by building community within the classroom by comparing and contrasting likes, dislikes, and characteristics about one another.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 28
   Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his "I Have a Dream" speech in 1963.
   Students explore the "I Have a Dream" Foundation's website and brainstorm ways they can help themselves or others at their school achieve their educational dreams.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 15
   In 1870, the U.S. Transcontinental Railroad was completed.
   Students access the National Park Service website and look at the webpage "The Last Spikes." Students explore different accounts of what happened as the railroad neared completion and discuss the nature of ceremonies.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 18
   Montgomery Ward published the first mail-order catalog in 1872.
   Students explore how and why catalogs have changed over the years and compare their findings about printed catalogs with online catalogs.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   7 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 4
   President Barack Obama was born today in 1961.
   Students are introduced to a passage by President Barack Obama in his book Dreams from My Father and are encouraged to engage in an examination of the ways they are portrayed by the media.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 7
   The first picture of Earth was taken by the U.S. satellite Explorer VI in 1959.
   After students view the first picture from the Explorer VI Satellite, they discuss the differences between this first image and the images of the earth that we typically see today.