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CELEBRATE
CULTURE, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
WITH YOUR STUDENTS!
 CELEBRATE
CULTURE, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION
WITH YOUR STUDENTS!
The U.S. population is becoming more and more diverse, and the need to embrace the many cultures in our classrooms is more important than ever.
When a student’s learning environment respects their history, values, beliefs and behaviors, students and their families are better positioned to thrive in school.

This calendar was designed in response to First Book and Maryland State Education Association (MSEA) member feedback that revealed the challenges
many educators face in finding time or resources to regularly celebrate culture, diversity & inclusion with their students. In each month, you’ll find a suggested
date to celebrate that includes recommended resources from First Book and suggestions for a class or group activity. You will also see month long observances,
religious observances and dates of cultural, historical or inclusive significance.

Being culturally competent—having the ability to successfully teach students who come from cultures other than one’s own—is critical to the success of
our increasingly diverse student population and society. Be sure to visit www.fbmarketplace.org/free-resources for more resources to help you celebrate
culture, diversity & inclusion all year long with your students!

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SEPTEMBER Sunday Monday Tuesday

HISPANIC
Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
Welcoming Week (September 14 - 23) is
ATTENDANCE KINSHIP HERITAGE
an opportunity to ensure all students no
matter where they are from, feel valued
AWARENESS CARE MONTH
and an important part of your classroom MONTH MONTH (September 15 -
and school community. Try the tips October 15)
below to help students understand and
appreciate differences. 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Los Angeles was
Labor Day founded in 1781 by

TRY THIS! An annual tribute to

the contributions of
all workers toward the
Spaniards, Latinos,
Afro Latinos, and
indigenous people. LA
strength and prosperity currently has the largest
 Give students a window into of the U.S. Hispanic population in
the U.S.
other other life experiences
and a mirror that reflects
their own.1 Visit First Book’s 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
Creating Welcoming Schools Rosh Hashanah
& Communities section
(9th-11th) Welcoming Week
The Jewish New Year
(14th-23rd)
(https://www.fbmarketplace.org/ begins at sundown on
September 9th. It marks See sidebar for
welcoming-week/) to build or the first of the Jewish
High Holidays.*
details & activities!

refresh your classroom library

with vibrant titles that reflect
Mexican 16
and explore many cultural 17 18 19 20 21 22
experiences. Independence Day International
Honoring Priest Miguel
Yom Kippur, Day of Peace
the Jewish day of
 Download First Book’s Hidalgo who in 1810
encouraged people
atonement and
Established in 1981
and approved by all
repentance, begins at
Welcoming Week Timesaver to revolt against the
sundown. It is marked
UN countries, this
Spanish regime. Mexico’s day encourages all of
(https://bit.ly/2wYJ8P0) for independence from Spain
with a full day of fasting.*
humanity to commit to
was secured in 1821. a culture of peace.
book suggestions, games,
and questions that encourage
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
connections; e.g. Have you ever
had to move? Have you ever
tried a new food from a different Serena Williams,
one of the greatest
culture? 30 tennis players of all
time, is born in 1981.

1
Bishop, Rudine Simms. “Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass
Doors,” The Ohio State University Perspectives: Choosing and
*Note: Jewish holidays follow the lunar calendar and therefore do not fall on the same dates each year. Expect Jewish students to be absent.
Using Books for the Classroom. Vo6. no3. Summer 1990.

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OCTOBER Sunday Monday
1
Tuesday
2
Wednesday
3
Thursday
4
Friday
5
Saturday
6
October 2nd is the International Day of LGBT International Day
Nonviolence, and Mahatma Gandhi’s Nigeria celebrates of Nonviolence &
birthday. Gandhi, who led the Indian
HISTORY independence from
Britain in 1960. Gandhi’s Birthday
independence movement against British MONTH See sidebar for
details & activities!
rule, is recognized as the architect of
the nonviolent protest methods later
adopted by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
during the American civil rights movement Teen Reads Week National
Ada Lovelace Day World Mental
(7th-13th) Coming Out Day Jesse LeRoy Brown
in the 1960s.2 This month, explore how is a national literacy Celebrates women in
STEM honoring the 19th
Health Day encourages members of
became the first African
American Naval Officer
people from across cultures have made a initiative created by the
Young Adult Library century mathematician
is a day for global
mental health education,
the LGBTQ community
to be open about their
in 1948, and the third
who is known as the first African American to
difference, and encourage your students Services Association in
computer programmer.
awareness, and
advocacy against
sexuality with their have a navy ship
1998 to promote a love of friends, family and named after him.
to do the same. reading among teens. social stigma. the world.

14 15 16 17 18 19 20
TRY THIS! World Food Day
celebrates the founding
 Visit First Book’s Making a of the Food and
Agriculture Organization
Difference section (https:// of the United Nations in
1945. It shines a light
www.fbmarketplace.org/making- on food security, world
a-difference) for great stories hunger, and sustainable
harvesting.
about regular people of all ages
and backgrounds who made a 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
difference in their communities. Make a
These stories can be great United Nations Day Difference Day
conversation starters to explore is devoted to raising
awareness of the goals
is an national community
service event that
how students can be positive and achievements inspires millions to
of the U.N. give back to their local
change-makers. communities.

 Have your students unite to make

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a difference. Work with them to
Día de los Muertos/ NATIONAL
identify a need in your school or Day of the Dead
community. Brainstorm a list of (31st-November 2nd) BULLYING
solutions, have students choose is a Mexican holiday that
honors friends and family PREVENTION
one, and then break down the members who have
died with celebrations MONTH
steps to make it happen. and prayers.

2
James L. Bevel The Strategist of the 1960s Civil Rights Movement”
by Randy Kryn, a paper in David Garrow’s 1989 book We Shall
Overcome Volume II, Carlson Publishing Company

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NOVEMBER Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
How do you show kindness? How is this Author’s Day World
AMERICAN INDIAN &
influenced by your culture? Kindness Consider reading
Kindness
in some cultures includes offering gifts,
ALASKA NATIVE HERITAGE stories from authors
of various cultural Day
sharing food, or simply recognizing that MONTH backgrounds to
celebrate this day. See sidebar for
details & activities!
we are stronger when we work together.
On November 3rd, we celebrate World
Kindness Day. Let’s take time to explore 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
how different cultures show kindness Dalip Singh Saund is
elected to represent Diwali, STEM/STEAM Day
and how we can be attuned to these California in the the Hindu festival of is meant to inspire
U.S. House of lights, celebrates the kids to explore and
generous acts. Representatives in triumph of light over dark pursue their interests
1956, becoming the and knowledge over in science, technology,
first Asian American ignorance.* engineering, art
to serve in Congress. and math.

TRY THIS!
 Explore the Kindness & 11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Compassion section (https://
www.fbmarketplace.org/kindness-
and-compassion) of the First Book
Marketplace. These books offer
great examples of the different
ways kindness is expressed,
and how kindness can make a 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
difference.
Eid Milad Un Nabi,
the Muslim holiday
 Encourage students to show marking the birth
of Muhammed,
random acts of kindness. Ask is celebrated from
students to write different kind sundown to sundown.

acts on individual strips of paper.

This can include holding the door
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for someone, giving a sincere
In 1982,
compliment, or writing a note Michael Jackson
of encouragement. Place the released Thriller,
the best-selling album
papers in a container and have of the 20th century.
It stayed on the charts
each student pick one act of for 3 years and has sold
over 100 million copies.
kindness to show each day.

*Note: Hindu holidays follow the lunar calendar and therefore do not fall on the same dates each year.

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DECEMBER Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
World
1
In 1948, a few years after the end of AIDS Day
is an international day
World War II, the UN General Assembly dedicated to raising
adopted the Universal Declaration awareness of the
prevention, care, and
of Human Rights. This month, help treatment of HIV and
AIDS, and mourning
students understand the global scale of those who have died
of the disease.
human rights–from freedom of speech to
freedom of thought and equal protection 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Hanukkah
under the law—that each human being, (2nd-10th) Octaviano Ambrosio
no matter where they live, should enjoy. is the 8-day Jewish
“festival of lights,”
Larrazolo, the first
Mexican American
celebrating the liberation to serve in the
from the Greeks by United States Senate,

TRY THIS! sharing food, games,

gifts, and lighting
the menorah.
is born in 1859.

 Visit First Book’s Global

Stories section (https://www. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
fbmarketplace.org/global-stories)
for books featuring characters,
Human
Rights Day
settings, and stories from around
See sidebar for
the world; including Vietnam, details & activities!

Cuba, France, Nigeria, Mexico,

and many more.
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
 Have your students draft their
own “Declaration of Human
Florence Griffith-Joyner,
Rights.” Begin by asking, “What known as Flo-Jo and
considered the fastest
rights should everyone in our woman in the world, is
born in 1959.
classroom/program community
have?” Have students work in
small groups to brainstorm at
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
least 10 ideas. Ask each group to
share and have the entire class Kwanzaa,
Christmas (26th-January 1st)
vote on which rights to include. is an annual Christian which means “first fruits”
Encourage students to consider 30 31
celebration of the birth
of Jesus Christ.
in Swahili, is a 7-day
celebration of African
what would make a peaceful and heritage, culture,
New Year’s Eve and unity.
supportive community.

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JANUARY Sunday Monday Tuesday

The Emancipation
1
Wednesday
2
Thursday
3
Friday
4
Saturday
5
Happy New Year! This month, we Proclamation is issued
by Abraham Lincoln in World Braille Day
celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.’s 1863, freeing slaves held Birthday of
birthday as a day of service. Observed on in Confederate states. Louis Braille,
inventor of the
January 21st, this day is a time to reflect Opening of Ellis Braille system.
Island in 1892.
on how we can each be leaders in our
schools and communities.
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Rigoberta Menchú,

TRY THIS! a K’iche’ political and

human rights activist from
Guatemala who received
the Nobel Peace Prize
 Visit the Leadership section for her work promoting
indigenous & women’s
(https://www.fbmarketplace.org/ rights in Guatemala,
leadership) of the First Book is born in 1959.

Marketplace for great books

about leaders throughout history. 13 14 15 16 17 18 19
Inspire your students to realize
their own abilities with stories of
social justice, perseverance, and
action from around the world.

 Download the Day of Service

Timesaver (https://bit. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
ly/2CTMNRx), a handy resource
to help plan a large or small World Religion Day U.S. Vice President

encourages interfaith MLK Jr. Day Elizabeth Blackwell

Charles Curtis, a member
of the Kaw Nation and
community service activity. Based understanding and
of Service becomes the first the first Native American
asks people worldwide woman to earn a to hold an office in the
on the four goals of youth service to recognize that all See sidebar for medical degree in Executive Branch of the
religions have common the U.S. in 1849.
(awareness, service, advocacy, spiritual goals.
details & activities! U.S. government, is
born (1860).
and philanthropy), determine
how you and your students
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want to serve. The amount of
planning, preparation, and even
the duration of your project can
vary within each category. Having
a service project doesn’t have to
be complicated. Check out this
resource for quick start ideas for
students of all ages to get going!

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FEBRUARY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Langston Hughes,
1
Saturday
2
On February 9th, we celebrate National
BLACK born this day in 1901,
was an African American
Inventors’ Day. Take time to learn about
amazing inventors and help students see
HISTORY poet, playwright and
social activist known for
his insightful, colorful
that creativity has many backgrounds. MONTH portrayal of Black life
in America during the
Hedy Lamarr, an Austrian-born American 1920s-1960s.

actress, invented the technology used

to guide torpedoes during World War II, 3 4
Rosa Parks,
which now serves as the foundation for named one of the
wireless Internet and Bluetooth. Lonnie most influential people
is China’s most important
in the 20th century by
Johnson, an African American NASA Time Magazine and best
known for her role in the
engineer, invented the iconic toy squirt 1955 Montgomery Bus
Boycott, was born this
gun we know as the Super Soaker. What day in 1913.
5 6 7 8 9
Chinese New Year Nirvana Day,
the Buddhist holiday Inventor’s
holiday and celebrations
that celebrates the
day Buddha achieved Day
last 11 days. According
nirvana—the final goal See sidebar for
to tradition, 2019 is the
Year of the Pig.
of Buddhism—upon details & activities!
the death of his
physical body.

discoveries will you find this month?

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
TRY THIS!
 Use titles from First Book’s
Inventions & Innovations
section (https://www.
fbmarketplace.org/inventions-
and-innovations) to kick off 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
class discussions about your
students’ favorite inventions, Toni Morrison, the first W.E.B DuBois,
African American woman the first African
which creators they find the to be awarded the Nobel American to hold a
Prize for Literature, is PhD from Harvard, is
most interesting and why, and born in 1931. born in 1895.
the impact those inventors and
inventions have had on the world.
24 25 26 27 28
 Identify inventions from around
the world. Divide your group
into small teams to research
inventions from each of the
continents. Once students have
completed their research, have
them share their findings, and
place the inventors’ names and
their inventions on sticky notes
on a map of the world.
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MARCH Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
1
Saturday
2
Fairness, equality, and justice are key
WOMEN’S MUSIC IN In 1917, Puerto Rico
to the message of Cesar Chavez (1927-
1993), a Mexican American farmworker
HISTORY OUR SCHOOLS becomes a U.S.
territory, and citizens
are extended statutory
who became a world-renowned civil rights MONTH MONTH U.S. citizenship.

leader. Known for his efforts to gain better

wages and working conditions for migrant
farmers, Cesar Chavez’s message was 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
one of empowerment, nonviolence, and International
appreciation for cultural heritage. This Women’s Day
is a day to celebrate
month, celebrate Latino culture and the social, economic,
cultural, and political
empower your students to appreciate the achievements of women,
diversity and inherent value of all people. and a call for gender
parity worldwide.

10 11 12 13 14 15 16
TRY THIS!
Freedom’s Journal,
 Visit First Book’s Latino Birthday of the first African
Jewish American American newspaper
Culture section (https://www. inventor & physicist in the U.S., was first
Albert Einstein.
fbmarketplace.org/latino-culture) published on this
date in 1827.
for a mix of Spanish and Latino
resources—books written in
Spanish, bilingual Spanish/ 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
English titles, books that feature
Baseball Opening Day
Latino characters, and books by Invented in the U.S.,
baseball is now played
Latino authors and illustrators in nearly 20 countries
that reflect and celebrate worldwide, including
China, Mexico, Cuba,
Hispanic culture and heritage. South Korea, and
Australia.

 Cesar Chavez once said,

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“Preservation of one’s own
culture does not require contempt
or disrespect for other cultures.”
Use this statement as a journal 31
or discussion prompt for students Cesar Chavez Day
to share their thoughts on its See sidebar for
details & activities!
meaning and how it relates to the
present day.

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APRIL Sunday Monday
1
Tuesday
2
Wednesday
3
Thursday
4
Friday
5
Saturday
6
April is National Poetry Month. It’s time to
NATIONAL
celebrate the power of words—whether
they are combined to make a sonnet,
POETRY
haiku, narrative, free verse, or other style MONTH
of poem. This month, encourage students
to discover poetry through the lens of
poets from different backgrounds. Antjie 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Krog is a female poet from South Africa. National The Songkran
Library Week Festival,
Joumana Haddad is a female poet from (7th-13th) (13th-15th)
Lebanon who also founded Jasad, an celebrates the
marking the Thai New
contributions of our
Arabic-language magazine. Our favorite nation’s libraries
Year, is celebrated by a
three-day water fight.
and librarians.
poet to highlight is Rita Dove, an African
American poet who wrote the poem “First
Book,” after which our organization was 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
named. Global Youth Passover
Service Day (19th-27th)
is a sacred Jewish
(17th-19th)
TRY THIS!
holiday that celebrates
mobilizes youth Jewish liberation
worldwide to improve from slavery in
their communities ancient Egypt.
through service.
 Visit First Book’s Poetry section
(https://www.fbmarketplace.
org/poetry) for a great selection 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
of stories written in verse and Easter Gathering of Nations
for various books of poetry by is a sacred and widely (25th-27th)
observed Christian the largest Native
diverse authors. holiday that celebrates American Powwow in
the resurrection of North America, with 500+
Jesus Christ from tribes celebrating Native
 Create a class anthology of the dead. American culture.

poems about celebrating culture,

diversity, and inclusion. Ask
28 29 30
students to write a poem on a
topic of their own creation, or Día:
assign a theme; for example, Children’s Day,
acceptance. Have students read Book Day
is a day to motivate
their poems aloud as part of children and their families
to enjoy the pleasure
a poetry slam, and/or have all of reading.

poems printed and compiled into

a “book” that can be distributed
and/or sold as part of a class
fundraiser.
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MAY Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday
1
Thursday

Holocaust
2
Friday
3
Saturday
4
May includes the month-long celebrations
ASIAN AMERICAN & Remembrance Day
of Asian American & Pacific Islander
Heritage, Jewish American Heritage,
PACIFIC ISLANDER honors the millions of
Jewish people who died

and the observance of Ramadan, a HERITAGE MONTH in the Holocaust and the
heroism of the survivors
and rescuers.
month of fasting observed by Muslims
to commemorate the first revelation of
the Quran to the prophet Muhammad. 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Our heritage and spiritual beliefs offer a Ramadan Teacher National Children’s
(5th-June 4th) Chinese Exclusion Act National
profound influence on way we live, see, is a month-long Islamic
is signed into law on Appreciation Day School Nurse Day Mental Health
and interact with the world. This month, holiday that celebrates
May 6,1882, prohibiting
immigration of Chinese
honors and celebrates
the lasting contributions
celebrates the more Awareness Day
the first revelation of the than 45,000 school links positive mental
laborers into the U.S. The teachers make in the
explore these cultures with great books Quran in which strict
fasting is observed from
act was repealed in 1943. lives of students
nurses in the U.S.
Hug a nurse today!
health to a child’s
healthy development.
from First Book. sunrise to sunset. and society.

12 13 14 15 16 17 18
TRY THIS!
Anniversary of
Brown v. Board of
 Share stories of diverse cultural Education, the historic
heritage with First Book’s Stories Supreme Court ruling that
desegregated American
for All Project™(https://www. public schools (1954).

fbmarketplace.org/see-all-stories-
for-all-project). With thousands
of inclusive, representative titles, 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
you’ll find engaging stories that
offer windows into different Earth Day
is an annual celebration
cultures, or mirrors to reflect your to promote environmental
protection across
own experience. the world.

 Turn your classroom or

program into an art exhibit
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highlighting diverse cultures and
backgrounds. Art can take many JEWISH
forms and is often a medium to AMERICAN
reflect one’s cultural experience, HERITAGE
heritage, and beliefs. Have MONTH
students identify a culture to
research—it could be their own,
or another. Ask each student to
identify one art piece to share
with your class or group.
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JUNE Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday
1
On June 20th, the world honors
LGBTQ
refugees—people who have fled their
home country because of conflict or
PRIDE
natural disaster. Refugees often escape MONTH
with nothing more than the clothes they
are wearing, and face hunger, violence,
disease, trauma and loss as they try 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
to survive. World Refugee Day brings World
awareness to their plight. This month,
Eid al-Fitr, Environment Day,
one of the most An important
take time to learn about their stories, significant Muslim
holidays, marking the
UN observance, it
encourages people to
challenges, and triumphs. end of Ramadan* take care of the earth and
raise awareness about its
need for protection.

TRY THIS! 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
 Empathy, kindness, and
Birthday of
compassion are key to Puerto Rican Day, Anne Frank,
who wrote the most
understanding the life experience is marked by parades
across the country widely-read personal
of someone who has been or in major cities. account of the Holocaust.

is currently a refugee. Visit the

Respect & Empathy section
(https://www.fbmarketplace.org/ 16 17 18 19 20 21 22
respect-and-empathy) for great
titles and diverse stories to help Anniversary of the Juneteenth, World
first woman in space:
students develop these key Soviet cosmonaut a celebration of
independence marking
Refugee
character traits.
Valentina Tereshkova
became the first woman the abolition of slavery Day
to fly to space in 1963. in Texas in 1865.
See sidebar for
details & activities!
 Help students develop their
understanding of the refugee
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
experience by asking the following
four questions: What is a refugee? Anniversary of the
Why do refugees leave their own Stonewall Rebellion,
the first organized effort
country? What is life like in a 30
in the U.S. for the
LGBTQ Community
refugee camp? What is it like to to gain equality
under the law.
be a newly settled refugee in a
new country? Give students time
to research their responses and *Note: Islamic holidays follow the lunar calendar and therefore do not fall on the same dates each year.

share aloud with the class.

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JULY Sunday Monday
1
Tuesday
2
Wednesday
3
Thursday
4
Friday
5
Saturday
6
Dalai Lama’s Birthday
On July 26, we celebrate National In 1946, the Philippines
gained independence Dalai Lamas are
Disability Independence Day, which from the United States. important monks in
commemorates the 1990 signing of the Filipinos currently make
up the fourth largest
Tibetan Buddhism.
The current Dalai Lama
Americans with Disabilities Act. This immigrant group in received the Nobel
the U.S. Peace Prize in 1989.
act provides individuals with physical
and intellectual disabilities protection
from employment discrimination, equal 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
Jim Thorpe was the
opportunity to access buildings and public first Native American
transportation, and more. This month, to win an Olympic gold
medal in 1912 for the
South Sudan, Africa’s
youngest country,
help students learn the importance of pentathlon and decathlon gained independence
and is considered from Sudan in 2011.
inclusion with great titles from First Book. one of the most
versatile athletes
in modern sports.

TRY THIS! 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
 Boost compassion and give
students insight into the life
experiences of others with titles
from our Special Needs &
Abilities section (https://www.
fbmarketplace.org/special-needs-
and-abilities). 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
 Have students research various
National Disability
Independence Day
types of disabilities including (Anniversary of Signing
of the Americans with
hearing and vision impairments, Disabilities Act, 1990)
physical and learning disabilities, See sidebar for
details & activities!
and autism. Have students
answer and discuss the
28 29 30 31
questions below with the class
or group: What part(s) of the Anniversary of the
1917 Negro Silent Protest
body or mind does this disability Parade in New York City
in which 10,000 African
affect? How is a person impacted Americans marched to
demand civil rights
if they have this disability? What and protest lynchings
and violence.
is something someone with this
disability may need to overcome?
How can you show sensitivity and
compassion to someone with this
disability?
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AUGUST Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday
1
Friday
2
Saturday
3
On August 9th, we celebrate the
International Day of the World’s
Indigenous People, a day to protect
and promote the rights of the world’s
estimated 370 million indigenous
people. Living across 90 countries,
indigenous people worldwide have sought 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
recognition of their identities, traditional International Day
Sonia Sotomayor
lands and natural resources. Historically, assumed office as the of the World’s Day of Arafat
the Muslim holiday
their rights have always been violated. On
first Supreme Court
Justice of Hispanic Indigenous People of repentance and
descent on this forgiveness, is
this day we celebrate indigenous people date in 2009.
See sidebar for
details & activities! marked by fasting.
and share in their mission for acceptance
and recognition within the world.
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
Navajo Nation
TRY THIS! Eid al-Adha,
the Muslim day of Birthday of
Code Talkers Day Bon Festival
(Feast of Lanterns)
In 1942, the U.S.
sacrifice and one of Fidel Castro, is a Japanese Buddhist
Marines recruited
 First Book is home to thousands the most significant Cuban revolutionary Navajo men to transmit custom that honors the
Muslim holidays, and dictator (1926). spirits of one’s ancestors
of books and resources focused is usually marked
messages in a code
based on the Navajo and has been celebrated
with a large meal*
on diverse cultures. Learn more language during WWII for over 500 years.
combat operations.
about indigenous cultures and
people in the United States in our 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Native American Interest section
Birthday of
(https://www.fbmarketplace.org/ Roberto Clemente,
native-american-interest/). the first Latino in
professional U.S.
baseball to reach
3,000 hits.
 Have students research the
indigenous presence in the U.S.
or worldwide and answer the
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
following questions: Who were the
original people who lived in this Islamic New Year
Celebrated on the first
area? What are 3 components day of Muharram, the
first month of the Islamic
of their culture (beliefs, customs, calendar. Islam is the
practices)? Where are they today? world’s second-largest
religious group with over
Why? Let students share their 1.8 billion devotees.

findings with the full group to

discuss similarities, differences, *Note: Islamic holidays follow the lunar calendar and therefore do not fall on the same dates each year.

and what can be done to preserve

indigenous people and their
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