New Year’s Day (January 1)

• Everyday Copywork: “Ring Out, Wild Bells” (Tennyson), “To the Sun-Dial” (Adams)
• History of Holidays in America: New Year’s Day (p. 4)
• Ring in the New Year: Unit study in History, Geography, and Social Studies
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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Third Monday in January)

• ABC with ME: History: M is for Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Civil Rights Movement: Numerous lessons discuss Dr. King’s life and work
• History of Holidays in America: Martin Luther King, Jr. (p. 8)
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Online Unit Study
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Inauguration Day (January 20)

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Black History Month (February)

• ABC with ME: History: L is for Louis Armstrong; M is for Martin Luther King, Jr.
• Adventures with Books: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
• African American Literature: Entire class
• American History in Picture Books: Unit 8: Slavery and the Underground Railroad
• Civil Rights Movement: 18-week class
• Everyday Composers: Art Tatum; John Coltrane; Thelonious Monk
• History of Holidays in America: Black History Month (p. 69)
• Hard Times and Hope: Negro Spirituals; Harriet Tubman
• Monthly Book Lists for Families Reading List: African American History, Parts I–IV
• Scientists A–Z: Percy Lavon Julian; Lloyd Quarterman
• They Lived for God: Samuel Morris; George Washington Carver; Josiah Henson
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Groundhog Day (February 2)

• Adventures with Books: Groundhog Day
• History of Holidays in America: Groundhog Day (p. 50)

Valentine’s Day (February 14)

• A Bouquet of Valentine’s Day Fun: A roundup of Valentine’s Day, love-themed, and heart-themed lessons (or view them and additional lessons below)
• Adventures with Books: Valentine’s Day
• Classics-Based Writing: “Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer’s Day?” (Shakespeare)
• Everyday Copywork: “Sonnets are Full of Love” (Rossetti)
• Everyday Easels: After the Prom (Rockwell)
• Everyday Explorers: Australia & New Zealand: Cadbury Chocolate Factory: Tasmania (Day 18)
• Everyday Explorers: Canada: The Chocolate Museum: St. Stephen, New Brunswick (Day 16)
• Everyday Games: Printable heart-themed games
• History of Holidays in America: Valentine’s Day (pp. 51–53)
• Literature: All the Places to Love
• Music/Voice: “My Funny Valentine”
• Pre-K: Read and Play: Valentine
• Simply Shakespeare: Romeo and Juliet
• This Month’s Menu: Try some tasty Valentine’s Day recipes!

Presidents’ Day (Third Monday in February)

• ABC with ME: History: A is for Abraham Lincoln; G is for George Washington
• Adventures with Books: Presidents’ Day
• American History for Beginners: Lesson 25: George Washington
• Everyday Copywork: See section on “US Presidents”
• Everyday Easels: Mount Rushmore; Washington Crossing the Delaware (Leutze)
• History of Holidays in America: Presidents’ Day (p. 13)
• Introduction to Architecture: Mount Vernon; Washington Monument
• Presidents of the Past: Unit study in History, Geography, and Social Studies
• Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans: Lessons 11–12 George Washington
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Women’s History Month (March)

• ABC with ME: J is for Julia Ward Howe
• Adventures with Books: Women’s History
• American History for Beginners: Lesson 11: Women in the New World: Anne Hutchinson
• Ditch the Desk: Evelyn Cameron: Frontier Photographer
• History of Holidays in America: Women’s History Month (p. 71)
• Stepping Through History: Starting with You: Lesson 22: Helen Keller
• Women Through History: Entire course
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St. Patrick’s Day (March 17)

• Adventures with Books: St. Patrick’s Day
• A Splash of Geography: Ireland and St. Patrick
• Everyday Easels: Book of Kells; Irish Brigade Monument at Gettysburg National Park
• Renaissance History: Irish History
• Studio Art for Teens: Illuminated Design and Graphic Design
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Palm Sunday, Passover, Good Friday, and Easter (Late March–Late April)

• History of Holidays in America: Palm Sunday, Passover, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday (pp. 54-55)
• See the entire list of our Easter-themed resources

Arbor Day (last Friday in April)

• Creation, Nature, and You: Lessons 4–7 about trees
• Everyday Games: Green Trees Subtract and Color
• Exploring God’s World with Kindergarten Science: Week 6: Ivy and Trees
• History of Holidays in America: Arbor Day & Earth Day (p. 56)
• Learning About Art: Trees in Art for Little Ones
• Nature/Outdoors: Unit 5: Trees
• Reader’s Theater: “How the Leaves Came Down”
• Studio Art for Teens: Trees; Trees in Art
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Earth Day (April 22)

• Everyday Copywork: Literature Sections – “Before the Rain” (Aldrich), “Daffodils” (Wordsworth), “God’s Garden” (Gurney), “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary,” “Perhaps You’d Like to Buy a Flower” (Dickinson), “Rain” (Stevenson), “Spring” (Longfellow), “Suppose the Little Cowslip” (Unknown Author), “The Wind” (Stevenson), “God’s Creation”
• Everyday Games: Earth Day Add and Color and Earth Day Spell Well
• Exploring God’s World with Fifth Grade Science: Week 3: Ecosystems
• Exploring God’s World with Fourth Grade Science: Lesson 9: Conservation, Recycling, and Ecosystems
• General Biology by Core Academy: Unit 4: Ecology
• History of Holidays in America: Arbor Day & Earth Day (p. 57)
• Kindergarten Social Studies: Lesson 25: Earth’s Resources
• Reader’s Theater: “The Grass”; “It Was My Heavenly Father’s Love”
• Stewardship of God’s Earth
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Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month (May)

• Achieving Art Success with ArtAchieve: Level I: Lesson 6: The Chinese Dragon; Lesson 7: The Owl from Bali; Lesson 9: The Plate from Nepal; Lesson 12: The Umbrella from Thailand; Lesson 13: The Wooden Block Print from India; Level II: Lesson 2: The South Korean Wedding Duck; Lesson 3: The Japanese Goldfish; Lesson 7: The Sri Lankan Landscape with an Elephant; Lesson 15: The Weaving from Thailand; Level III: Lesson 1: The Hawaiian Frog; Lesson 3: The Chinese Horse’s Head; Lesson 5: The Pacific Northwest Totem Pole; Lesson 14: The Thai Green Peafowl,
• All About the World
• Asia: Its People and History
• Asia: Trade Route Safari
• Ayo’s Awesome Adventures Around the World: Lesson 1: Beijing
• Everyday Copywork: Explore Asia
• Everyday Explorers: Australia/New Zealand
• Exploring Elementary World Geography: Unit Five: Asia, Unit Six: Australia
• Geology: Unit 2 – Lesson 13: Hawaii Volcanoes
• Hands-On Notebooking: The United States: Hawaii
• Learning About World Cultures: Oceana, Asia
• Learning Across the States: Hawaii
• Learning Ladders-Famous Buildings: Unit Studies in Geography Level IV: Lesson 2: The Chinese Horse: Drawing the Entire Horse; Lesson 4: The Hawaiian Heliconia; Lesson 5: The Bangladesh Monster; Level V: Lesson 9: The Lion Print from China
• Living Geography: Chapter 8: China
• Scientists A-Z: U is for Ukichiro Nakaya
• To the End of the Age: 1040: Christianity in the New Asia, India’s Untouchables
• Travel the World: Unit Studies in Geography
• World Literature and Cultures: Week 24: Poetry by Xu Zhimo, Weeks 31-34: Chinese Cinderella by Adeline Yen Mah

• Adventures with Books: Cinco de Mayo
• History of Holidays in America: Cinco de Mayo (p. 59)
• Sharpen your Spanish language skills with numerous Spanish resources
• Western Hemisphere Social Studies: Lessons 7–8: Culture and Geography of Mexico
• Click here for still more resources, including the history of Cinco de Mayo

Mother’s Day (Second Sunday in May)

• Adventures with Books: Mother’s Day
• Everyday Copywork: “To My Mother” (Stevenson)
• History of Holidays in America: Mother’s Day and Father’s Day (p. 60-64)

Memorial Day (Last Monday in May)

• Adventures with Books: Memorial Day
• History of Holidays in America: Memorial Day (p. 21)
• Memorial Day Online Unit Study

Flag Day (June 14)

• American History for Beginners: Lesson 29: History of the American Flag
• Flag Etiquette: Unit Study in History, Geography, and Social Studies
• History of Holidays in America: Flag Day (p. 64)
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Father’s Day (Third Sunday in June)

• Adventures with Books: Father’s Day
• Everyday Copywork: “What Makes a Dad?” (Unknown Author)
• History of Holidays in America: Mother’s Day and Father’s Day (pp. 61–64)
• Monthly Book List for Families: Fathers, Parts 1–5

Canada Day (July 1)

• A Splash of Geography: The Dominion of Canada
• Everyday Copywork: “O Canada”
• Everyday Explorers: Canada
• Learning About Art: Paul Peel, Frogs and the Center of Interest
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Independence Day (July 4)

• ABC with ME: History: Various lessons on the Founding Fathers
• Adventures with Books: Independence Day
• Age of Revolution: Lessons 25-26 on the American Revolution
• American History for Beginners: Lesson 27 on the American Revolution
• American History in Picture Books: Units 4–5 Revolution, Founding Fathers, and a New Country
• American Revolution: Entire course, Lessons 1–9
• American Revolution: Unit study in History, Geography, and Social Studies
• Classics-Based Writing: Declaration of Independence
• Drive Thru History: American History: Numerous lessons on the American Revolution and the nation’s founding
• Early American History: Lesson 16 on the events of the American Revolution and the nation’s founding
• Everyday Copywork: Numerous lessons found under Holidays or American History, including 4th of July: A Nation Built on Freedom eBook; words related to the American Revolution, “Concord Hymn,” Preamble to the Constitution, Hundredth Anniversary of Independence (President Grant), “Paul Revere’s Ride” (Excerpt) (Longfellow)
• Everyday Easels: Nation Makers (Howard Pyle); Washington Crossing the Delaware (Leutze)
• Fourth of July Online Unit Study
• History of Holidays in America: Independence Day (p. 25)
• Lapbooking: A Hero at Valley Forge
• Let Freedom Ring: Unit study in History, Geography, and Social Studies
• Miracle of America: Unit study in History, Geography, and Social Studies
• Monthly Book Lists for Families: Patriotism
• Stories of Great Americans for Little Americans: Week 21 on “The Star-Spangled Banner”
• Writing: “Paul Revere’s Ride” (Longfellow)
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American Patriotic Holidays (General Resources)

• ABC with ME: History: F is for Francis Scott Key
• Everyday Copywork: “God Bless America,” “My Country ‘Tis of Thee,” “The New Colossus,” and numerous copywork passages from American history
• Monthly Book List for Families: Civics Parts 1 and 2; Courage; Hero Hurrah!; Patriotism
• Patriotic Timeline Craft: Hands-On Learning Activities Through Crafts

Labor Day (First Monday in September)

• ABC: What Will I Be?: 26 jobs for little ones to explore
• All About Careers: Entire series
• Everyday Copywork: “I Hear America Singing” (Whitman)
• History of Holidays in America: Labor Day (p. 32)
• Hometown Heroes: Unit study in History, Geography, and Social Studies
• Kindergarten Social Studies: Lessons 20–22 about community helpers, civic leaders, and jobs and Lesson 27 about community service
• Monthly Book List for Families: Civics Parts 1 and 2; Entrepreneurship & Work Ethic
• Who Are Community Helpers?: Entire series
• Writing: “I Hear America Singing” (Whitman)

Grandparent’s Day (Sunday after Labor Day)

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Patriot Day (September 11)

• Monthly Book Lists for Families: Patriotism
• Stepping Through History . . . Starting with You: Lesson 3
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Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15–October 15)

• ABC with ME: Q is for Queen Isabella
• Achieving Art Success with ArtAchieve: Level I: Lesson 5: The Dragonfly from Ecuador; Level II: Lesson 11: The Mexican Mask
• Ayo’s Awesome Adventures Around the World for Kids: Buenos Aires
• Learning About World Cultures: North, Central, Latin, and South America, Southern Europe: Portugal, Spain
• Living Geography: Lesson 12: Spain
• Unit Studies in History, Geography, and Social Studies: Travel the World: South America
• Western Hemisphere Social Studies
• World Literature and Cultures: Week 35: Latin American Short Stories

Thanksgiving (Canada) (Second Monday in October)

• Click here for thankfulness-themed lessons
• You’ll find a great collection of printable Canadian Thanksgiving resources here.

Columbus Day and Indigenous Peoples Day (Second Monday in October)

• ABC with ME: History: C is for Christopher Columbus
• Adventures with Books: Christopher Columbus
• American History for Beginners: Lesson 1: Christopher Columbus
• American History in Picture Books: Unit 1: Discovery and Exploration
• Bold Explorers: Christopher Columbus: New World Exploration
• History of Holidays in America: Columbus Day (p. 35)
• Introduction to Native American History: Entire course
• Renaissance History: Explorers to North and Central America
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Reformation Day (October 31)

• This Changed Everything: Special 3-hour video documentary with extensive study guide
• Experiencing History: Creation to the Reformation: Numerous lessons
• Renaissance History: Lessons 30–35
• History of Christianity: How Should We Then Live, Episode 4 and History of Christianity, Part 3
• Miracle of America: by the American Heritage Education Foundation in our Unit Studies
• They Lived for God: Jan Hus; Martin Luther: Here I Stand; William Tyndale: Man with a Mission; William Tyndale: God’s Outlaw
• Lighting the Way: Martin Luther, William Tyndale

Veterans Day (November 11)

• Adventures with Books: Veterans Day
• Daily Writing and Writing on This Day in History: daily writing prompts
• Everyday Copywork: Special thank you card for veterans
• Exploring Poetry with Notebooking: “Decoration Day”
• History of Holidays in America: Veterans Day  (p. 39)
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Thanksgiving Day (US) (Fourth Thursday in November)

• See the complete list of our Thanksgiving-themed resources along with lessons on gratitude and thankfulness

Pearl Harbor Day (December 7)

• Monthly Book Lists for Families: WWII
• People and Places of WWII: 68-week course
• Stepping Through History Starting with You: Lesson 12
• This Day in History: Numerous WWII-related events

Christmas Day (December 25)

• See the complete list of our Christmas-themed videos and resources

• Adventures with Books: Welcome Spring!; Butterflies and April Showers
• Charlotte Mason Preschool: Birds; Insects; Gardening
• Classics-Based Writing: “Daffodils” (Wordsworth)
• Creation, Nature, and You: Lesson 1: Seeds
• Ditch the Desk: Birds; Spring
• Everyday Copywork: “Before the Rain” (Aldrich), “Daffodils” (Wordsworth), “God’s Garden” (Gurney), “Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary,” “Perhaps You’d Like to Buy a Flower” (Dickinson), “Rain” (Stevenson), “Spring” (Longfellow), “Suppose the Little Cowslip” (Unknown Author), “To the First Robin” (Alcott), “The Wind” (Stevenson), “Written in March” (Wordsworth), “God’s Creation”
• Everyday Games: a selection of games based on Spring themes
• Exploring Poetry with Notebooking: “The Violet,” “The Bluebird”
• Homesteading: Find recipes to make your own DIY cleaners for spring cleaning
• Lapbooking: “Daffodils” (Wordsworth) and numerous studies on birds and other springtime animals
• Monthly Book List for Families: Clean Up (Spring Cleaning); Gardening
• Nature/Outdoors: Birds and Wildflowers
• Pre-K Activities: Read and Play: A Gardener’s Alphabet (Azarian); The Tiny Seed (Carle)
• Reader’s Theater: “Spring”; “How the Little Kite Learned to Fly”; “An Apple Orchard in the Spring”; and “Foolish Flowers”
• Sensory Learning for Toddlers: B is for Butterfly
• Spring Cleaning: Tips and encouragement for parents
• Studio Art for Teens: Flowers in Art Nouveau and Impressionism; Spider Webs and Butterflies
• Writing: “Written in March” (Wordsworth)

• See our entire list of summer resources including summer fun, intensive high school classes, summer-themed lessons, and more

• See our entire list of fall-themed lessons

• Adventures with Books: Winter
• Charlotte Mason Preschool: Snow and Ice
• Curious Science: Unit 8: Snow Rollers
• Ditch the Desk: Cold and Insulation; Gifts and Winter
• Everyday Copywork: “Dust of Snow” (Frost), “Picture Books in Winter” (Stevenson), “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” (Frost)
• Everyday Easels: Central Park in Winter (Currier and Ives)
• Everyday Games: Winter-themed games about snowmen, penguins, and more
• From the Tree to the Table: A Maple Syrup Story: eBook in Various Unit Studies
• Monthly Book List for Families: Let It Snow; Snow
• Music/Voice: Winter Stores
• Nature/Outdoors: Unit 1: Evergreens; Unit 10: Cold Weather
• Pre-K Activities: Read and Play: The Mitten (Brett)
• Reader’s Theater: “Winter Night”
• Sensory Learning for Toddlers: S is for Snow
• Simply Shakespeare: The Winter’s Tale
• Writing: “To Winter” (Blake)