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February 2012

February is “Black History Month“

Click on the activity to go to crafts, printouts, Label Me! quizzes, and other activities.

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Wed. Feb. 1
Harriet Tubman became the first black woman honored on a U.S. postage stamp, 1978

Read about Tubman, then take a quiz on her life.

Space Shuttle Columbia STS-107 Disintegrated during Atmospheric Re-entry, 2003

Label a Space Shuttle.

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Thu. Feb. 2
Groundhog Day

Take a quiz on groundhogs using the picture dictionary.

Buenos Aires, Argentina, founded, 1536

Label a map of Argentina.

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Fri. Feb. 3
First soft landing on the moon (Luna 9, USSR), 1966

Print out, read, and color a page on the moon

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Sat. Feb. 4
Halfway Point of Winter

Read about why we have seasons, then take a quiz.

Rosa Parks born, 1913

Read about Rosa Parks and write a paragraph on her life.

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Sun. Feb. 5
Constitution Day, Mexico

Label a map of Mexico.

Mariner 10 took first close-range photo of Venus, 1974

Print out, read, and color a page on Venus.

National Weather Persons' Day

Take a weather quiz using a picture dictionary.

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Mon. Feb. 6
Queen Elizabeth II Acceded the Throne, 1952

Label a map of Great Britain.

Ronald Reagan born, 1911

Read about and take a quiz on President Reagan.

Massachusetts became a state, 1788

Read a page on Massachusetts, then take a quiz.

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Tue. Feb. 7
Switzerland granted Swiss women the right to vote, 1971

Take a quiz on Switzerland’s flag.

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Wed. Feb. 8
Jules Verne born, 1828

Label the Earth’s oceans.

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Thu. Feb. 9
Toothache Day

Label the parts of a tooth.

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Fri. Feb. 10
Treaty of Paris signed, ending the French and Indian War, 1763

Do a cloze activity on the French and Indian War.

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Sat. Feb. 11
Thomas Alva Edison born, 1847

Read about Edison, then write a paragraph on his life.

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Sun. Feb. 12
Charles Darwin born, 1809

Do a cloze activity on Darwin

Abraham Lincoln born, 1809

Lincoln printout to read and color

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Mon. Feb. 13
Bicycle Safety Day

Label a bicycle printout.

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Tue. Feb. 14
Valentine's Day

Make heart animals

Arizona statehood, 1912

Read about Arizona, then take a quiz.

Oregon statehood, 1859

Read about Oregon, then take a quiz.

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Wed. Feb. 15
Canada first hoisted its national flag, 1965

Color and take a quiz on the Canadian flag.

Galileo Galilei born, 1564

Read about Galileo, then write a page on his life and his discoveries.

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Thu. Feb. 16
Miranda (moon of Uranus) first photographed, 1948

Print out, read, and color a page on Uranus

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Fri. Feb. 17
Random Acts of Kindness Day

Write a page on an act of kindness.

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Sat. Feb. 18
Pluto Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh, 1930

Read about Pluto, then take a quiz.

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Sun. Feb. 19
Nicolaus Copernicus born, 1473

Make a model of our Solar System

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Mon. Feb. 20
Presidents' Day
3rd Monday in February

Take a quiz on George Washington.

John Glenn orbited the Earth 3 times, 1962

Read about and color the Earth.

Frederick Douglass died, 1895

Read about Douglass and write a page on his life.

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Tue. Feb. 21
Mardi Gras

Do Mardi Gras crafts.

Love Your Pet Day

Draw a picture of an imaginary pet and describe it.

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Wed. Feb. 22
George Washington's Birthday, 1732

Print out, read, and color a page on Washington

World Thinking Day

Label a map of the world.

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Thu. Feb. 23
Dolly the Sheep Cloned, 1997

Read about sheep and color one (or more).

W.E.B. DuBois born, 1868

Read about DuBois, then write a paragraph on his life.

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Fri. Feb. 24
Winslow Homer (painter) born, 1836

Color a painting by Homer.

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Sat. Feb. 25
Pierre Renoir (artist) born, 1841

Color a drawing by Renoir.

Quiet Day

Read about the noisiest animal on Earth and write a paragraph about it.

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Sun. Feb. 26
William "Buffalo Bill" Cody born, 1846

Color and read about the American buffalo (the bison).

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Mon. Feb. 27
Polar Bear Day

Read and color a polar bear printout.

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Tue. Feb. 28
Congress Authorized Lewis and Clark's Trip, 1803

Read about Lewis and Clark’s Adventure then draw their route and label the states they passed through.

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Wed. Feb. 29
Leap Day

Do an activity about leap year.

Hattie McDaniel became the first black woman to win an Oscar, 1940

Write about your favorite movie.

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