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1. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 20
   Actor Sidney Poitier was born in 1924.
   Students do a journal entry about barriers that have been broken,such as age, race, and gender, that might impede them in the future, and how they can break through those barriers.
2. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  April 5
   Celebrate National Library Week!
   Students learn more about libraries as part of National Library Week.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  October 8
   Faith Ringgold was born on October 8, 1930.
   Students use Ringgold's books as a springboard for a discussion of race, gender, and civil rights, and then write and illustrate original picture books on these topics.
4. Classroom Resources | Grades   5 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  December 1
   Rosa Parks was arrested for refusing to give up her seat on a bus.
   Students make believe that the year is 1955 and they just heard about Parks' arrest. Students write newspaper editorials with their points of view on segregation.
5. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 1
   Take part in the African American Read-In!
   Students come together with family and friends to take part in a read-in of books by African American authors and report their results.
6. Classroom Resources | Grades   K – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  September 21
   Today is the International Day of Peace.
   Students brainstorm a list of current conflicts and why people fight. Groups discuss and present possible solutions and create posters that promote their particular solution.
7. Classroom Resources | Grades   4 – 12  |  Calendar Activity  |  February 3
   Today is World Read Aloud Day.
   Students celebrate the power of words by reading aloud to their classmates and spreading the word of global literacy to their friends and family.