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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   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 14
   Ernest Thayer, author of the famous poem "Casey at the Bat," was born in 1863.
   In small groups or individually, students make baseball cards for the players in the poem "Casey at the Bat." Students can use a word processor or the Character Trading Cards interactive to create their cards.
3. Classroom Resources | Grades   3 – 8  |  Calendar Activity  |  August 13
   The first English printer, William Caxton, was born on this day in 1422.
   Students consider how the printing press affects their world by completing a printing inventory, comparing lists, and developing a "super" list of all printed materials that they interact with.