Se7en's November...

Se7en’s November…

Click on the calendar page, it will open in a new tab, print it out and then colour it and fill in the days that you want to celebrate… pop it on the fridge and you are good to go. You can still find all the calendar pages down the right hand side of our website and they are all gathered together in our Almanac page for easy searching… If you have holidays or ideas that you would like to add then please go ahead and comment, I would love to have our calendars packed to the brim!!!

2 November 1734: Daniel Boone’s Birthday.
- A list of links from apples4theteacher.
- Short biography from Myhero.
- Read the Adventures of Daniel Boone Online.
- You can visit the Daniel Boone Homestead… Great site.

3 November 1957: First Dog Orbited the Earth.
- Laika from StarChild.
- From the BBC, First Dog in Space.

3 November 2012: National Sandwich Day.
- The Father Person Makes Panini’s in Se7en Steps.
- Celebrate Sandwich Day with HolidayInsights…
- Take a look at the 101 Best Sandwiches in New York!!!

3 November 2012: Japan Culture Day.
- What is Culture Day, from Web-Japan?
- Brilliant site on Japan, from Web-Japan.
- You can’t beat Activity Village for Japan goodies.
- An Origami gift Box in Se7en Steps.

4 November 1922: King Tutankhamen’s Tomb discovered.
- Tutankhamen from Mr Donn’s Egypt page.
- More from Woodlands Junior.
- The opening of King Tutankhamen’s Tomb from SocialStudiesforKids.

5 November 2010: Guy Fawkes Day.
- Home Truth: Se7en and Fireworks.
- Bonfire Night from Activity Village.
- A heap of links from Activity Village.
- Guy Fawkes Night from Kaboose.
- Bonfire Night from Woodlands Junior.
- Se7en visit the Tower of London.

7 November 1867: Marie Curie’s Birthday (1867-1934).
- A biography, with worksheets and printables from Garden of Praise.
- A biography from World Almanac for Kids.
- Some great links from Women Scientist in History at Hypatiamaze.org.
- A Great Marie Curie Page for kids also from Hypatiamaze.org.

8 November 1951: Alleged Yeti Tracks Discovered.
- Shipton’s Yeti track from BigFootEncounters.com
- The Shipton Photograph from Anomolyinfo.com
- A biography of Shipton and some factoids from National Geographic.

8 November 1895: X-Ray Day.
- The Early History of X Rays by A.Assmuss.
- A brief history of x rays from UMW.

9 November 1989: Berlin Wall Opened.
- Berlin Wall Exhibition from Microsoft.
- An interactive rise and fall from the Newseum.
- The Berlin Wall on BBC Bitesize.

10 November 1970: Great Wall of China opened to tourism.
- Don’t miss the History from Mr Donn.
- Fantastic China goodies from Activity Village.
- Great Wall of China from Activity Village.

10 November 1969: Sesame Street Premiered.
- The Official Site.
- Sesame fun from PBS.
- The Cookie Monster from Katherine Marie.
- You HAVE to look at Bakerealla’s pop party.

11 November 2010: Remembrance Day.
- Remembrance Day from Crayola.
- Remembrance Day from CBBC News.
- Heaps of links from Kidsturncircle.
- Activities, printables and crafts from DLTK
- Plant a Virtual Poppy with the Royal British Legion.
- Remembrance day from lvillage.education.vic.gov.au

12 November 1981: First Balloon Crossing the Pacific.
- Newspaper report from Google News.

13 November 1940: Fantasia released 1940.
- Fantasia from Wikipedia.
- Fantasia from Filmsite.org

14 November 2012: National Clean Out the Refrigerator Day (USA)!!!
- Se7en’s refrigerator.

14 November 1851: Moby Dick first published.
- Herman Melville Les Plans from the Web English Teacher.
- Lesson Plan from Discovery Education.
- Worksheet from Macmillan.

14 November 1840: Claude Monet’s Birthday (1840 – 1926).
- A brief bio from the Kids Window
- Lovely printable from nga.gov.
- Lesson Plan from KinderArt.
- The museum site in Giverny, France.
- Se7en DO Art School.

17 November 1869: Suez Canal Opened.
- History of the Suez Canal from History.com
- Easy to read history with lots of diagrams from touregypt.net.

17 November 2012 National HomeMade Bread Day.
- Homemade Bread Day from About.com.
- Basic Bread from Se7en.
- Banana bread from Se7en.
- Irish Soda Bread from Se7en.
- Traditional Jewish Festival Bread from Se7en.
- Justin Bonello’s Roosterkoek from Se7en.

18 November 1307: William Tell Shot the Apple.
- The history of William Tell from New World Encyclopedia.
- William Tell fun from Classics for kids.

18 November 1928: Mickey Mouse Debut.
- Mickey Mouse history from the Disney Archives.
- Mickey Mouse history and links galore from angelfire.com

19 November 1863: Gettysburg Address.
- The actual address from Apples for the Teacher.
- How the Gettysburg address worked from How Stuff Works.
- More Gettysburg Address and Abraham Lincoln resources with lots of books to look at, from AmericanCivilWar.com
- Worksheets and Lesson Plan from ExplorePAhistory

20 November 2012: Universal Children’s Day.
- International Children’s Day from UNICEF.

20 November 1889: Edwin Hubbles Birthday (1889 – 1953).
- The Official Edwin Hubble Website.
- Quick facts from sciencekids.co.nz.
- Brief Bio from infoplease.com
- Another brief bio from amazing-space.stsci.edu.

21 November 1763: First Hot Air Balloon Flight.
- The History of Hot Air Balloons from eballoon.org.
- Love this: History of ballooning in stamps. (From Wydera.de)

22 November 1497: Vasco Da Gama sailed around the Cape.
- Brief Bio and facts galore from elizabethan-era.org
- Great list of links from SocialStudiesforkids.
- Read about great explorers at kidspast.com.

24 November 1859: Darwin’s Origin of the Species Published.
- Great links and lesson plans from Se7en.
- Great looking resource for kids from Christs.com

25 November 1940: Woody Woodpecker’s birthday.
- Who was Woody Woodpecker form wikipedia.
- Scroll down to the Woody coloring pages from coloring-kids.

25 November 1914: Jo DiMaggio’s Birthday (1914-1999).
- Who was Joe Di Maggio from wikipedia

26 November 1922: Charles Schultz’s Birthday.
- The Official Museum.
- The Shulz Museum timeline.
- The Schultz Biography.
- And there is an Official Site at Peanuts.com

25 November 2012: Thanksgiving.
- Everything you need from Family Fun.
- More of Everything Thanksgiving from Kaboose.
- A heap of crafts from One Pretty Thing.
- Millions of Thanksgiving Crafts for Kids at the Crafty Crow.
- The first Thanksgiving from National Geographic.
- The Pilgrim’s Voyage to Freedom from Social Studies for Kids.
- Everything Gobble Gobble from Katherine Marie Photography.

26 November 2012: National Cake Day (U.S.A.)
- A Mother’s Almanac the Cake Collection.
- Se7en Bazillion Birthday Cake Ideas.
- Party Food and Especially Party Cakes.

27 November 1701: Anders Celsius birthday (1701-1744).
- Biography from Wikipedia.

28 November 1835: Mark Twain’s Birthday (1835-1910).
- Mark Twain from PBS… brilliant!
- Mark Twain Museum, from MarkwainHouse.
- Mark Twain biography from Geocities.
- The Official Mark Twain Website.
- The complete works of Mark Twain at MTwain.com.
- More Mark Twain brilliance from PBS.

28 November 1520: Ferdinand Magellan passed through the Magellan Straights.
- Quick report from Kidspast.com
- Trip report from Social Studies for Kids.
- Fun unit study with or without the reading material, from Just mommies.

29 November 1832: Louis May Alcott’s Birthday (1832-1888).
- Biography from Wikipedia,
- Brief Biography from lkwdpl.
- Lesson plans and activities.
30 November 1874: Winston Churchill’s Birthday (1874-1965).
- Visit the Churchill Centre in London, for lots of links.
- Lots of links to look at the National Churchill Museum.
- A heap of lesson plans at Lesson Planet.

4 Comments

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1 Pri // Nov 3, 2012 at 12:54 am

My son was wondering if you have the Nov. 2012 calendar up yet. We enjoyed October and he has been anxious to get Nov. I suggested we make our own, but he likes yours… thanks.
2 se7en // Nov 3, 2012 at 2:13 am

What a lovely comment Pri, Sorry it is a little late – we have eight sick kids over here and it has been quite a week!!! But at last the calendar is out – hope your young man enjoys it!!! Have a fun weekend!!!
3 Pri // Nov 3, 2012 at 12:33 pm

Thank you so much, from a happy boy in Tokyo. Get well soon!
4 se7en // Nov 3, 2012 at 10:16 pm

Wonderful Pri, Hope your November is full of fun!!!