Se7en’s November…

• 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 Tutankamen 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 Gepgraphic.

• 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 Getty’sburg 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 Celcius 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 Alcotts Birthday (1832-1888).
  • Biography from Wikipedia,
  • Brief Biography from lkwdpl.
  • Lesson plans and activities.
  

• 30 November 1874: Winston Churchill’s Birthday (1874-).
  • Visit the Churchill Center in London, for lots of links.
  • Lots of links to look at the National Churchill Museum.
  • A heap of lesson plans at Lesson Planet.

If you have any links of famous lives or interesting celebrations then feel free to let me know in the comments. I will happily add them in!!!