National Foreign Language Month celebrates learning and education about world languages in an effort to protect and promote resources for educators and learners. This is also a time to raise awareness about […]
National Foreign Language Month
Expanding Girls’ Horizons in Science and Engineering Month
In continuation with the Women’s History Month theme, March also celebrates Expanding Girls’ Horizons in Science and Engineering Month. This holiday honors trailblazing women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics) as […]
International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day- and Women’s History Month! Well, which one came first? In true European fashion, it’s the day before the month. The observance that now takes place in March […]
Read Across America Day
Read Across America festivities encourage children to read from an early age to build lifelong literacy skills. Created by the National Education Association in 1998, this holiday celebrates children and parents reading […]
World Day of Social Justice -February 20th!
We’ve talked many times on this blog about our social and racial justice section. So, this month, we would like to talk about a few new additions to our collection. Some of […]
Harlem Renaissance
The name of the Harlem Renaissance movement has its origins in both geographical and cultural elements. In the 1920s, Harlem became the home of a thriving Black community, and the place where […]
Early African-American Narratives
Since the existence of the United States, a rich tradition of African-American literature has existed. However, it is important to read this material properly in its historical context. There is little known […]
February is Black History Month!
The month of February was chosen to mark the observance of Black History Month because of Abraham Lincoln (Feb 12) and Frederick Douglass’s (Feb 14) birthdays. Not just recognized in the United […]
Lunar New Year
January 24 – Feb 15 Following the lunar or Xia calendar, February 1st will usher in the year of the tiger! The period of celebration for Lunar New Year, often referred to […]
Edgar Allan Poe Day
January 19, 1809 – October 7, 1849 On this day in 1809 in Boston, MA, short story writer, poet, essayist, father of detective stories, a fixture of the gothic genre- Edgar Allan […]
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