December Curriculum Calendar - Lesson Plan Ideas by Date

Enhance your current curriculum with this fun reference calendar. Whether you want to highlight historic events, honor birthdays of significant people, or celebrate holidays, this is a valuable tool for every teacher. Click on any event to find a breadth of related teaching resources that will spark new ideas to spice up your daily lessons. There's something worth celebrating every day!

Curriculum calendar for December 2026 showing educational events and resources
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
November 29, 2026	November 30, 2026	December 1, 2026 World AIDS Day Also try: HIV, immune system Rosa Parks arrested for civil disobedience (1955) Also try: civil rights movement, Montgomery Bus Boycott	December 2, 2026 George Seurat born (1859) Also try: pointillism, post-impressionism The Monroe Doctrine created (1823) Also try: James Monroe, foreign policy	December 3, 2026 International Day of Persons with Disabilities Also try: Americans with Disabilities Act Joseph Conrad born (1857) Also try: Heart of Darkness, English literature Christiaan Barnard performs first human heart transplant (1967) Also try: circulatory system	December 4, 2026 Wildlife Conservation Day Also try: biodiversity National Dice Day Also try: probability	December 5, 2026 Martin Van Buren born (1782) Also try: US presidents Walt Disney born (1901) Also try: Disneyland, cartoons
December 6, 2026 St. Nicholas Day Also try: Christmas traditions Encyclopedia Britannica published (1768) Also try: research skills, informational text 13th Amendment ratified, abolishing slavery (1865) Also try: Reconstruction, abolition	December 7, 2026 National Letter Writing Day Also try: personal letters, persuasive letters, parts of a letter Japan attacks Pearl Harbor (1941) Also try: World War II Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter (1995) Also try: Jupiter	December 8, 2026 Pretend to be a Time Traveler Day Also try: science fiction, time capsule Eli Whitney born (1785) Also try: cotton gin, American inventors	December 9, 2026 John Milton born (1608) Also try: Paradise Lost The Petrified Forest National Park established in Arizona (1962) Also try: fossils, Arizona geography	December 10, 2026 Emily Dickinson born (1830) Also try: slant rhyme, poetry Adventures of Huckleberry Finn published (1884) Also try: Mark Twain Martin Luther King Jr. received the Nobel Peace Prize (1964) Also try: Nobel Peace Prize	December 11, 2026 Muhammad leads an army of 10,000 to conquer Mecca (629) Also try: Mecca, Islam The People's Republic of China joins the World Trade Organization (2001) Also try: World Trade Organization	December 12, 2026 Guglielmo Marconi receives first transatlantic radio signal (1901) Also try: radio, wireless communication The US Supreme Court releases decision in Bush v. Gore (2000) Also try: George W. Bush, Al Gore, elections
December 13, 2026 Sir Francis Drake sets sail from Plymouth, England on round-the-world voyage (1577) Also try: circumnavigation, English explorers Saddam Hussein captured (2003) Also try: Iraq War	December 14, 2026 National Monkey Day Also try: primates, baboons, tamarins Roald Amundsen reaches South Pole (1911) Also try: polar expeditions, South Pole Hanukkah begins Also try: Judaism	December 15, 2026 Bill of Rights Day Also try: US Constitution, amendments Nero born (37) Also try: Ancient Rome, Roman rulers	December 16, 2026 Boston Tea Party (1773) Also try: American Revolutionary, Sons of Liberty Battle of the Bulge (1944) Also try: World War II	December 17, 2026 Aztec calendar stone discovered in Mexico City (1790) Also try: archaeology, calendars Wright Brothers make their first successful flight (1903) Also try: aviation, airplanes	December 18, 2026 The Nutcracker Suite premieres in Russia (1892) Also try: ballet Saturn's moon Epimetheus discovered (1966) Also try: Saturn, solar system	December 19, 2026 A Christmas Carol published (1843) Also try: Charles Dickens Last manned lunar flight, Apollo 17, returns to Earth (1972) Also try: lunar flights, space exploration
December 20, 2026 Grimm's Fairy Tales first published (1812) Also try: folklore, folktales Trial against Auschwitz guards begins (1963) Also try: Holocaust, Nazi leaders	December 21, 2026 Winter Solstice Also try: four seasons Pilgrims land at Plymouth (1620) Also try: Plymouth colony, Mayflower	December 22, 2026 Edward Johnson illuminates Christmas tree with electric lights (1882) Also try: Christmas trees	December 23, 2026 Giovanni Cassini discovers Rhea, a moon of Saturn (1672) Also try: Saturn, moons The Federal Reserve created (1913) Also try: central banking, interest rates	December 24, 2026 Christmas Eve Also try: Christmas carols Treaty of Ghent signed (1814) Also try: War of 1812	December 25, 2026 Christmas Day Also try: Christmas around the world William the Conqueror, Duke of Normandy crowned King of England (1066) Also try: Duke of Normandy	December 26, 2026 Kwanzaa begins Also try: African heritage First performance of King Lear (1606) Also try: William Shakespeare, Globe Theatre
December 27, 2026 Johannes Kepler born (1571) Also try: Scientific Revolution, planetary motion Louis Pasteur born (1822) Also try: vaccination, pasteurization	December 28, 2026 Woodrow Wilson born (1856) Also try: US presidents Endangered Species Act passed (1973) Also try: extinction, wildlife management	December 29, 2026 Wounded Knee Massacre takes place (1890) Also try: Lakota, Native American history Mongolia declares independence from the Qing Dynasty (1911) Also try: Qing Dynasty	December 30, 2026 Rudyard Kipling born (1865) Also try: British imperialism, The Jungle Book Edwin Hubble announces discovery of other galaxies (1924) Also try: space exploration, the universe	December 31, 2026 New Year's Eve Also try: calendars, midnight Henri Matisse born (1869) Also try: impressionism, painting, sculpture	January 1, 2027	January 2, 2027

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