November 2025 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
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October 26, 2025
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October 27, 2025
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October 28, 2025
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October 29, 2025
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October 30, 2025
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October 31, 2025
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November 1, 2025
European Union comes into existence (1993)
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Europe
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November 2, 2025
Day of the Dead
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Dia de los Muertos
James Polk born (1795)
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US presidents
Warren G. Harding born (1865) and elected president (1920)
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US presidents
Daylight Saving Time ends, Standard Time begins
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time zones
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November 3, 2025
Chevrolet Motor Car Company incoporated (1911)
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automobile industry, transportation
Linus Pauling wins Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1954)
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chemical bonds, biochemistry
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November 4, 2025
First wagon train reaches California (1841)
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westward expansion, Oregon Trail
Barack Obama becomes first African American elected as US president (2008)
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US presidents, elections
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November 5, 2025
Guy Fawkes arrested for Gunpowder Plot (1605)
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Gunpowder Plot
Susan B. Anthony votes and is fined $100 (1872)
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women's suffrage, 19th Amendment
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November 6, 2025
Inventor of basketball, James Naismith, born (1861)
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James Naismith
The Bolshevik Revolution begins in Russia (1917)
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Russian Revolution, Vladimir Lenin
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November 7, 2025
Marie Curie born (1867)
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radioactivity, radioactive isotopes
The New York City Museum of Modern Art opens (1929)
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art museums, art appreciation
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November 8, 2025
Wilhelm Roentgen discovers x-rays (1895)
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electromagnetic spectrum, Wilhelm Roentgen
National STEM/STEAM Day
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engineering, science experiments
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November 9, 2025
Carl Sagan born (1934)
Kristallnacht begins (1938)
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Holocaust
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November 10, 2025
Sesame Street debuts on PBS (1969)
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puppets
Great Wall of China opens for tourism (1970)
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Ming Dynasty, Chinese history
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November 11, 2025
Veterans Day
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US military
Origami Day
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Japanese culture, arts and crafts
World War I Armistice signed (1918)
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Woodrow Wilson, Fourteen Points
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November 12, 2025
Elizabeth Cady Stanton born (1815)
Joseph Stalin becomes ruler of the Soviet Union (1927)
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Soviet Union, socialism
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November 13, 2025
World Kindness Day
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compassion, character education
Vietnam Veterans' Memorial dedicated (1982)
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Vietnam War
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November 14, 2025
Claude Monet born (1840)
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impressionism, famous painters
Treasure Island first published as a book (1883)
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Robert Louis Stevenson
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November 15, 2025
America Recycles Day
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recycled art, conservationism
Georgia O'Keeffe born (1887)
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painting flowers, artists
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November 16, 2025
International Day for Tolerance
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character education
Federal Reserve Bank opens for business (1914)
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central banking, financial literacy
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November 17, 2025
Elizabethan era begins: Queen Mary I of England dies (1558)
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Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Mary I
Suez Canal opens in Egypt (1869)
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Egypt
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November 18, 2025
US and Canada adopt a system of standard time zones (1883)
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Earth's rotation
Push-botton phones used for the first time (1963)
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telecommunications
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November 19, 2025
President Abraham Lincoln delivers the Gettysburg Address (1863)
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Battle of Gettysburg, Abraham Lincoln
Impeachment hearings against President Bill Clinton begin (1998)
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President Bill Clinton
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November 20, 2025
Edwin Hubble born (1889)
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Hubble telescope
Garrett Morgan receives US patent for a traffic signal (1923)
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automobiles, inventions
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November 21, 2025
Voltaire born (1694)
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Enlightenment, philosophers
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November 22, 2025
President John F. Kennedy assassinated (1963)
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John F. Kennedy, US presidents
Angela Merkel takes office as first female German Chancellor (2005)
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female leaders, German history
Family Volunteer Day
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community service
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November 23, 2025
Fibonacci Day
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Golden Ratio, mathematicians
Of Mice and Men debuts on Broadway (1937)
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John Steinbeck, Broadway plays
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November 24, 2025
Zachary Taylor born (1784)
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US presidents
Origin of Species published (1859)
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Charles Darwin, evolution
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November 25, 2025
Andrew Carnegie born (1835)
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philanthropy, charity
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November 26, 2025
Charles Shultz born (1922)
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Charlie Brown, cartoonists
Alice in Wonderland first published in America (1865)
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Lewis Carroll, fantasy genre
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November 27, 2025
Anders Celsius born (1701)
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temperature, thermometer
Bill Nye born (1955)
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science education
Atmosphere discovered on the extrasolar planet Osiris (2001)
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atmosphere, Hubble Space Telescope
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November 28, 2025
William Blake born (1757)
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Romantic Age, poets
First pulsar observed (1967)
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neutron stars, cosmic rays
National Native American Heritage Day
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ancestors
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November 29, 2025
Louisa May Alcott born (1832)
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Little Women
C.S. Lewis born (1898)
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The Chronicles of Narnia
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November 30, 2025
Mark Twain born (1835)
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The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Winston Churchill born (1874)
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British prime ministers
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December 1, 2025
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December 2, 2025
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December 3, 2025
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December 4, 2025
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December 5, 2025
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December 6, 2025
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