Gives the Mayan days and months. In addition, a Java Applet is included which will convert any date (Gregorian calendar) to its corresponding Mayan date.

This site has a self-scoring listening vocabulary exercise for English language learners that focuses on months, days, and years.

Great site for lesson plans and activities centered around the Chinese New Year. Find sources on the history of the holiday, traditions, dragon costumes, and clipart.

This site gives a thorough biography of Defoe. It includes quotes from his writing and information about his most important works.

A very brief description of the Islamic calendar, which "has its starting point at the date of the flight of Mohammed from Mecca to Medina." Describes the format of the Islamic year in comparison to the Gregorian calendar.

While brief, this simple explanation of the Mayan calendar may clarify for some how its two cycles work together.

Learn about the Chinese New Year and the Chinese calendar.

Explore the calendar of Ancient China by learning the history, what the animal years mean, the legend, and fun facts on this site.

[Free Registration/Login Required] A variety of activities all having to do with the calendar; days of the week, months of the year, Pledge, and counting.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Working with a one year calendar to identify various days and dates.

Stay organized this school year using this editable teacher planner from PBS KIDS including:A monthly calendar with timely resources aligned to early learning themes and skills for PreK-2 students. A weekly planning page to schedule...

Teachers can use this resource for creating interesting lessons about time and time measurement. There are articles about leap year, converting time, as well as other links for further research. An interdisciplinary project about an...

This activity is designed to help students evaluate numerical expressions by using order of operations. The students will be provided a calendar for the current month of the year. Students will then be provided with a worksheet that...

Experience the solar system as you've never seen it before; up close and personal. Visit each planet by clicking on it, then selecting the play button to track its rotations through the calendar year. Watch the constellations move...

This learning game is a fun slider puzzle for children to practice putting months in order. Slide pieces up and down and each time a month is placed in the correct spot and the monkeys will get closer to the banana!

The life and work of Latin American writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez are surveyed with an emphasis on his contribution to the genre of magical realism.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This Article-A-Day-Set provides six articles related to "time." Students will learn about the days of the week and months of the year.

This site from EDSITEment provides a fun look at the Chinese culture by examining the animals of the Chinese Zodiac and the traits of the Chinese calendar.

Why do we have an extra day at the end of February every four years? We have Julius Caesar to thank! Read this short explanation about how the calendar kept falling out of step with the seasons and Caesar's solution to the problem.

TeacherLINK at Utah State University offers a wealth of topics and project information on celebrations held throughout the world. Click on "Topics and Authors," to access a long list of available lesson plans on a variety of...

Using the early Dunhuang Star Atlas, an important historical and scientific document of the sky seen from China dating from before AD 700, learn about astronomical history from the perspective of China. Find resources and analysis that...

The Codex Mendoza, commissioned by Viceroy Mendoza, contained information about the lords of Tenochtitlan, the tribute paid to the Aztecs, and an account of life "from year to year." Read descriptions and view pictures of the codex in...

Find out what kinds of musical things occurred throughout history on any given day of the year. Key in a date and find out what composers were born or died, etc.

This resource offers free printables for teachers, such as games for students, name tags and forms teachers need to prepare for a new school year.