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Four Seasons Reversible/Erasable Business/Academic Calendar
Four Seasons Reversible/Erasable Business/Academic Calendar




Four Seasons Floor Puzzle
Four Seasons
Floor Puzzle




CELEBRATIONS AROUND THE WORLD

Celebrations Around the World: A Multicultural Handbook
Celebrations Around the World:
A Multicultural Handbook


Kids Around the World Celebrate! : The Best Feasts and Festivals from Many Lands
Kids Around the World Celebrate! : The Best Feasts
and Festivals
from Many Lands


Hands Around the World: 365 Creative Ways to Encourage Cultural Awareness and Global Respect
Hands Around the World: 365 Creative Ways to Encourage Cultural Awareness and Global Respect


On This Date : A Day-by-Day Listing of Holidays, Birthday and Historic Events, and Special Days, Weeks and Months
On This Date : A Day-by-Day Listing of Holidays, Birthday and Historic Events, and Special Days, Weeks and Months


Easy-To-Do Holiday Crafts From Everyday Household Items!: Including Crafts for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, and Every Day of the Year!
Easy-To-Do Holiday Crafts From Everyday Household Items!: Including Crafts for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, and Every Day of the Year!


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Seasons, Holidays & Special Observances Posters and Prints


social studies > HOLIDAYS | SEASONS < astronomy < climate & weather < science


Spring
Summer
Autumn
Winter

Daylight Saving Time Date Calculator

Easter Sunday Date Calculator

Scientific knowledge informs humanity that the seasons are created by the tilt of the Earth as it rotates around the Sun. Before technology permitted another perspective humanity created stories about gods and goddesses that explained why the weather changed periodically. Out of the stories came “holy days” with rituals commemorating the important dates.

schematic of Earth orbit

The equinoxes and solstices mark relative positions of the orbiting Earth that has a 23.5° axis tilt to the orbit plane, thus varying the exposure of the Northern and Southern Hemispheres and resulting in seasonal (periodic) changes. Stonehenge is an example of an ancient astronomical observatory, where the people could be assured that the sun was following its usual path.

MONTHLY
OBSERVANCES

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February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
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December


Holiday posters and prints for educational and teaching resources in the classroom and home schools, and as inspirational images for the office.

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List of Free Holiday Fonts - dress up your school notices with fonts that enhance the message.


• “A perpetual holiday is a good working definition of hell.” ~ George Bernard Shaw


Chanukah still life with Menorah Giclee Print
Chanukah still life
with Menorah
Giclee Print

Chanukah - Chanukah, the Festival of Lights, is a celebration of the victory of the Maccabees and the rededication of the Jerusalem Temple commemorating the miracle of the oil that burned for 8 days. ...

• more Judaism posters


Adoration of the Magi, circa 1305, Giotto di Bondone, Giclee Print
Adoration of the Magi,
c. 1305, Giclee Print

Giotto di Bondone

Christmas, December 25 -

Christmas is the annual Christian holiday celebrating the birth of Jesus, on whose teaching the Christian religion is based. The word Christmas is from the Old English and is a contraction of ‘Christ's mass’. When written as Xmas it is because the X resembles the Greek letter ‘chi’, an abbreviation for Christ. ...

• more Christmas posters
medieval history posters


Kwanzaa Art Print
Kwanzaa
Art Print

Kwanzaa -
December 26 - January 1

Founded in 1966 by Dr. Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa is based on the first harvest celebrations of various African cultures. Its name is derived from the Kiswahili phrase “matunda ya kwanza,” or “the first fruit of the harvest.”

Black History Posters
• more about Kwanzaa
• more December Observances


New Year Art Print, Pablo Picasso
New Year
Art Print

Pablo Picasso

New Year, January 1

The New Year is celebrated at the end of one year and the beginning of the next. In countries and cultures using the Gregorian calendar the first day of the New Year is January 1.


Martin Luther King Jr. Global PathMarker Portrait Fine Art Poster Print, Frank Szasz
published by-
Creative Process

MLKing Day Celebration
3rd Monday in January

Martin Luther King, Jr.
Global PathMarker
Fine Art Poster Print-
b. 1-15-1929; Atlanta, GA
d. 4-4-1968; Memphis, TN

“Freedom has always been
an expensive thing.”

MLK short bio, books, Links for Learning


Valentine’s Day - The Kiss by Gustav Klimt
The Kiss
Gustav Klimt

Valentine’s Day - February 14

• more February Observances
February posters
Circulatory system /heart posters


Presidents Day, George Washington Art Print by Gilbert Stuart
George Washington
Art Print

Gilbert Stuart

Washington's Birthday (February 22) was the first federal holiday to honor an American citizen. In 1971 the Uniform Monday Holiday Act shifted the observance to the third Monday in February. While Lincoln's birthday is February 12, Lincoln, whose birthday is February 12, is not included in the federal statute, individual states have created observances around “President's Day”.

• more George Washington posters
• more President’s posters
• more February Observances


Battle Between Carnival and Lent poster Pieter Brueghel the Elder
Battle Between
Carnival and Lent
Art Print

Pieter Brueghel the Elder

Mardi Gras, which literally means Fat Tuesday, is the Carnival that preceeds Lent, the forty-day-long liturgical season of fasting and prayer that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends with Easter.

The word Lent can be traced back to the German language lenz and Dutch lente which means “long” indicating the increased daylight of spring days.


St. Patrick's Day, Poem, Girl Playing Harp, Art Print
St. Patrick's Day,
Poem, Girl
Playing Harp,
Art Print

Saint Patrick's Day, March 17th

Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland (and Nigeria, Montserrat, New York, Boston and engineers). His feast day is celebrated on the date of his death.

• more March Observances


April Fool's Day- Jester by Norman Rockwell
Jester, Giclee Print
Norman Rockwell

April Fools' Day or All Fools' Day is celebrated on April 1 by playing hoaxes and practical jokes on family, friends and neighbors.

Jesters and fools in the Middle Ages were thought of as those whom God had touched and were permitted to point out “foolishness” in their superiors and in tense situations.

• more April Observances


Resurrection of Christ, circa 1580-1590, Paolo Veronese, Giclee Print
Resurrection
of Christ,
Giclee Print

Paolo Veronese
c. 1580-90

The Easter feast and observances of the Easter Season through Pentacost celebrate the resurrection of Jesus three days after his crucifixion on Good Friday.

Easter is celebrated the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon which is the first full moon after the vernal equinox - sometime between late March and late April each year (early April to early May in Eastern Christianity).

Christianity posters
Easter Sunday Date Calculator


Earth Day Celebrations, Photographic Print
Earth Day Celebrations, Photographic Print

Earth Day

• more April Observances
• more Earth posters
Environmental Bookshelf
Rachel Carson posters


Arrangement in Gray and Black No. 1: Portrait of the Artist's Mother, 1871 Art Print
Arrangement in Gray and Black
No. 1: Portrait of the Artist's Mother, 1871
Art Print

Ann Jarvis, the woman who established “Mother's Day” as the 2nd Sunday in May in the US (1912) was firm in her goal for the day to be set aside for each family to honor their personal mother.

James McNeil Whistler
b. 7-11-1834, Lowell, MA
d. 7-17-1903


Memorial Day / Veterans Day Fortitude - Iwo Jima
Memorial Day / Veterans Day Fortitude - Iwo Jima

Memorial Day, last Monday in May

Memorial Day, formerly known as Decoration Day, commemorates US men and women who died while in military service to their country. Decoration Day was first enacted to honor Union soldiers of the American Civil War and expanded after World War I to include American casualties of any war or military action. As a United States Federal holiday Memorial Day is observed on the last Monday of May.

• more Motivational Posters
Summer posters


History of the American Flag, Art Print
History of the
US Flag,
Poster

Flag Day, June 14th

On June 14, 1777, the Second Continental Congress resolved: “That the flag of the United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new Constellation.” The resolution did not specify the arrangement, orientation, or number of points in the stars, so there were many flags in different configurations, crafted by many different hands, during the Revolution.

• more Flag posters
• more June Observances


Father / Dad Poster
Father / Dad
Poster

Father's Day - celebrated the 3rd Sunday in June.

Father and Son, Art Print
Father and Son,
Art Print






Father's Day was inaugurated in the early twentieth century to complement Mother's Day. The day is celebrated with gifts and special dinners for fathers.

Uncle Sam with Banner and Flowers, Art Print
Uncle Sam with Banner and Flowers,
Art Print

Independence Day, 4th of July

The actual resolution of independence from the Kingdom of Great Britian was approved on July 2, 1776 by the 2nd Continental Congress; the Declaration of Independence explaining the decision was approved on July 4.

American Revolution Era posters


Labor Day - Worker, Flag, Eagle & Tools, Poster
Labor Day - Worker, Flag, Eagle, & Tools, Poster

Labor Day, the first Monday of September

Labor Day is a legal holiday observed in the United States, Puerto Rico, the Canal Zone, and the Virgin Islands. The holiday in honor of the working class was initiated in the U.S. in 1882 by the Knights of Labor, and the first Labor Day holiday was celebrated in New York City, in accordance with the plans of the Central Labor Union. ...

From Poster - “Labor conquers everything” - “The strictest law oft becomes the severest injustice.”

• “Those machines had kept going as long as we could remember. When we finally pulled the switch and there was some quiet, I finally remembered something ... that I was a human being, that I could stop those machines, that I was better than those machines anytime.” -
Sit-down Striker
History of Labor posters


What Columbus Would See Now Poster
What Columbus Would See Now
Poster

Columbus Day, October 12

Christopher Columbus made four voyages in search of Asia - the first in 1492, consisted of three ships- the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria, and the land sighting date of October 12, is celebrated as a holiday in the United States.

Great Explorers posters


Halloween Grand Pals, Ghostly Gourds Poster by Norman Rockwell
Halloween Grand Pals, Ghostly Gourds Poster
Norman Rockwell

Halloween - October 31, All Hallow's Eve (the day before All Saint's Day)

MeOnAPumpkin stencil software - click this link for a $3 discount on MeOnAPumpkin stencil software.

On October 30, 1938, Orson Welles broadcast his adaptation of H. G. WellsWar of the Worlds” - scary stuff.


Mecca, Art Print
Mecca,
Art Print



The Hajj, a pilgrimage to Mecca, is the largest annual pilgrimage in the world. The Hajj is an obligation that must be carried out at least once in a lifetime by every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so.

The pilgrimage occurs from the 7th to 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the 12th month of the Islamic calendar. Since the Islamic calendar is a lunar calendar the Gregorian calendar date changes from year to year. From information found online the Hajj will be October 24-28, 2012; October 13-17, 2013, October 4-8, 2014, September 25-29, 2015.


A Bountiful Thanksgiving, Turkey, Pumpkin, Autumn Leaves, Art Print
A Bountiful Thanksgiving,
Turkey, Pumpkin,
Autumn Leaves,
Art Print

Thanksgiving - 4th Thursday in November (US)

Thanksgiving Day, a harvest festival giving thanks for the harvest and express gratitude in general, is celebrated primarily in Canada (2nd Monday in October) and the United States. Thanksgiving is primarily a secular holiday.

• more Thanksgiving posters



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