Let's Study Famous Folks

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Let’s Study Famous Folks – May Calendar

Celebrate Spring up with this May calendar

Spring is in the air! Inspire learning all month long by learning about famous people born in May. Simply add one of these creative activities to nourish curiosity in your 6th-12th graders’ daily routine.

The May calendar is full of daily study gems that are perfect for adding that something special to inspire your middle and high school student.

Get your ‘go-to’ goodness that will enrich your learning without overwhelming or stressing anyone out. It’s perfect for the season we live in and you can even hand it off to your kids and let them learn independently if that how you need to roll with learning at home.

31 Days to Celebrate Famous People Born in May

Stay connected with your tweens and teens, by learning about famous people and celebrating holidays – like International Day of Families.

The Let’s Study Famous Folks – May Calendar is 31 Days of Fun Learning Opportunities!

You’ll find a brief description of each person below in this article. Your middle & high schoolers will enjoy learning about:

Writers/Poets/Artists/Musicians

Niccolo Machiavelli
Bing Crosby
Audrey Hepburn
Karl Marx
Robert Browning
Johannes Brahms
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Phillis Wheatley
Fred Astaire
Irving Berlin
Salvador Dali
Jules Massenet
Claudio Monteverdi
Lyman Frank Baum
Albrecht Durer
Richard Wagner
Arthur Conan Doyle
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Walt Whitman

Scientists/Explorers/Inventors

Robert Peary
Sigmund Freud
Howard Carter
David Edward Hughes
Edward Jenner
Andrei Sakharov
Carolus Linnaeus
John Bardeen
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
Igor Sikorsky
Sally Ride
Tenzing Norgay
Alexei Leonov

Historical Leaders/Heroes/”Baddies”

Kamehameha I
Arthur Wellesley
Calamity Jane
Manfred von Richthofen [The Red Baron]
Eva Perón [Evita]
Harry Truman
John Brown
John Wilkes Booth
Florence Nightingale
Nicholas II
Malcolm X [Little]
Elizabeth Fry
Queen Victoria
“Wild Bill” Hickok [James Butler]
Selim II “the blonde”
George I
William Pitt the Younger
Charles II
Patrick Henry
John F. Kennedy

Other Interesting Famous Folks To Learn About

Bono [Paul Hewson]
Stevie Wonder [Stevland Hardaway Morris]
George Lucas

Have Fun Celebrating These Special Days

Everyone will have fun learning about:

May Day
Star Wars Day
Cinco de Mayo
Thank A Teacher Day!
Mother’s Day
May Day
International Day of Families
Children’s Book Week
National Memo Day
Memorial Day (USA)

Whether you are studying ancient history or modern (or something in between) there are so many people you can find in this month’s birthday list that will inspire your kids to learn just a bit more about something that piques their historical curiosity. Music & literature are covered too with reading suggestions and resources to get the most out of the day’s activity.

May is way more than just Mother’s Day. With your May Calendar, you can inspire your middle and high school students and nourish their curiosity each day of the month.

Upper elementary through high school students will also enjoy the Strategic Problem Solving Workbook. They can use it to help problem solve all kinds of challenging situations.