Let's Study Famous Folks- November Calendar Of Famous People

Let’s Study Famous Folks – November calendar of famous people & fun activities

November! In much of the world, it’s time to start thinking about holidays and winter festivals, and feasts. Who else loves November?!?! There’s plenty of time to enjoy a variety of activities inside near a fire with a good book, craft, or STEM project. The hardest part about November can be finding fun and inspiring activities to do when the sun goes down so early. The Let’s Study Famous Folks – November calendar of famous birthdays and fun activities is a perfect way to settle into a solid and FUN school routine, with something each day that inspires fun, relaxed learning. Keep reading! There are over 70 famous birthday calendar activities for November in this month’s download.

The November birthday calendar is full of ways you can say ‘Hello November!’ with creativity and curiosity! Homeschool moms are loving that they can hand it off to their kids and the daily fun fact when they add it to their daily school routine. Get your November Famous People Calendar of Activities at the end of this post.

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Homeschool Ideas For November

How are you going to add some fun learning to your homeschool in November? The November calendar of famous people and fun activities is the perfect way to add everything from historical events and sports moments to your homeschool routine. Simply adding a creative activity on a regular basis nourishes curiosity is a perfect way. It keeps the minds of your teens and tweens active and engaged! November’s daily dose of famous folks is perfect for adding something special for your middle and high school student.

The Let’s Study Famous Folks – November calendar of famous people will enrich homeschool learning without overwhelming or stressing anyone out. It’s perfect for the season we live in. It’s organized by birth dates and includes a variety of favorite celebrities from history, science, literature, and more! Trying to promote independent learning? This printable allows you to hand it off to your kids. They just find today’s birthdays and follow the links. Using the notebooking pages allows them to find the fun fact they want to associate with each of the ‘celebrity birthdays’ they access. this provides a user experience that helps them practice learning independently – such a valuable life skill to learn.

Inspiration At Your Finger-Tips

November’s Calendar of Famous People is a perfect tool of inspiration for your 6th-12th graders. Learning about famous authors, scientists, humanitarians, and world leaders are just a couple of categories to explore with a bit of ‘light learning’. It is full of learning activities for every day of the month. There are also 70+ famous people who celebrate their birthdays in November. From famous authors to famous athletes, middle schoolers and high schoolers are sure to satisfy their curiosity with this list of famous people to learn about.

Here’s The List Of Famous People For November

Writers/Poets/Artists/Musicians

Stephen Crane
John Philip Sousa
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Auguste Rodin
Augustine of Hippo
Robert Louis Stevenson
Claude Monet
Georgia O’Keeffe
Jean-Baptiste Le Rond d’Alembert
W. C. Handy
William Schwenck Gilbert
Voltaire
George Eliot
Charles M. Schulz
“Jimi” Hendrix
John Bunyan
William Blake
Louisa May Alcott
C. S. Lewis
Jonathan Swift
Mark Twain

Scientists/Explorers/Inventors

Alfred Wegener
Daniel Boone
Marie Curie
Edmond Halley
Benjamin Banneker
Hedy Lamarr
Paracelsus
John William Strutt
Robert Fulton
William Herschel
Louis-Jacques Daguerre
Hiram Bingham
Edwin Hubble
Johannes van der Waals
Karl Benz
Anders Celsius

Historical Leaders/Heroes/”Baddies”

Marie Antoinette
Stephen F. Austin
Suleiman the Magnificent
Leon Trotsky
Nerva
Vlad III, the Impaler
Edward VII of England
Martin Luther
George S. Patton
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Edward III of England
William of Orange
William Pitt the Elder
Tiberius Claudius Nero
Vespasian
Louis XVIII
Sojourner Truth
Charles I of England
James A. Garfield
Robert F. Kennedy
Charles de Gaulle
Billy the Kid
Zachary Taylor
Winston Churchill

Other Interesting Famous Folks To Learn About

Will Rogers
Walter Cronkite
John Montagu
Dominique Dawes
Junipero Serra
Andrew Carnegie
Joe DiMaggio
Bruce Lee

Everyone Can Say, “Hello November!”

There is at least one person 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 interest.

Music & Literature are covered too with reading suggestions and resources to get the most out of the day’s activity.

Notebooking Ideas

If you are wanting to make sure your kids are doing active learning, incorporate notebooking pages allowing them to capture important details while watching videos, reading articles, and interacting with each person in this month’s calendar.

This is the perfect month to start using notebooking pages. Learn how to use them with virtual learning, and you will find they are welcome additions that allow you to step away from workbooks and teach your child how to listen, observe, and respond to what they are learning in a natural way.