Famous Person Research Project Resources

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Let’s Study Famous Folks – October Calendar

Unleash your students’ inner historian with this famous person research project resource – Famous People Born in October.

Celebrate Autumn with this October calendar.

Inspire learning all month long by learning about famous people born in October. Use this October calendar to simply add one of these creative activities to nourish curiosity in your 6th-12th graders’ daily routine.

The October calendar is full of 80+ 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 is how you need to roll with learning at home.

31 Days to Celebrate Famous People Born in October

Stay connected with your tweens and teens, by learning about famous people.

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

Your middle & high schoolers will enjoy learning about:

Writers/Poets/Artists/Musicians

James Herriot
Chubby Checker
Stevie Ray Vaughan
Jonathan Edwards
Denis Diderot
John Lennon
Giuseppe Verdi
Luciano Pavarotti
Arna Bontemps
Virgil
Friedrich Nietzsche
Noah Webster
Oscar Wilde
Arthur Miller
Chuck Berry
Franz Liszt
Georges Bizet
Pablo Picasso
Desiderius Erasmus
Jan Vermeer
John Keats

Scientists/Explorers/Inventors

George Westinghouse
Thomas Edison
Niels Bohr
Captain James Cook
Fridtjof Nansen
Mae Jemison
Christopher Wren
Alfred Nobel
Richard E. Byrd
Jonas Salk

Historical Leaders/Heroes/”Baddies”

Charles VI
Jimmy Carter
Richard III
Nat Turner
Mahatma Gandhi
Rutherford B. Hayes
Chester A. Arthur
Fannie Lou Hamer
Desmond Tutu
Vladimir Putin
Juan Perón
Che Guevara
Eleanor Roosevelt
Ramsay MacDonald
Jane Grey
Margaret Thatcher
William Penn
Éamon de Valera
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Akbar
Michael Collins
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa
Domitian
Theodore Roosevelt
Joseph Goebbels
John Adams

Other Interesting Famous Folks To Learn About

Julie Andrews
Charlton Heston
Clare Hollingworth
Sir George Williams
Robert “Evel” Knievel
Mickey Mantle
Collis P. Huntington
John Heisman
Johnny Carson
Juliette Gordon Low

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.

With your October Calendar, you can inspire your middle and high school students and nourish their curiosity each day of the month.