March Curriculum Calendar - Lesson Plan Ideas by Date

Enhance your current curriculum with this fun reference calendar. Whether you want to highlight historic events, honor birthdays of significant people, or celebrate holidays, this is a valuable tool for every teacher. Click on any event to find a breadth of related teaching resources that will spark new ideas to spice up your daily lessons. There's something worth celebrating every day!

Curriculum calendar for March 2026 showing educational events and resources
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
March 1, 2026 Women's History Month begins Also try: women's rights, gender equality Frederic Chopin born (1810) Also try: Romantic era Salem Witch Trials begin (1692) Also try: the Crucible Yellowstone becomes world's first national park (1872) Also try: national parks	March 2, 2026 Read Across America Day Also try: literature, reading skills Dr. Seuss born (1904) Also try: Seuss political cartoons, Green Eggs and Ham Republic of Texas declares independence from Mexico (1836) Also try: The Alamo	March 3, 2026 Florida becomes the 27th state in the United States (1845) Also try: statehood, Everglades "The Star-Spangled Banner" becomes national anthem (1931) Also try: national anthem	March 4, 2026 National Grammar Day Also try: syntax, punctuation, linguistics Antonio Lucio Vivaldi born (1678) Also try: Baroque period	March 5, 2026 The Boston Massacre (1770) Also try: American Revolution Stapler patented in England by C.H. Gould (1868) Also try: school supplies, inventions	March 6, 2026 Michelangelo born (1475) Also try: Renaissance art, sculpture Decision reached in the Dred Scott case (1857) Also try: Missouri Compromise, slavery	March 7, 2026 National Cereal Day Also try: grains, nutrition, breakfast Alexander Graham Bell patents telephone (1876) Also try: Alexander Graham Bell, inventions
March 8, 2026 National Proofreading Day Also try: writing process, peer editing The New York Stock Exchange founded (1817) Also try: stock market, financial literacy Daylight Saving Time begins Also try: time zones, seasons	March 9, 2026 The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith published (1776) Also try: Adam Smith, free market economy Ulysses S. Grant appointed commander of the Union Army (1864) Also try: American Civil War	March 10, 2026 Harriet Tubman Day Also try: underground railroad, abolitionists National Pack a Lunch Day Also try: nutrition, balanced diet US Senate lowers voting age to 18 (1971) Also try: voting rights, democracy	March 11, 2026 A Raisin in the Sun debuts on Broadway (1959) Also try: Lorraine Hansberry, Broadway plays A 9.0 magnitude earthquake strikes Japan, resulting in the second largest nuclear accident in history (2011) Also try: tsunamis, nuclear disasters	March 12, 2026 National Plant a Flower Day Also try: plants, pollination Jack Kerouac born (1922) Also try: Beat generation Moscow becomes capital of revolutionary Russia (1918) Also try: Moscow Truman Doctrine enacted (1947) Also try: Cold War, Harry Truman	March 13, 2026 National Good Samaritan Day Also try: kindness, compassion Sir William Herschel discovers Uranus (1781) Also try: Uranus, solar system	March 14, 2026 International Social-Emotional Learning Day Also try: feelings and emotions, character education, social skills, decision making Math Pi Day Also try: circles, circumference, diameter Albert Einstein born (1879) Also try: theory of relativity, photoelectric effect
March 15, 2026 Julius Caesar assassinated (44 BC) Also try: Roman Empire, Ides of March Andrew Jackson born (1767) Also try: US presidents	March 16, 2026 James Madison born (1751) Also try: US presidents The Scarlet Letter published (1850) Also try: Puritans, Nathaniel Hawthorne	March 17, 2026 Saint Patrick's Day Also try: Irish heritage, Ireland The Dalai Lama flees Tibet for India (1959) Also try: Tibet, Buddhism	March 18, 2026 British Parliament repeals the Stamp Act (1766) Also try: American Revolution, Declaratory Act Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov becomes the first person to conduct a space walk (1965) Also try: Space Race, space exploration National Agriculture Day Also try: farming, gardening	March 19, 2026 Chief Justice Earl Warren born (1891) Also try: supreme court, Brown v. Board of Education The City of Boston is incorporated (1822) Also try: Massachusetts, New England	March 20, 2026 Spring Equinox Also try: four seasons Lois Lowry born (1937) Also try: The Giver Uncle Tom's Cabin published (1852) Also try: abolitionists, Harriet Beecher Stowe Iraq War begins (2003) Also try: War on Terror	March 21, 2026 World Poetry Day Also try: writing poetry, types of poems World Down Syndrome Day Also try: disabilities, genetic disorders Johann Sebastian Bach born (1685) Also try: Baroque period, classical composers
March 22, 2026 World Water Day Also try: freshwater, water cycle, lakes, rivers Robert Millikan born (1868) Also try: electric charge, photoelectric effect	March 23, 2026 World Meteorological Day Also try: weather patterns, meteorology Second Reconstruction Act passed (1867) Also try: American Civil War	March 24, 2026 Exxon Valdez causes worst oil spill in US history (1989) Also try: oil spill, water pollution Bhutan officially becomes a democracy (2008) Also try: democracy	March 25, 2026 Constantine begins his reign as Catholic Pope (708) Also try: Catholicism, popes	March 26, 2026 Robert Frost born (1874) Also try: narrative poetry Tennessee Williams born (1911) Also try: A Streetcar Named Desire	March 27, 2026 World Theatre Day Also try: drama, performing arts Alaska hit by an 8.4 magnitude earthquake (1964) Also try: Richter scale, plate tectonics	March 28, 2026 Viking raiders sack Paris, led by Ragnar Lodbrok (845) Also try: Paris, French history Three Mile Island nuclear accident occurs (1979) Also try: radiation, nuclear energy
March 29, 2026 First batch of Coca-Cola produced (1886) Also try: soda Last US troops leave Vietnam (1973) Also try: Vietnam War	March 30, 2026 National Doctors' Day Also try: medical careers Vincent van Gogh born (1853) Also try: famous artists, still life The Queensboro Bridge opens (1909) Also try: bridges, civil engineering Ramadan ends, North America Also try: Islam, Muslim calendar	March 31, 2026 Cesar Chavez born (1927) Also try: workers' rights First US map published (1784) Also try: cartography Eiffel Tower opens (1889) Also try: Paris, France	April 1, 2026	April 2, 2026	April 3, 2026	April 4, 2026

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