September 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 September 2026 showing educational events and resources
Sun	Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat
August 30, 2026	August 31, 2026	September 1, 2026 The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway first published (1952) Also try: Ernest Hemingway Bobby Fischer earns world chess title (1972) Also try: Bobby Fischer	September 2, 2026 Victory over Japan Day (1945) Also try: World War II, atomic bomb First successful open heart surgery (1952) Also try: surgery, medical technology	September 3, 2026 Richard "The Lionheart" crowned at Westminster (1189) Also try: King of England, Westminster Treaty of Paris ends American Revolutionary War (1783) Also try: American Revolutionary War	September 4, 2026 Henry Hudson discovers Manhattan (1609) Also try: New York, Age of Discovery Google founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin (1998) Also try: search engine, Digital Age	September 5, 2026 First Continental Congress assembles in Philadelphia (1774) Also try: Intolerable Acts, American Revolution Jesse James born (1847) Also try: Wild West
September 6, 2026 National Read a Book Day Also try: novels, author study John Dalton born (1766) Also try: atomic theory, chemists	September 7, 2026 Labor Day Also try: American Labor Movement US gets the nickname "Uncle Sam" (1813) Also try: national symbols ESPN debuts (1979) Also try: sports broadcasting National Grandparents Day Also try: heritage, family tree	September 8, 2026 International Literacy Day Also try: reading fluency, reading comprehension	September 9, 2026 International Sudoku Day Also try: logic puzzles, problem solving Leo Tolstoy born (1828) Also try: War and Peace, Anna Karenina	September 10, 2026 World Suicide Prevention Day Also try: mental health Switzerland joins the United Nations (2002) Also try: United Nations	September 11, 2026 September 11th Remembrance Day Also try: terrorism, national security	September 12, 2026 Lascaux cave paintings discovered (1940) Also try: Paleolithic era, anthropology Mae Jemison becomes first African American woman in space (1992) Also try: astronauts, NASA, space exploration
September 13, 2026 Milton Hershey born (1857) Also try: chocolate Roald Dahl born (1916) Also try: Matilda, James and the Giant Peach, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory	September 14, 2026 Ivan Pavlov born (1849) Also try: classical conditioning, psychology Francis Scott Key writes "The Star-Spangled Banner" (1814) Also try: "The Star-Spangled Banner" National Coding Week Begins Also try: computer science	September 15, 2026 Hispanic Heritage Month begins Also try: Latin America, Spain Tomie dePaola born (1934) Also try: Strega Nona, children's books The Nuremberg Laws deprive German Jews of citizenship (1935) Also try: Holocaust	September 16, 2026 The Mayflower starts voyage to North America (1620) Also try: pilgrims, colonial America Mexican Independence Day (1810) Also try: Mexican history	September 17, 2026 Constitution Day: US Constitution signed (1787) Also try: supreme law, separation of powers, Bill of Rights Battle of Antietam fought during the American Civil War (1862) Also try: American Civil War	September 18, 2026 Fugitive Slave Act passed (1850) Also try: slavery, Underground Railroad The New York Times first published (1851) Also try: newspaper, print media	September 19, 2026 Talk Like a Pirate Day Also try: Blackbeard, Treasure Island Otzi the Iceman discovered (1991) Also try: mummy, anthropology
September 20, 2026 Upton Sinclair born (1878) Also try: The Jungle, muckraking, meat packing industry President George W. Bush declares a "war on terror" (2001) Also try: "war on terror"	September 21, 2026 H.G. Wells born (1866) Also try: War of the Worlds, science fiction The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien first published (1937) Also try: J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings	September 22, 2026 Autumnal Equinox Also try: autumn, celestial sphere President Abraham Lincoln issues a preliminary Emancipation Proclamation (1862) Also try: American Civil War, slavery, freedom Second assassination attempt made on President Gerald Ford (1975) Also try: US presidents	September 23, 2026 The Phantom of the Opera published (1909) Also try: Gaston Leroux, musical theater Planet Neptune discovered (1846) Also try: outer planets, solar system	September 24, 2026 National Punctuation Day Also try: grammar, commas, apostrophes, semicolons Dwight D. Eisenhower mandates desegregation of Little Rock schools (1957) Also try: Dwight D. Eisenhower	September 25, 2026 William Faulkner born (1897) Also try: American literature Shel Silverstein born (1930) Also try: The Giving Tree, poetry	September 26, 2026 Johnny Appleseed born (1774) Also try: apples, American pioneers Sir Francis Drake finishes circumnavigation of the earth (1580) Also try: circumnavigation, European explorers
September 27, 2026 Fall Astronomy Day Also try: space exploration, solar system, universe Ancestor Appreciation Day Also try: heritage, family tree Samuel Adams born (1722) Also try: Founding Fathers, Articles of Confederation, Continental Congress	September 28, 2026 William the Conqueror invades England (1066) Also try: Battle of Hastings SpaceX launches first private spacecraft, the Falcon 1, into orbit (2008) Also try: space exploration, rockets	September 29, 2026 Miguel de Cervantes born (1547) Also try: Don Quixote John D. Rockefeller becomes America's first billionaire (1916) Also try: oil industry	September 30, 2026 Truman Capote born (1924) Also try: Breakfast at Tiffany's The Hoover Dam dedicated by FDR (1935) Also try: hydroelectricity	October 1, 2026	October 2, 2026	October 3, 2026

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