- Mother's Day (in Spain on the first Sunday)

- Memorial Day (USA): last Monday in May

 

1  May Day / International Labour Day
2  Leonardo da Vinci died (1519)
3  World Press Freedom Day
4  Lady Godiva rode through Coventry (1043) / AMPAS (Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences) founded (1927)
5  Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)
6  Channel Tunnel opened (1994) / Orson Welles born (1915)
7  Rabindranath Tagore born (1861)
8  World Red Cross Day / Coca-Cola invented (1886)
9  Europe Day / J.M. Barrie born (1860)
10  Homer Simpson's birthday / Bono's birthday (1960)
11  Salvador Dalí born (1904) / Bob Marley died (1981)
12  Limerick Day (Birthday of Edward Lear) / International Nurses' Day
13  Three children near Fatima reported seeing the Virgin Mary (1917)
14  George Lucas' birthday (1944) / Frank Sinatra died (1998)
15  International Day of Families
16  First Oscar film awards ceremony held (1929)
17  Sandro Botticelli died (1510)
18  International Museum Day
19  Ringling Brothers founded their circus (1884)
20  Blue jeans' birthday (1873) / Christopher Columbus died (1506)
21  Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic (1927)
22  Richard Wagner born (1813) / Arthur Conan Doyle born (1859)
23  Hergé born (1907)
24  Morse code used for the first time (1844) / Victoria Day (Canada) / Feast Day of  Saint David of Scotland
25  Star Wars' birthday (1977) / Pedro Calderón de la Barca died (1681)
26  Dracula published (1897)
27  Golden Gate bridge opened (1937)
28  Ian Fleming born (1908)
29  John Fitzgerald Kennedy born (1917)
30  Last flight of the Concorde (2003)
31  World No Tobacco Day

 

 

 - History and traditions in the UK at Learn English.
 - More information at Woodlands Junior School.  
   

 

 

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International Labour Day
 - History of May Day: May Day around the world.
 - May Day information at the Wikipedia.
 - General information and reference at Marxists Internet Archives.
 - Vocabulary: occupations at ESL Bears 1 / 2
 - Vocabulary: jobs at ESL Online Centre 1 / 2 / 3
 - Jobs at Learn English (British Council)
 - Vocabulary at La Mansión del Inglés. Check the meanings in Spanish and do the exercises.
 - More than sixty exercises on jobs on different format at Agendaweb.
 

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Leonardo da Vinci

 

 - Artcyclopedia. Guide to pictures of works by Leonardo da Vinci in art museum sites and image archives worldwide.

 - Exploring Leonardo at the Museum of Science of Boston.
 - Leonardo' Hometown and Museum.
 - Leonardo da Vinci Online Museum. Have a look at some of his main works.
 - Leonardo at the WebMuseum, Paris.
 - Leonardo da Vinci at Wikipedia

 

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 World Press Freedom Day

Newspapers

 - Breaking News English. Lesson plans for current events.
 - Newspaper Lesson Plans at Education World.
 - ESL Mania. Reading the news to improve your English.
 - Looking at Newspapers. Unit of work on newspapers.
 - Newspaper vocabulary.
 - Parts of a newspaper.
 - Treasure Hunt  by Isabel Pérez.
 - Useful vocabulary about the press by Yvan Baptiste.
 
Press Freedom
 - Journalists in Prison and Killed (2006)
 - Press Freedom Ranking Map. (2007)
 - Reporters Without Borders.
 - World Press Freedom Day
 

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 - Lesson plans at A to Z Teacher Stuff.

 - Mother's Day in the UK, not in May. (British Culture)
 - A printable card at Bry-Back manor.
 - Classbrain: History of Mother's Day (USA)
 - Another printable card at Classbrain.
 - The Complete History of Mother's Day.  
 - Mother's Day printables at DLTK: bookmarks, posters, writing paper, etc.
 - Mother's Day Theme Unit at EdHelper. Most of the activities are only for subscribers.
 - Mother's Day poems at The Holiday Spot.

 - Mother's Day at Kids Domain: crafts, printables and ideas.
 - Printable certificate at Kids' Turn Central.
 - Lesson Plans Page
 - Printable wordsearch at The Potters.
   
 

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 - Coca-Cola at the Wikipedia.
 - Read about its history, anecdotes, stories and even recipes at The Coca-Cola Company.
 - Printable reading comprehension.
 - Snopes.com. Urban legends related to this famous drink.
 

 

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 - Artcyclopedia. Guide to pictures of works by Salvador Dalí in art museum sites and image archives worldwide.
 - Dali Museums in Spain: Figueres, Portlligat y Púbol.
 - Dali's Museum in Florida. The biggest collection outside Europe.
 - Videos about his life and his works.
 - Virtual Dalí
 - Salvador Dalí at the Wikipedia.
 

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 Limerick Day
 - What's a "limerick"?
 - History and examples at Fact-index.com.
 - Lesson Plan on limericks at Developing Teachers.
 - 47 rhyming worksheets at SchoolExpress.
 - Writing activities at The Poetry Zone.
 - Nice limericks: a collection of different limericks.
 
 

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  International Day of Families

 

 

 - Official webpage, United Nations.
 - Lesson plans at A to Z Teacher Stuff
 - Family vocabulary: Many different online exercises at Agendaweb.
 - Online exercises by Montse Morales: 1 / 2 / 3 / 4
 - Printable wordsearch with family members.
 
 

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Memorial Day

 

 - Apples 4 the Teacher. Teaching ideas on this special day.
 - Classbrain: history and links.
 - Memorial Day at Infoplease
 - Memorial Day Theme Unit at EdHelper. Some activities are only for subscribers.
 - The Teachers Corner.
 

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