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- Mother's Day (in Spain on the first Sunday) - Memorial Day (USA): last Monday in May
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| 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 |
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| - 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
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| - Artcyclopedia. Guide to pictures of works by Leonardo da Vinci in art museum sites and image archives worldwide. |
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| - 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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| Newspapers |
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| - 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. |
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| - 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. | |
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The Complete History of Mother's Day. |
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| - 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. |
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| - Mother's Day at Kids Domain: crafts, printables and ideas. | |
| - Printable certificate at Kids' Turn Central. | |
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| - 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. | |
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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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| - 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
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Apples 4 the Teacher. Teaching ideas on this special day. |
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| - Classbrain: history and links. | |
| - Memorial Day at Infoplease | |
| - Memorial Day Theme Unit at EdHelper. Some activities are only for subscribers. | |
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The Teachers Corner. |
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