Primary Source Learning: Monthly Heritage & Identity Celebrations
Below is a list with links to Library resource sets, featuring both primary and secondary sources, and teaching resources that coincide with monthly heritage and identity celebrations. So mark those special months but don’t stop there. Instead, come back to these resources time and again to give voice to diverse perspectives and celebrate inclusion all year round with primary sources!
January
International Holocaust Remembrance Day January 27
February
Black History & Heritage: resource set and teaching resources
March
Women’s History: resource set and teaching resources
April
Poetry month: resource set and teaching resources
May
Asian American Pacific Islander History & Heritage: resource set and teaching resources
Jewish American History & Heritage: resource set
June
Pride month: LGBTQ+ Resource set
July
Disability Pride month: disability resource set
August
Back to school: sports & subjects resource sets
September
September 11, 2001: resource set and teaching resources
U.S. Constitution Day: resource set and teaching resources
September/October
Hispanic/LatinX History & Heritage: resource set and teaching resources
October
Disability History: teaching resources
November
Native American History & Heritage: resource set and teaching resources
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