Upper Elementary
July 12 reading ideas
Finding reading ideas for this date…
Finding reading ideas for this date…
July 12 brings together International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms, Malala and education rights. Read “When the Wind Takes Flight: How Dust Storms Form” and “Malala Speaks Up for School” to find details that explain what happened, how it worked, or why it matters. This date also connects to Thoreau and observation, with [Thoreau’s Notebook of Nature](/passages/thoreaus-notebook-of-nature--KakC3bnFY5IgMvfqrOXz) as a related reading.
Special date
The UN General Assembly proclaimed July 12 as the International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms in resolution 77/294. A science reading about how storms form, paired with the UN observance’s environmental and community context.
Selected public reading for International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms.
Special date
Birthday, observation journals and nature writing; contextualized independent life rather than universal moral model
Birthday, observation journals and nature writing; contextualized independent life rather than universal moral model
Read passageOn this date in history
Malala Yousafzai was born July 12, 1997; this reading focuses on education rather than treating her story only as perseverance. A biography connecting Malala’s public advocacy with access to education.
Selected public reading for Malala and education rights.
Read passageMore reading for this time of year, alongside today’s special dates.
Explore summer reading ideas for classroom wrap-up and reading at home. School vacation dates vary.
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July 12 features International Day of Combating Sand and Dust Storms, Malala and education rights. The linked readings “When the Wind Takes Flight: How Dust Storms Form”, “Malala Speaks Up for School”. Ask readers to locate a detail that helps explain international day of combating sand and dust storms, then compare that detail with another passage where useful.
When the Wind Takes Flight: How Dust Storms Form
This date also connects to Thoreau and observation, with Thoreau’s Notebook of Nature as a related reading.
Which details in the Malala reading explain why education matters to her?
