Upper Elementary
Informational
July 17 reading ideas
Finding reading ideas for this date…
Finding reading ideas for this date…
July 17 brings together World Emoji Day, Disneyland opens, Three-point seatbelt. Read “How Tiny Pictures Speak Volumes” and “Disneyland: Where Stories Come Alive” to find details that explain what happened, how it worked, or why it matters.
On this date in history · 2014
Use the date to examine how pictographs carry meaning and how a reader infers tone from context. World Emoji Day is an organizer-led informal observance started in 2014 and held on July 17. It is not a UN-designated day.
Selected public reading for World Emoji Day.
On this date in history
Use Bohlin’s birthday to read about an engineering design problem and how a small number of design choices made the belt easier to use. The passage is explanatory reading, not installation instructions. Nils Bohlin was born July 17, 1920. The Swedish engineer designed a three-point car safety belt introduced by Volvo in 1959.
Selected public reading for Three-point seatbelt.
Read passageOn this date in history
Walt Disney Imagineering's history records Disneyland's opening on July 17, 1955. The selected reading describes the park and its opening.
Selected public reading for Disneyland opens.
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 17 features World Emoji Day, Disneyland opens, Three-point seatbelt. The linked readings “How Tiny Pictures Speak Volumes”, “Disneyland: Where Stories Come Alive”, “One Click, Three Points: The Invention of the Modern Seatbelt”. Ask readers to locate a detail that helps explain world emoji day, then compare that detail with another passage where useful.
How Tiny Pictures Speak Volumes
Disneyland: Where Stories Come Alive
One Click, Three Points: The Invention of the Modern Seatbelt
How can a small symbol or a carefully designed place communicate a larger idea?
