Middle School
July 18 reading ideas
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July 18 connects Nelson Mandela International Day, John Glenn’s birthday, and World Listening Day. National Ice Cream Day follows the third Sunday in July and appears here when the selected year places that Sunday on July 18.
On this date in history · 2009
The biography passages offer complementary views of Mandela’s life; Ubuntu provides a separate concept for discussing community, not a substitute for South African history. The United Nations observes July 18 as Nelson Mandela International Day, marking Mandela’s birthday and community service.
Selected public reading for Nelson Mandela International Day.
On this date in history
John H. Glenn Jr. was born on July 18, 1921, in Cambridge, Ohio. NASA's biography records the date; selected public readings are contextual material about his life and spaceflight.
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Selected public reading for John Glenn birthday.
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The World Listening Project has held World Listening Day annually on July 18 since 2010. It is a community listening event, not a United Nations observance; the selected readings support listening and sound-map activities.
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Selected public reading for World Listening Day (informal).
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July 18 connects Nelson Mandela International Day, John Glenn’s birthday, and World Listening Day. National Ice Cream Day follows the third Sunday in July and appears here when the selected year places that Sunday on July 18.
The Beacon of South Africa: The Resilience and Legacy of Nelson Mandela
Katherine Johnson Counts the Way
How Sound Travels to Your Ears
Mapping an Acoustic Landscape: How to Create an Observational Sound Map
How do a person’s choices connect to a community’s larger history, and how does an author organize an explanation?
