Upper Elementary
July 19 reading ideas
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July 19 connects the Seneca Falls Convention, the first Tour de France finish, and Edgar Degas. National Ice Cream Day follows the third Sunday in July and appears here when the selected year places that Sunday on July 19.
Special date
Use this informal food observance for a short comparison of how frozen desserts are described, made, and distinguished. It is not a federal holiday. In the United States, National Ice Cream Day falls on the third Sunday in July; that is July 18 in 2027.
Selected public reading for National Ice Cream Day (2027 only) — third-Sunday occurrence.
On this date in history
Read the new passage as one event in a longer history of advocacy; examine how its arguments were presented. The two-day Seneca Falls Convention began on July 19, 1848. The Library of Congress calls it the first American women’s rights convention.
Selected public reading for Seneca Falls Convention begins.
Read passageOn this date in history
Follow the sequence of a multi-stage event and distinguish an individual stage from the overall race. The first Tour de France ended on July 19, 1903, after six stages across France.
Selected public reading for First Tour de France finishes.
Read passageOn this date in history
Musée d'Orsay's chronology records that Edgar Degas was born in Paris on July 19, 1834. The selected passage explores his art and movement.
Selected public reading for Edgar Degas and movement.
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July 19 connects the Seneca Falls Convention, the first Tour de France finish, and Edgar Degas. National Ice Cream Day follows the third Sunday in July and appears here when the selected year places that Sunday on July 19.
A Spark in Seneca Falls: The 1848 Women's Rights Convention
The Very First Tour de France: Six Stages Across France
Edgar Degas: Capturing Movement on Paper
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