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July 22 reading ideas
Finding reading ideas for this date…
Finding reading ideas for this date…
July 22 brings together Wiley Post completes solo flight, Mildred Loving and right to marry, Pi Approximation Day (informal). Read “How Wiley Post Flew Around the World Alone” and “The Lovings and the Right to Marry” to find details that explain what happened, how it worked, or why it matters.
On this date in history
Use the biography/case passage to trace a legal challenge from local restrictions to a Supreme Court ruling; it is not a birthday story. Mildred Loving was born July 22, 1939. Her case challenged laws that barred interracial marriage.
Selected public reading for Mildred Loving and right to marry.
On this date in history
July 22 is sometimes used as an informal Pi Approximation Day because 22/7 is a familiar approximation of pi. The Mathematical Association of America explains the relationship; this is a math-date hook, not an official holiday.
Selected public reading for Pi Approximation Day (informal).
Read passageOn this date in history
The Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum records that Wiley Post completed the first solo flight around the world on July 22, 1933. The selected reading explains the flight and its aviation technology.
Selected public reading for Wiley Post completes solo flight.
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July 22 features Wiley Post completes solo flight, Mildred Loving and right to marry, Pi Approximation Day (informal). The linked readings “How Wiley Post Flew Around the World Alone”, “The Lovings and the Right to Marry”, “The Enduring Mystery of Pi”. Ask readers to locate a detail that helps explain wiley post completes solo flight, then compare that detail with another passage where useful.
How Wiley Post Flew Around the World Alone
The Lovings and the Right to Marry
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