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January Teacher Resource Guide
January, the coldest month of the year in the northern hemisphere, is a time when many people usually stay indoors as much as they can and try to stay warm. It might seem that a very cold month like this would not have anything interesting about it, but this impression would be wrong. Even the most frigid month has some strange facts and fascinating things to learn about it.
The name of January itself has an interesting origin - it comes from Janus, the name of a Roman god from antiquity. Janus, the god of doorways and boundaries, had two faces, one on the front of his head and one on the back, because a door also faces in both directions at the same time. His name was thought appropriate for the first month of the year, both because it is the "doorway" into the new year and because it is a time when people look back over the year they just went through, and forward towards the new year that's just beginning. Read More About The Month of January
Notable January Holidays, Events, and Celebrations
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January Holiday Guide | All About January | January Ideas
- See All Events, Holidays, and Celebrations of January
- National Mentoring Month
- National School Board Month
- January 1st - New Year's Day
- January 4th - Isaac Newton's Birthday - Teacher Resources, Worksheets
- January 6th - Jon of Arc's Birthday - Lesson Plans, Teacher Resources, Worksheets
- January 7th - Galileo's Discovery - Teacher Resources, Worksheets
- January 8th - No Child Left Behind Act
- January 9th - 16th is Letter Writing Week.- Lesson Plans, Resources, Worksheets
- January 11th is Amelia Earhart Day - Lesson Plans, Teacher Resources, Worksheets
- January 14th - The American Revolutionary War Finally Ends - Resources, Worksheets
- January 15th - Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday - Lesson Plans, Resources, Worksheets
- January 16th- National Freedom of Religion Day - Lesson Plans, Resources, Worksheets
- January 17th - Benjamin Franklin's Birthday - Lesson Plans, Resources, Worksheets
- January 23rd is Measure Your Feet Day- Lesson Plans, Teacher Resources, Worksheets
- January 23rd is National Handwriting Day - Lesson Plans, Teacher Resources, Worksheets
- January 25th - The First Winter Olympics - Lesson Plans, Teacher Resources, Worksheets
- January 29th is National Puzzle Day
- January 27th - Lewis Carroll's Birthday
- January 30th - Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birthday - Lesson Plans, Resources, Worksheets
