July Assembly
£3.00
This resource contains a fully editable and informative 90-slide PowerPoint presentation on the month of July. Never be stuck for an assembly in July again! It is an ideal for last minute assemblies or unexpected tutor group time! It could be used for a one-off assembly or series of assemblies/les
Additional information
| Resource type | Assembly |
|---|---|
| Age range | Age 6-8, Age 9-13 |
Description
This resource contains a fully editable and informative 90-slide PowerPoint presentation on the month of July. Never be stuck for an assembly in July again! It is an ideal for last minute assemblies or unexpected tutor group time! It could be used for a one-off assembly or series of assemblies/lessons/tutor based activities.
The PowerPoint focuses on:
How July got its name, things associated with July – flowers, Zodiac signs, birthstone, July quotes
July Folklore – Saint Swithin’s Day
Special Days – Dharma Day, Whitstable Oyster Festival, Swan Upping, Reek Sunday, Kilburn Feast, Canada Day, Tour de France, American Independence Day, Tynwald Day, World Population Day, Orange Men’s Day, Bastille Day, Pi Approximation Day, Saint Christopher’s Day, Saint James the Great Day
Notable Birthdays – Gerald Ford, Princess Diana, Carl Lewis, Thomas Cranmer, Tom Cruise, Lhamo Thondup, the Dalai Lama, Marc Chagall, Ringo Starr, Giorgio Armani, Julius Caesar, Rembrandt Van Rijn, Nelson Mandela, Brian May, Alexander the Great, Edmund Hillary, Ernest Hemingway, Robin Williams, Daniel Radcliffe, Amelia Earhart, George Bernard Shaw, Carl Jung, Mick Jagger, Beatrix Potter, Emily Bronte, Henry Ford, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Joanne K Rowling
Inventions, Discoveries, Launches – Sony Walkman, steam engine patented, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Salvation Army set up, Thomas Cook’s first package excursion, first BBC news broadcast, opening of Shard, first Wimbledon Tennis Championships, first parking meter in England installed, Big Ben chimed for 1st time, first FIFA World Cup, Dunlop patented pneumatic tyre
Notable Events and Happenings – Battle of Somme, Dolly the sheep born, Anne Frank went into hiding, Richard I and Richard III became King of England, Thomas More executed, Johnny Weissmuller’s 100 m swim record, Rolling Stones first concert, first Live Aid concert, Rosetta Stone found, Twitter launched, first nuclear bomb test, Disneyland in California opened, Nadia Comaneci first person to score perfect 10 in gymnastics, Armstrong’s walk on Moon, Temple of Artemis in Ephesus destroyed, world’s lowest temperature recorded, Wiley Post first person to solo fly round world, Presley’s debut
The resource contains hyperlinks to Whitstable Oyster Festival, Swan Upping, Reek Sunday, Battle of Somme, Carl Lewis’ races, Tynwald Day, Big Ben chiming, real-time population data, Live Aid concert, first nuclear bomb test, Nadia Comaneci’s perfect 10 performance, Neil Armstrong’s walk on Moon
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