Special Holidays & World Days ESL Lesson Plan Calendar
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All around the world, people, countries and cultures celebrate different special days through the year. Some of these days are religious festivals; some are national holidays or observances. Other days may have been declared world days or international days by UNESCO to raise awareness of social issues or to commemorate important events from history. Below, you will find a calendar of these special holidays and world days and an accompanying ESL lesson plans for that event. You can use these lesson plans to create a debate for your students on the theme of the day. Days marked with an (*) show that the dates change each year.
January 2023

Data Privacy Day / Data Protection Day
February 2023

Global Elections Day *

Safer Internet Day *
March 2023
April 2023
May 2023

World Telecommunication & Information Society Day

World Day For Cultural Diversity For Dialogue And Development
June 2023
July 2023

Day of International Criminal Justice

World Nature Conservation Day
August 2023
September 2023

International Day of Charity

International Day of Democracy
October 2023
November 2023

International Day For Tolerance
