1920

High school (ages 12+)
History & Culture

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

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1. What is the gregorian calendar start day?
2. What is the gregorian calendar offset?
3. What made 1920 a leap year and why is that important?
4. How did the calendar difference between Gregorian and Julian affect dates in 1920?

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the gregorian calendar start day?Thursday
2. What is the gregorian calendar offset?13 days ahead of the Julian calendar
3. What made 1920 a leap year and why is that important?1920 had 366 days because February 29 was added. This extra day keeps the calendar in sync with the Earth's orbit.
4. How did the calendar difference between Gregorian and Julian affect dates in 1920?The Gregorian calendar was 13 days ahead of the Julian calendar. So the same event could be recorded on different dates depending on which calendar was used.

Gregorian Calendar: The internationally accepted civil calendar, introduced in 1582, which corrected inaccuracies in the Julian calendar.
Julian Calendar: A calendar introduced by Julius Caesar in 45 BCE, which was the standard in Europe for centuries before the Gregorian reform.
Leap Year: A calendar year containing an extra day (February 29th), occurring generally every four years, to keep the calendar synchronized with the astronomical year.
20th Century: The period from January 1, 1901, to December 31, 2000.