August 27

High school (ages 12+)
Holidays & Celebrations

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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.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/august-27

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 day number in year?239th day of the Gregorian calendar (240th in leap years)
2. What is the remaining days in year?126 days
3. What is special about August 27?August 27 is the 239th day of the year (240th in a leap year) and marks the middle of the year, with 126 days left until December 31.
4. Why is the month called August?August is named after Gaius Octavius, who became Augustus Caesar, the first Roman emperor, and the Roman Senate named the month to honor him.

Gregorian calendar: The solar calendar currently used in most of the world, established to correct inaccuracies in the Julian calendar.
Augustus Caesar: The founder of the Roman Principate and the first Roman Emperor, whose reign initiated the Pax Romana.
Leap Year: A year that has an extra day, February 29, to synchronize the calendar with the astronomical year.
Pax Romana: A period of relative peace and minimal expansion experienced by the Roman Empire during the 1st and 2nd centuries AD.