Click on any title below to find Educate.Today videos related to special day, week, and monthly celebrations in October.

Monthly Celebrations in October
Blindness Awareness Month—Learn about life as a blind person and technology they use.
Health Literacy Month— Explore the physical, psychological, and social worlds of humans and human interaction.
LGBTQ+ History Month—Celebrate the lives and work of diverse members of the LGBTQ+ community
National Arts and Humanities Month—Explore the varied and powerful videos in our Arts and Humanities collections.
National Book Month—Celebrate the wonder of reading in our Language Arts areas of Off the Shelf, Writing and Telling, Talking with Authors, On Writing, and Power of Story.
National Bullying Prevention Month—Find ways to create inclusive classrooms and reduced bullying.

Weekly Celebrations in October
October 4-10—World Space Week—Launch into space through our videos with astronauts and astronautical engineers.
October 8-14—Earth Sciences Week—Check out our videos about fossils, earthquakes, and meteorology.
October 8-14—Fire Prevention Week—Find out what it’s like to fight fires from the firefighters themselves.
October 15-21—National Wolf Awareness Week—See what’s happening to help wolves get off the endangered species list.

Daily Celebrations in October
October 1—International Music Day—Videos provide profiles of musicians as they share their influences, styles, and performances.
October 3—World Architecture Day—Meet engineers and architects working on structures in various forms including buildings, bridges, and roller coasters.
October 4—The Soviet Union launches Sputnik in 1957, and the Space Race is on.
October 5—Do Something Nice Day—Check out ways to be kind on this day and any day.
October 5—World Teachers Day—Celebrate the importance of teachers and teaching with these videos.
October 10—Indigenous People Day—Indigenous people share stories of their culture.
October 12—National Farmer’s Day—Learn what it’s like to be a farmer.
October 12—National Fossil Day—Dig into fossils with these videos.
October 13—Navy Birthday—Celebrate the Navy’s founding on this day in 1775 and what it’s like to serve in the Navy through interviews with Navy veterans.
October 14—The Cuban Missile Crisis begins when reconnaissance planes take the first photographs of Soviet missiles in Cuba, in 1962.
October 16—John Brown seizes the arsenal at Harpers Ferry in 1859. Learn about him in these videos.
October 17—Black Poetry Day—Black writers share their perspective and their poetry.
October 20—National Day On Writing—Authors share the mundane and the marvelous about writing.
October 25—International Artist Day—Use the keyword “artist” to find nearly 300 videos profiling artists in a wide array of mediums.
October 25—World Opera Day—Celebrate the power of music, theatre, history and more as you see opera productions come to life.
October 28—Make a Difference Day—Check out our Making a Difference focus area with videos that highlight individuals and organizations making a difference in their community and offeing insights and inspiration for making a difference in yours.
October 28—National First Responders Day—Explore life as a firefighter, police officer, and EMT professional.
October 28—National Immigrants Day—Immigrants share their first person stories of survival and success in their life in America.
October 28—The Gateway Arch is completed in 1965.
October 30—National Speak Up for Service Day—Inspire students with these videos focused on community service.