August Content Ideas

It’s time to get back to it. The 2025-2026 school year is upon us. Let’s get the year started with some great content ideas! 

August has some real history to it: 

August 1, 1996 – George R.R. Martin publishes A Game of Thrones

August 2, 1790 – The first census in the U.S. was conducted

August 3, 1949 – The BAA merges with the NBL, becomes NBA

August 4, 1977 – United States Department of Energy was founded.

August 5, 1981 – President Reagan fires 11k air traffic controllers

August 6, 1965 – President Johnson signs Voting Rights Act

August 7, 1782 – General Washington Creates the Purple Heart

August 8, 1974 – President Richard Nixon resigns from office

August 9, 1944 – The creation of Smokey Bear was authorized

August 10, 1948 – Candid Camera makes its television debut

August 11, 1992 – The Mall of America opens in Bloomington, Minnesota

August 12, 1961 – East Germany begins construction of the Berlin Wall

August 13, 1521 – Fall of the Aztec empire

August 14, 1935 – President Roosevelt signs Social Security Bill into law

August 15, 1914 – Panama Canal is opened to ships.

August 16, 1954 – The first issue of Sports Illustrated was released

August 17, 1945 – The Animal Farm by George Orwell first published

August 18, 1920 – 19th amendment ratified

August 19, 2004 – Google began trading at the Nasdaq

August 20, 1896 – The Rotary Dial telephone patented

August 21, 1911 – Mona Lisa stolen

August 22, 1902 – Cadillac Motor Company is founded.

August 23, 1954 – First flight of the Lockheed C-13

August 24, 1991 – Ukraine declares independence from the Soviet Union.

August 25, 1991 – The Linux kernel is publicly announced

August 26, 1936 – Anglo-Egyptian Treaty

August 27, 1964 – Mary Poppins released

August 28, 1963 – Civil rights march on Washington

August 29, 1997 – Netflix is founded

August 30, 1945 – The Japanese occupation of Hong Kong ends.

August 31, 1943 – USS Harmon is commissioned

8/1/25

Play Ball Day 

For many in the south, August 1st is the first day of school for their students. No better time to play ball. Do a man on the street and encourage students and staff to do the traditional “Play ball” to start the school year. 

8/2/25

National Coloring Book Day

There are many sites where you can create custom coloring pages. Create a custom coloring page, give it out to students and teachers, and later showcase their work on socials. 

8/3/25

National Big Forehead Day

Break out the cellphone cameras and get the 0.5 zoom ready… have students submit their favorite 0.5 photos on your socials! 

8/4/25

National Coast Guard Day

Work with a history teacher or local recruiter to talk about the founding, growth and current state/role of the coast guard.  

8/5/25

Green Peppers Day

Work with your culinary department to do a showcase on how peppers are used in dishes and why people shouldn’t be afraid that all peppers are hot! 

8/6/25

National Root Beer Float Day

Crack open a can of rootbeer and a scoop of vanilla icecream and get student reactions to trying this refreshing treat. 

8/7/25

Beach Party Day

Your news show should be beach themed… Leis, straw hats, beach balls and more. If you leave near a beach, shoot your show on the beach. 

8/8/25

International Cat Day

Work with a local adoption agency to feature a cat that is up for adoption. 

8/9/25

Book Lover’s Day

The biggest book lover in your building is in your library/media center. Interview them about what’s happening in their space and get some book reviews. 

8/10/25

National Spoil Your Dog Day

Every school has a teacher that is a dog person. Do a package on that teacher but focus on their dog. (It’s always a great idea to “humanize” teachers so take that opportunity any time you can) 

8/11/25

Global Kinetic Sand Day

Kinetic Sand was all the rage several years ago. Doing something about kinetic sand with your students will really hit their nostalgic spot. 

8/12/25

National Middle Child Day

The middle child is often the one that’s a little off the rails. Find the middle children in your school and do a challenge of some sort with them. 

8/13/25

International Left-Handers Day

Lefties get no love. A fun package would be to show all the ways the world is geared toward right handed people. 

8/14/25

National Financial Awareness Day

Students don’t know much about finances and how they can start working on their long term finances now. Bring in an engegetic financial planner or accountant to help inform and engage students on the best way to make long term wealth. 

8/15/25

National Check The Chip Day

Work with the local ASPCA or Animal control to talk about the need for chipping pets and how chipping a pet can help in a variety of ways. 

8/16/25

National Tell A Joke Day

There are a variety of ways to handle this one. Have teachers and admin tell jokes for the show. Get students to tell dad jokes. 

8/17/25

National Nonprofit Day

Most schools or systems have some sort of education foundation - this may be a way to help show some love to those organizations. 

8/18/25

National Bad Poetry Day

Work with your english department to have students write bad poetry… or discuss poetry that students think is bad. 

8/19/25

International Talk Like Jar Jar Binks Day

This is a slam dunk I don’t think I have to tell you what to do here… 

8/20/25

National Bacon Lovers Day

Everyone loves bacon! Do a bacon eating contest or sample different types of bacon, etc. 

8/21/25

National Senior Citizens Day

Work with the local senior citizen center or another organization to find a couple of senior citizens who can share stories about the school, community, or other relevant subject. 

8/22/25

Folklore Day

Every town has a storyteller of some sort, have them come in and tell something about the town that people may not know. 

8/23/25

National Ride The Wind Day

Let’s go fly a kite! Do a package showing students how hard it can be to fly a kite. 

8/24/25

Pluto Demoted Day

Talk with a science or astronomy teacher about how and why Pluto was demote from planetary status. 

8/25/25

National Secondhand Wardrobe Day

Thirfting is a trend your students know well. Ask your students to figure out who the best thrifter is and do a package about what they do and how. 

8/26/25

National Webmistress Day

Women in Tech are a big deal. Talk with a female student who is in a web design class. 

8/27/25

The Duchess Who Wasn’t Day

Work with your history department to get information about the Duchess Who Wasn’t and present that to the school. 

8/28/25

National Bow Tie Day

There are several things you can do with this one - unofficial spirit day where everyone wears a bowtie, If there is a teacher in the school who normally wears a bowtie, do a feature about them, do a segment where you teach students how to tie a bow tie. 

8/29/25

Individual Rights Day

Work with an attorney or judge to discuss individual rights. 

8/30/25

Frankenstein Day

Have a teacher or librarian/media specialist do a 60 second book report on Frankenstien or get crazy and talk with a genetics teacher/profession about ethics is bio design. 

8/31/25

National Eat Outside Day

Let’s go out for lunch. Encourage students to eat outside during lunch; if it’s allowed by the school or organize an outside after school snack break.

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Meet the Author, Tom White

Tom White is the Education and House of Worship Specialist at Amitrace. Tom's role is to help educators build better programs through better training, planning, and equipment. Before joining Amitrace, Tom was the Broadcast Engineer at Grady College of Journalism and Communication at the University of Georgia. Prior to that role, Tom taught at Morgan County High School and Rockdale Career Academy where he and his student produced thousands of live streams for sports, news, and community events. Tom’s program at the Rockdale Career Academy received the NFHS Network Program Of The Year in 2016 and his program at Morgan County High School received the New Program of the Year title in 2018. Tom has been a long time contributor to many publications and is the host of Teaching to The Test Pattern Podcast.

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