Designed as a teacher resource, the booklet contains nine short lessons related to events in United States history that are remembered in August: the birthday of Francis Scott Key, composer of the national anthem (August 1); the first United States census (August 1); the birthday of Herbert Hoover, 31st President (August 2); the birthday of Julian E. Blanco, Puerto Rican statesman (August 14); the passage of the Social Security Act (August 14); the birthday of Davy Crockett, frontiersman and Congressman (August 17); the birthday of Benjamin Harrison, 23rd President (August 20); the passage of Women's Suffrage, the 19th Amendment to the Constitution (August 26); and the birthday of Lyndon Baines Johnson, 36th President (August 27). Each lesson includes one or two pages of information about the person or event remembered, as well as a creative activity and word games based on the lesson. Also included are a calendar of 24 August historical events and information about the month of August, the popular August sport of boardsailing, and voting in Connecticut. (SB)