Unofficial Holidays Lesson Plans

Learners read about European holidays and then design their own creative festival. In this cultural awareness lesson, students use primary and secondary resources in order to uncover facts and practices that occur during European festivals.

Students prepare Web-based, multimedia, or text-based documents of their research findings based on the research they have conducted on the holiday of their choice.

Students examine ceremonies in cultures around the world that celebrate young peoples' entry into adulthood.

Young scholars discover facts about our nations flag. In this patriotic symbols lesson, students read about the first colonial flags and who made our first flag. Young scholars make posters for National Flag Day and learn how to care for a flag.

Learners engage in a variety of activities that address the ethical issues surrounding the Love Canal case study.

Students examine national symbols of freedom and speech strategies. They study the constitution, forefathers, and the Declaration of Independence.

Students explore the theme of rebuilding through personal writing and class discussion, expressing their thoughts on the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001.

Fourth graders complete a five-week unit of lessons on the American Revolution. They examine causes, major battles, and famous people, conduct research, label maps, play a Revolutionary Body Parts game, reenact a battle, and complete handouts.

Students engage in a lesson which teach a respect for the American flag, the pledge of allegiance, liberty bell, statue of liberty, the bald eagle, and other patriotic symbols. There are a wide variety of excellent activities imbedded in this plan.

Students examine how to accurately represent interviewed sources. They conduct an interview with another student, read an article, identify all the quoted and paraphrased sources from the article, and discuss bias in the news media.