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How to Celebrate Kwanzaa on Your Campus
An article details everything you need to know about celebrating Kwanzaa at your school. An opening-day ceremony starts the seven-day holiday celebration followed a daily routine that includes a greeting, candle lighting, reciting an...
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Holidays Around the World/german Holiday Calendars
Foreign Language for Travelers offers current (gegenwartiger) and perpetual (immerwahrender) calendars for Germany, Austria, Canada, France, Spain, UK, Ireland, Switzerland, and the USA. Each calendar is followed with a link to...
New York Times
New York Times: Crossword Puzzle: Winter Holidays
The New York Times Learning Network has developed interactive & printable crossword puzzles. The theme of this one is Winter Holidays.
C3 Teachers
C3 Teachers: Inquiries: Holidays
Inquiry-based resource for teachers of kindergarten students encourages students to deepen their understanding of the role of traditions, holidays and symbols in establishing cultural identity and unity, and asks children to think about...
Teachnology
Teachnology: December Holidays for Teachers
Looking for resources to add to teaching or learning about the holidays in December? Check out all the worksheets, activities, lesson plans and more offered by Teachnology.
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Japanese National Tourism Office: Japan in Depth: Holidays, Occasions, Events
A list of the main holidays and festivals held throughout Japan each year, along with illustrations of decorations, foods, and tokens used in the celebrations of these events.
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Union for Reform Judaism: Jewish Holidays
Explore and learn about the Jewish holidays and their traditions from the point of view of Reform Judaism. Includes a holiday calendar.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Winter Holidays
A scanned copy of the 1850 publication of Winter Holidays by Amerel, a fiction book for children.
NWT Literacy Council
Nwt Literacy Council: How to Kit: Literacy Activities for Holidays [Pdf]
'Literacy Activities for Holidays' is an extensive collection (150 pages) of activities for celebrating the traditional holidays of Valentines Day, Halloween, Easter, Christmas and Thanksgiving. Birthdays are also included.
PBS
Wnet: Thirteen: Access Islam: A Window Into Islamic Holidays, Traditions, and Cultures
Explore the holidays, traditions, and culture of the Islam religion through the use of great classroom tools such as digital videos, lesson plans, an interactive timeline, and links to many educational internet resources.
University of Texas at Austin
Francais Interactif Fetes: Holidays
Wonderful interactive video clips, interviews and vocabulary all relating to French holidays and traditions. Site has excellent cultural information, high quality videos and top-notch auditory practice.
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Mexico Online: Official & Religious Mexican Holidays
Mexico Online offers a simple, brief explanation of the official holidays of Mexico - some religious, some civic. A link to "Local Festivals Guide" gives additional information. Good site!
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Mexican Culture Official and Religious Holidays
Descriptions of Mexican holidays and festivals, along with related pictures, can be found at this website.
Jewish Museum
Jewish Museum: Jewish Holidays [Pdf]
Resources created for elementary and middle-school teachers, but adaptable for high school teachers, connecting works of art in the Jewish Museum to Jewish holidays. Each work of art has links for information about the art, information...
Project Britain
Project Britain: Calendar of British Holidays in the Uk
Holidays help us celebrate who we are and who we were! Many of these celebrations are centuries old. Click on each month for an explanation of each holiday and the days it falls on for a specific year.
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Holidays
Fun module on American holidays provides students with one or more videos for special holidays in each month of the year and offers links to related resources, such as Veterans Museum and Memorial Center, Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: All About the Holidays
We celebrate many holidays but have you ever wondered how the tradition began? Find out through a collection of short, fun and informative videos about Christmas, Columbus Day, Halloween, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, President's Day, Ramadan,...
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: List of Themes for Holidays & Celebrations
This is a list of interactive vocabulary puzzles and activities for holidays and celebrations.
Library of Congress
Loc: For Teachers: Holidays: Themed Resources
A rich resource page with links to primary source information about a number of holidays and special days, such as presidential inaugurations.
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Vocabulary Word List for Holidays, Celebrations
This page offers links to word lists with over 9,000 words pertaining to holidays and celebrations.
Read Works
Read Works: Happy Holidays!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about different holidays and the ways families celebrate them. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: Holidays!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about seven different holidays. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
A&E Television
History.com: 7 Latin American Holiday Traditions
Holidays in Latin America celebrate faith, family and community in a festive, sometimes whimsical, style. Traditions range from waking people up with Christmas songs in the middle of the night to sculpting massive radishes to burning...
Vocabulary University
My vocabulary.com: Christmas and Holiday Traditions
This page offers a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 22 vocabulary words pertaining to Christmas and Holiday Traditions. It also provides an extensive Vocabulary Word List for Christmas (354 words).
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