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Winter Holiday Celebrations

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students understand how holidays revolve all around light. In this winter holidays lesson plan, students find the similarities and differences between the winter holidays. Students discuss the winter solstice and how it relates to the...
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Winter Lights: A Season In Poems & Quilts

For Teachers K - 1st
Learners read the book Winter Lights: A Season in Poems & Quilts and do language arts and math activities that go with the book. In this language arts and math lesson plan, students read the book given and do activities that include...
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Christmas Spirit?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Pupils examine how they greet the holiday season and participate in a class discussion to explore the ongoing debate on how best to celebrate the holidays. They read and discuss an article, and write a personal essay.
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Invent a Holiday

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Learners compare their own special holidays and traditions and then use their imaginations to create their own holiday.
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Get Your Skates On

For Teachers 1st - 12th
Students enjoy winter activities. In this field trip opportunities lesson plan, students may visit the Royal Botanic Gardens, Bocketts Farm, Clapham Common, or the Dinosaur Museum online or in-person.
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Illustrate the Constellations

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Students explore space science by participating in a star identification activity. In this astronomy instructional activity, students identify different star patterns and discuss the movement of stars across the sky as the seasons...
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Different Ways We Celebrate

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Learners examine a variety of ways that families celebrate winter holidays. They complete a graphic organizer comparing Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, and write a five-sentence paragraph about one of the holidays discussed. Students...
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World Celebrations-Focus on Christmas around the World

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders, in groups, research Christmas celebrations in countries from around the world. They follow guidelines to create PowerPoint presentations with their findings.
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Shirley Chisholm: Unbought, Unbossed and Unforgotten

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
A 13-page packet introduces high schoolers to a lady of amazing firsts. Shirley Chisholm was the first Black woman elected to Congress, the first Black woman to run for President of the United States, and a leader of the Women's Rights...
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Winter Holidays Around the World

For Teachers 2nd
How much do you know about the holidays around the world? Second graders put their knowledge to the test with a 14-day lesson about global celebrations. They read informational text, employ KWL charts, and compare and contrast the many...
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Multicultural Multimedia Holiday Project

For Teachers 12th
Twelfth graders investigate a holiday of a major religion. They conduct research, develop a timeline of the origin of the holiday to the present, and create a Powerpoint presentation of their research.
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Why do we Dream of a White Christmas?

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine a reading selection on how the idea of a white Christmas was developed. In this ESL instructional activity, students share a class discussion about the article then complete several assignments to reinforce what they...
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Santa Claus Around the World

For Teachers 1st - 4th
Students investigate how students in various countries celebrate their winter holiday traditions, locate various countries on a map, and draw and tell about various Santa Claus legends.
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Wild Christmas Reindeer

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students listen to the children's story "The Wild Christmas Reindeer" while using the pictures from the story to help analyze the plot. In this reading comprehension lesson plan, students discuss the text and pictures of a story as they...
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The Night Before Christmas

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students, after reading and discussing the book, "The Night Before Christmas," explore, examine, and study about the letters of the alphabet and the sounds they make. They primarily assess the letter 'D' by inquiring which animals guided...
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My Brother Sam is Dead: A study of the Revolutionary War

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders complete an analysis of the Revolutionary War through literature. After "My Brother Sam Is Dead," students create a time capsule containing items that would be relevant during the Revolutionary War. They identify key...
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George Washington Lives! On the Internet! - Thematic Unit

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Learners study all about George Washington: Farmer, Soldier, and First President of the United States of America on the internet.
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Eat and Be Merry - Planning a Mexican Posada

For Teachers K
Students plan their own fiesta. They study information about a "posada" and explain the significance of a pi??ata. Afterwards, they construct a pi??ata to be used for end-of-unit party. in addition, they read a story and answer questions...