Curated OER
Researching Another Country's Holiday: Focusing and Gathering Information
Fifth graders brainstorm a list of holidays celebrated by a majority of people in the United States. They each select an American holiday from the list as well as another country that may have a holiday that is similar. Next, they...
Curated OER
Thanksgiving Holiday
First graders explore American culture by participating in arts and crafts activities. In this Thanksgiving lesson plan, 1st graders listen to music based upon the Thanksgiving tradition and examine images of the first Thanksgiving....
Curated OER
Benne Cakes and Other Holiday Recipes
Benne Cakes, a West African treat packed with sesame seeds for luck, are a featured part of the celebration of Kwanzaa. Young chefs try their hand at crafting these goodies that are sure to enrich your holiday feast.Â
Curated OER
Collage of Kwanzaa Colors
Students explore African cultures by creating a holiday collage. In this Kwanzaa art lesson, students identify the popular colors associated with the African holiday and create a collage using them. Students present their art work for...
Curated OER
Flag Day Alphabetical Order
In this Flag Day worksheet, learners read 16 words that pertain to Flag Day and the American flag. Students put the words in alphabetical order.
Curated OER
Symbols of the United States Alphabetical Order
In this American symbols worksheet, students read 16 vocabulary words that pertain to the United States. Students alphabetize the words.
Curated OER
Thirteen Colonies Word Jumble
In this American colonies worksheet, students unscramble the letters in 20 words to spell vocabulary pertaining to the thirteen original colonies. There is a word bank provided.
Curated OER
Children's Literature Across the Curriculum Ideas-The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey
Students read The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojacieckowski. They complete a variety of cross-curricular activities surrounding the Christmas holiday. Included are reading, art, math, science, writing, social studies,...
Curated OER
Giving Thanks to Mother Earth
Students create an art project to be made into a laminated placemat to use during a classroom Thanksgiving feast. The lesson involves choosing at least three cutouts of elements of nature to glue onto a background page, drawing one...
Curated OER
Understanding Freedom: Catching "The Spirit of '76"
Sixth graders complete activities about colonial history through an examination of art from the American Revolution period. In this history and art lesson, 6th graders define an iconic image, sing the song 'Yankee Doodle,' and analyze...
Curated OER
Holidays Seasoned with Meaning
Students consider how the world events of the past year have impacted their perceptions of this holiday season. Each student then explores one general theme related to his or her feelings about the season by creating a news-based collage...
Curated OER
Writing: Wall of Peace Bulletin Board
Students discuss holidays dealing with patriotic national holidays or remembrances. After choosing a teacher-provided prompt. they write responses to it. They write their paragraphs on paper shaped like bricks and pin them to a "wall...
Curated OER
Molly's Pilgrim
Learners read the story of Molly's Pilgrim, create a Native American doll, and explore the meaning of the word pilgrim.
Curated OER
KWANZAA
Students study about Kwanzaa, an African-American celebration established in 1966 by Dr. Maulana, and also participate in some traditional activities.
Curated OER
Kwanzaa
Students explore African American holiday of Kwanzaa, orally share ideas about whom they want to invite to classroom Kwanzaa celebration, create and print invitation to Kwanzaa using Publisher or Print Shop, and share completed...
Curated OER
November 26th Writing Prompt
For this writing prompt worksheet, students reflect on Thanksgiving Day. Students describe what the first Thanksgiving might have been like for the Native American and Pilgrims.
Curated OER
June 14 - Flag Day
In this writing prompt worksheet, students learn that June 14th is 'Flag Day.' Students use classroom resources to learn five facts about the American flag and summarize them into their own words.
Curated OER
Make an Uncle Sam Folk Art Figure
Students create an Uncle Sam art figure. For this patriotic lesson, students use wood, paint, twigs, and glue to create a folk-art style figure of Uncle Sam.
Curated OER
Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab
In this vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word choice to complete the sentence. All words correspond to the theme of Labor Day.
Curated OER
Veterans Day Fact And Opinion
In this fact and opinion worksheet, students answer 10 questions about the Veterans Day holiday. Students decide if the statements given are facts or opinions.
Curated OER
Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab
In this vocabulary instructional activity, students select the best word choice to complete the sentence. All words correspond to the theme of Memorial Day.
Curated OER
Vocab-u-lous! Build a Fabulous Vocab: Halloween
In this Halloween vocabulary worksheet, students select the best word to complete the sentence. They are challenged by the complex options that all relate to Halloween.
Curated OER
Cinco De Mayo: ELD Reading and Language-Building
A brief passage about the Mexican holiday Cinco de Mayo is accompanied by an array of language activities for ELD: cloze exercise, phrase matching, word jumble, multiple choice, sequencing, interview, group presentation, fluency writing,...
Curated OER
Holidays: Presidents Day
In this ESL/language arts worksheet, students read sentences about Presidents Day and choose the best word to fill in the blank. Students are given 2 choices for each.