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Teaching Geography Through Geocaching

For Teachers 3rd - 12th
Bring geography to life with a real world treasure hunt.
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Holidays: St. Patrick's Day

For Teachers 7th - 8th
For this foreign language worksheet, students complete ten sentences by selecting the best of two choices to complete the sentences. Sentences are all about St. Patrick's Day traditions.
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ESL Holiday Lessons: International Youth Day

For Students 6th - 10th
For this language skills worksheet, students read an article regarding  International Youth Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble ...
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Holidays in Kansas

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Pupils identify holidays celebrated by different cultures in Kansas and create a timeline of when they started to be celebrated. In this Kansas holidays lesson plan, students create a timeline wall in their class for each holiday.
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Dia de los Muertos

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders research the Day of the Dead, an important Mexican holiday. They view videos, investigate Mexican geography and history and compare the Day of the Dead to the celebration of Halloween.
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ESL Holiday Lessons: International Beer Day

For Students 6th - 10th
In this language skills worksheet, students read an article about International Beer Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble questions, 30...
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Thanksgiving

For Teachers K
Students discuss Thanksgiving and create a chart for things that we and the Pilgrims are thankful for. In this Thanksgiving lesson plan, students realize Thanksgiving is a way of remembering and honoring people and events in America.
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Holidays: New Year's Eve/New Year's Day

For Teachers 7th - 8th
In this foreign language worksheet, students read nine sentences about New Year's traditions. They are given two choices for each of the 13 blanks.
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Chinese New Year: Paper Lanterns Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st
First graders examine a typical Chinese New Year celebration. As a class, they identify the traditions and values used and discuss how they are unique to China. To end the lesson plan, they take measurements to make their own paper...
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ESL Holiday Lessons: National Dog Day

For Students 6th - 10th
In this language skills worksheet, students read an article regarding National Dog Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble ...
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ESL Holiday Lessons: Nerd and Geek Pride Day

For Students 6th - 10th
In this language skills learning exercise, students read an article about Nerd and Geek Pride Day. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble questions, 30...
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Saint Patrick's Day

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading comprehension learning exercise, students read an article and answer questions. Students read given a page and a half article about Saint Patrick's Day to read. After reading the article, students answer seventeen...
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Flip Camera Christmas Lessons and Ideas

For Teachers Pre-K - 7th
Students use a Flip camera to complete various projects about Christmas. In this Christmas and technology lesson plan, students write and record letters to Santa. Students write letters to Christmas characters and record them. Students...
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Baby Jesus Word Search

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this word search instructional activity, students locate 25 words related to baby Jesus. The word list includes angel, baby, and Bethlehem.
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ESL Holiday Activity-New Year's Day

For Students 3rd - 5th
In this ESL holiday worksheet, students read 2 paragraphs about New Year's Day, then complete matching, fill-in-the-blank, multiple choice, event ordering, scrambled sentence, and questioning and writing activities related to the article.
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Connecting Families through Folk Stories and Fairy Tales

For Teachers K - 5th
Learners engage their families to write down a folk story from their primary language. In this family literacy lesson plan, students rewrite the story or fairy tales in English. Parents and learners are invited to present the stories in...
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Christmas Trees and Traditions

For Students 4th - 6th
In this Christmas worksheet, students research the internet to find facts about Christmas trees and traditions. Students complete 9 short answer questions.
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Christmas Trolls Lesson Plan

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students love the illustrations in Jan Brett books and the story in the border of each page. In this Christmas Trolls lesson plan, students read a variety of texts, both print and non-print sources, to help give them a better...
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ESL Holiday Lessons: International Day of Families

For Students 7th - 11th
In this language skills worksheet, students read an article on International Day of Families. Students respond to 6 matching questions, 29 fill in the blank questions, 30 multiple choice questions, 12 word scramble questions, 30...
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Darwin Day

For Students 7th - 8th
For this Darwin Day worksheet, students read or listen to a tape passage about Charles Darwin, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose words, unscramble words and sentences, put sentences in order, write discussion questions and...
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Countries, Food, and Culture

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine foods from other countries. In this multicultural lesson plan, students write down names of different restaurants and categorize pictures of foods according to the specific restaurant. For example, Won Ton Soup would be...
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Mothers Day Holiday Lesson

For Students 7th - 8th
In this Mother's day holiday lesson worksheet, students read or listen to a passage, match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, unscramble words and sentences, write discussion questions and conduct a survey.
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A Local History of Global Travel

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students research their families travel patterns over the last 100 years. They work with students in other countries to publish their findings. They also examine key events over the same 100 years.
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Tooth Fairy Day

For Students 7th - 8th
In this tooth fairy day instructional activity, students read or listen to the passage, then match phrases, fill in the blanks, choose the correct word, unscramble the words and sentences, write discussion questions and conduct a survey.