PBS
Pbs: Hold an Awards Ceremony
Identify your own personal talents and design an award celebrating those skills and accomplishments. Participate in an awards ceremony that recognizes the talent in everyone.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Paintings From the Tomb Chapel of Nebamun
The fragments from the wall painting in the tomb-chapel of Nebamun are keenly observed vignettes of Nebamun and his family enjoying both work and play. Some concern the provision of the funerary cult that was celebrated in the...
A&E Television
History.com: Amid the Holocaust's Horrors, Many Jews Found Ways to Mark Hanukkah
From carving menorahs on stolen blocks of wood to creating makeshift wicks from scraps of fat and used loose threads, concentration camp inmates devised covert ways to celebrate the holiday. All over Europe Jews found ways to celebrate...
Other
Festival Du Voyageur
Voyageurs are remembered each year in Manitoba's Festival du Voyageur. It is a special recognition and reinforcement of the province's deep Franco-Manitoban history and roots. This winter celebration is proof that the voyageurs' courage...
Read Works
Read Works: Thanksgiving Day
[Free Registration/Login Required] A literary text about a girl named Jenna who celebrates Thanksgiving with her family. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Starfall
Starfall: Happy Mother's Day, Dear Dragon
This interactive fiction ebook focuses on the family and dragon celebrate Mother's Day. Students can choose to read independently or listen to each sentence.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Stained Glass: History and Technique
During the Gothic period and the Renaissance (1100s-1500s) stained glass was one of the foremost techniques of painting practiced in Europe. It may seem surprising to call stained glass a form of painting, but in fact it is. Look closely...
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...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Choctaws
Comprehensive information about the Choctaw. Covers their history before and after the Europeans arrived, their forced removal from their lands, their establishment of a sovereign nation, their language, culture, traditions, economy, etc.
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Acadians
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Acadians. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Afghan Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Afghan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: African Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of African Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Albanian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Albanian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Apaches
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of the Apaches. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Arab Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Arab Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Argentinean Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Argentinean Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Bangladeshi Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Bangladeshi Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Barbadian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Barbadian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Belarusan Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Belarusan Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Belgian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Belgian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Bosnian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Bosnian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Brazilian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Brazilian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Bulgarian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Bulgarian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Multicultural America: Cambodian Americans
Provides an overview of the traditional culture and lifestyle of Cambodian Americans. (Note: Content is not the most current.)