Students explore harvest festivals. In this harvesting instructional activity, students view photos of Christian harvest festivals and Jewish harvest festivals. Students plan a harvest festival within their own school.

Students study the customs and beliefs of the Chinese people as they experience Chinese New Year; students become aware that they live on one planet but their festivals and holidays vary.

Learners explore characteristics, roles and cultural expressions of Indian community in New Zealand. They describe traditional practices of Diwali Festival, collect and record information, design open-ended questionnaire, create Diwali...

In this world cultures learning exercise, learners research information and answer questions about festivals around the world. This learning exercise gives detailed information on how to do the Internet research. This learning exercise...

In this music worksheet, students learn how Chinese people use music in their festivals. Students read a paragraph explaining why Chinese music uses the pentatonic scale. Students locate 16 words pertaining to Chinese music in a word...

In this everyday editing worksheet, students correct grammatical mistakes in a short paragraph about the Chinese New Year. The errors range from punctuation, capitalization, grammar, and spelling.

Celebrate the geography of the Americas and develop map skills through a series of activities focused on the Western Hemisphere. Learners study everything from earthquakes and volcanoes of the Americas and the relationship...

Commemorate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death with a packet of cross-curricular literacy lessons and activities centered around two of the Bard's most popular plays, Macbeth and The Tempest. Class members look for...

How much does your class know about the Jewish Festival of Lights? Young learners practice Hanukkah vocabulary, including latkes, Judea, sufganiot, and gimel, in a series of word puzzles.

To develop their reading comprehension skills, learners read short paragraphs, summarize the passage in one sentence, and then develop an appropriate title that indicates the main idea of the selection.

Twenty slides make up a set of festive, May-themed writing prompts designed to grab scholars' attention and warm-up their writing skills. Prompts include story starters, holidays, research questions, the five senses, and more! 

Pupils recognize the meanings and symbolism of the Olympic Flag and Torch and apply this to their own feelings of the classroom by creating their own symbol/flag to represent these feelings.

Students explore the free enterprise system and the role that buying and selling of holiday goods have upon the economy. They recognize and demonstrate that advertising design influences one's life.

For this coloring worksheet, students are provided with Halloween pumpkin with a small kitten coming out of the top of the pumpkin. Students can utilize this page in conjunction with the holiday festivities and celebrations.

Students study the language, heritage, traditions, and customs of other cultures by becoming member of simulated families in other parts of the world.

Celebrate the traditions of Hanukkah with a festive party. After reading a short background passage about Hanukkah, learners design a Hanukkah party and dance to Hanukkah songs, taste latkes, create menorahs with marshmallows and...

Fifth graders investigate the Victorian era by participating in Victorian style activities.  In this World History lesson, 5th graders read about the traditions and customs of men and woman from the Victorian era and how the...

Young scholars investigate Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights and examine the role of the Menorah during the celebration. They determine how dreidel, latkes, and the daily lighting of the Menorah are special to Jewish families....

Scholars demonstrate their proficiency in subtracting one-digit numbers and color squares a specific color depending on whether their resulting values are one, two, or three. A completed practice page shows a festive four-leaf clover!

Students explore world traditions by utilizing computer programs. In this Internet research lesson, students utilize the TechnoCelebrate digital database to locate information regarding cultural celebrations. Students utilize Microsoft...

Students explore how different cultures commemorate people and events. They research how commemorations are created through music, painting, sculpture, photography, architecture, and poetry. In collaborative, students create a...

Students explore the many elements of the Irish festival St. Patrick's Day. They research online resources to collect data. Students view magical stones, Irish fairies, hidden treasures, and lucky charms. They in addition read about the...

Students read the book Fin-tastic Friendship Book and do activities related to friendship. In this friendship lesson, students read the book given, and do activities like character building, fortune telling, and making friendship bracelets.

Students read books about other cultures and explore their customs and traditions. They discuss the meanings of myths and legends and then brainstorm examples of stories that fit the description. Students experience hands-on activities...