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Winter Art Activities

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Here are some fun art activities to do in the winter time.
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A New Twist on Father's Day Activities

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Father's Day activities can give students a way to find out about their ancestry and learn more about special people in their lives.
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Presidents' Day Activities

For Teachers 4th - 8th
President's Day activities can provide a variety of ways to help students learn about the presidents.
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"Green Holiday Night" or "Green Family Night"

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students examine alternatives to wasteful, non-environmental holiday season and general gift-giving practices and discuss ideas for saving energy in holiday celebrations and day-to-day practices.
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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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Narrating a Family Tradition

For Teachers 3rd - 5th Standards
After examining a piece of art, scholars discuss what they see, paying close attention to details and space. A read-aloud introduces the topic of family traditions. Pupils interview their family members about a tradition in preparation...
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Pilgrim Projects

For Teachers K - 12th
Finally! Here are some new and fresh ideas, across the curicullum, that can be used around the Thanksgiving holiday. The lesson is divided up into two sections: Beyond Turkey - Activities for Younger Students and, Beyond Turkey -...
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The Chinese New Year Starts Today

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
As part of a celebration of Chinese New Year, class members research the Chinese zodiac and examine the description of the personality attributes associated with the animal of their birth year. Individuals then craft a persuasive essay...
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Ocean Acidification

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Human impacts on the environment can sometimes be difficult to measure, especially under water! An activity centered on ocean acidification gives science scholars the opportunity to examine the effects of carbon dioxide on marine life....
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Holiday Activities for Everyone

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
There are ways to include all students, even those who don't celebrate holidays, in activities during the holiday season.
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Weave a Wreath

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students follow directions to complete a multi-step process that results in an attractive holiday decoration. In this Christmas art activity lesson, students employ simple measuring and weaving techniques and experiment with the negative...
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Easter Related Plural Nouns

For Students 1st - 3rd
Spring has sprung with a fun grammar activity based on Easter words. Kids use the plural version of nouns such as bunny, egg, and basket to complete eight sentences.
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St. Patrick's Day Art Projects

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Activities to make March 17th more than just a day for the wearing of the green!
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You Can Draw It!

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this holiday worksheet, students draw a picture of a menorah inside a grid. Students also create a 3D Star of David and a hanging dreidel.
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Strange Fruit: Lynching in America

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
To continue their study of the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the beginning of the civil rights movement, class members watch the YouTube video of Billie Holiday singing "Strange Fruit" as an introduction to an examination of...
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Homeschooling through the Holidays

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Use your unique flexibility to help your family explore the holiday traditions of various cultures.
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Messy Bessey's Holidays

For Teachers K - 2nd Standards
Teach your class some fairly complex terms—factors of production, human resources, capital resources, natural resources, and intermediate goods—with a storybook (Messy Bessey's Holidays), plenty of visuals and handouts, and related...
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Invent a Holiday

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students compare their own special holidays and traditions and then use their imaginations to create their own holiday.
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Cinco de Mayo - A Patriotic Mexican Holiday

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders study Cinco de Mayo as a patriotic Mexican Holiday. First, they work in pairs to write about and illustrate one thing they do on the Fourth of July. They listen to a reading about Cinco de Mayo before writing about and...
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Thanksgiving Holiday

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore American culture by participating in arts and crafts activities. For this Thanksgiving lesson, 1st graders listen to music based upon the Thanksgiving tradition and examine images of the first Thanksgiving. Students...
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Free Activity Schedule

For Students 4th - 5th
In this reading a schedule worksheet, students read the information about free activities for various scheduled events. Students then fill in the table for the name of the activity, dates of the activities, and time of the activities.
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Columbus Day-Activity Center

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students participate in various Columbus Day activities. In this holiday lesson, students construct paper boats and read various books about Columbus. Students are shown an educational video about Columbus to reinforce factual information.
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Total English: ELL Pre-Intermediate Language Activity

For Students 3rd - 6th
In this ELL worksheet, students complete a story using the correct tense verb from a word box, and using adverbs from a word box, ask a partner how often they do given activities.
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December Celebrations

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students study customs of various winter holidays. In this holiday lesson plan, students read the book The Reasons for the Seasons and complete a winter glyph. Students use graphing software to create a chart of the holidays that are...

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