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Conceptual Change: The History of Thanksgiving
Twelfth graders investigate how to analyze, question and debate the validity of the information given to them from teachers, text books, the media and their peers. The purpose of this lesson is to foster a true understanding about the...
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The First Thanksgiving
Third graders see the differences between the first Thanksgiving and the present day Thanksgiving. They create a menu for a Thanksgiving dinner after listening to a short article and helping the teacher create a Venn diagram. Students...
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Chinese New Year Celebration
Students prepare for the Chinese New Year and celebrate. They assist in planning and preparing for the celebration. Students work together cooperatively in small and large groups. They discuss the symbol "fu", good luck, when hung upside...
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Introduction to Indians and the First Thanksgiving
Students use yarn to create a timeline of the first Thanksgiving. After a class discussion, they view pictures of artifacts and Native Americans to identify the tools and items present during the first Thanksgiving. In groups, they...
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Little Einsteins -- A Christmas Wish
Students watch a video of the series "Little Einstiens." After watching the video, they explain the characteristics of each character. They develop music to add to the video and listen to music of Beethoven. They examine a painting by...
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Chinese Shadow Puppet Play
Young scholars experience through role-play the art of shadow puppetry and appreciate the role of oral traditions in Chinese history. They research the origins and history of puppetry as a part of a unit on China. They discover what...
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Everybody Fiesta: A Unit on Hispanic Celebrations
Students examine the various types of celebrations in the Hispanic culture. Using the internet, they research customs and traditions of the culture and identify important members of society who are hispanic. They are also introduced to...
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Words That Will Haunt You
Pupils create taxonomies of Halloween-related terms. Drawing from their compiled vocabulary lists and previous reading, they compose personal essays of their own memories of the holiday. Students present their essays at a...
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Christmas Ornaments
In this Christmas craft worksheet, learners create an ornament by following the directions given. By cutting, coloring, and folding, students make a present ornament.
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Round Nativity Scene Drawing
In this Christmas coloring worksheet, students color and enjoy a detailed Nativity scene, inside a round circle. There are no words on the page.
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Melvin's Easter Basket
For this Easter reading comprehension worksheet, students read a short story about Melvin's Easter basket. Students answer 3 questions about the story.
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The Princess Easter
In this holiday reading worksheet, students read a short story about the Easter holiday. Students then answer 5 questions about the story.
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Making a Angel
In this holiday craft worksheet, students follow directions to cut and assemble a simple angel decoration. All pieces are included in this simple craft.
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Reindeer Antlers Headband
In this Christmas craft worksheet, learners cut out and decorate a pattern which makes a reindeer antlers headband. Detailed instructions are included.
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Christmas Scramble
In this holiday worksheet, middle schoolers unscramble all the words focused upon the topic of Christmas. The terms are found in the word bank at the bottom of the page.
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Thanksgiving Writing Paper
In this writing worksheet, learners use the blank lined writing paper with a colorful Thanksgiving border for any kind of writing activity.
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Bible Activities-- The Easter Story
In this Bible activity worksheet, students learn the story of the first Easter from the Bible and complete a variety of puzzles, codes and coloring pages.
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A Halloween to Remember-- Story Starter
In this writing worksheet, learners read a suspenseful Halloween story starter which begins with a child running down the street, candy flying everywhere. Students read the story starter and finish the story.
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'Twas the Night Before Christmas Fill-Them-in Tale
In this language arts worksheet, students fill in missing words to create their own version of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas." There are 20 blanks for students to fill in according to the part of speech specified: noun, verb or...
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Broken Heart Memory Game for Valentine's Day
In this Valentine's Day activity worksheet, pupils cut out the pieces of a broken heart memory game. They play the game according to the rules give on the directions page.
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Haunted Halloween Word Search
In this language arts worksheet, students analyze 13 words in a word bank that pertain to Halloween. Students find these words in a word search puzzle that is decorated in a Halloween theme.
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My Father Acrostic Poem
For this language arts worksheet, students use the letters in MY FATHER to begin each line of an acrostic poem about their own fathers.
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Counting and Number Identification 1-5 Valentine's Day Theme
In this Valentine's Day counting worksheet, students draw a line to connect the heart with the same number of dots to the correct number. They work with numbers between 1 and 5.
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March Into Shamrock Season
Students use St. Patrick's Day activities to explore symmetry and words. In this lesson about St. Patrick's Day, students experience the Irish culture by learning about the Irish shamrock, and learning some Irish words. Students create...