University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Winter Holidays
A scanned copy of the 1850 publication of Winter Holidays by Amerel, a fiction book for children.
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Mexican Culture Official and Religious Holidays
Descriptions of Mexican holidays and festivals, along with related pictures, can be found at this website.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Laura's Holidays
A scanned copy of the 1898 publication of Laura's Holidays by Henrietta Robins Mack Eliot, a fiction book for children.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: The Summer Holidays
A scanned copy of the 1851 publication of The Summer Holidays, a fiction book for children.
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Mexican Holidays and Traditions
A series of short descriptions of Mexican holidays and traditions.
Buddha Dharma Education Association
Buddha Net: Buddhist Festivals and Special Days
Article outlines the holy places, holidays, and ritual practices of the Buddhist faith. Includes links to more extensive information about selected holidays.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Celebrate!
Students will be introduced to the different federal holidays celebrated throughout the year and will be asked to place pictorial representation of these holidays using a time line.This lesson plan was created as a result of the Girls...
Michigan State University
Michigan State University: Lets Net: Holiday Explorations Unit
A great compilation of ideas to use when teaching about celebrating holidays. Lists of resources, materials, and very detailed lessons are provided in an easy to follow and organized way.
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Don Quijote: Spanish Festivals and Events
At this site from Don Quijote focuses on Spanish holidays, festivals, and events. Click on the links to the holidays to learn more about each.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: St. Patricks Day Word Games
This article focuses on vocabulary games for St. Patrick's Day. It provides a word list, ideas for games like Hangman, word searches, and online games sites such as Apples 4 The Teacher and Holidays.Kaboose.com.
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National Council for the Social Studies: Establishing Martin Luther King Day
What do national holidays represent and how do they come to be? Using Martin Luther King Day as an example, follow how congress establishes the holiday and the president signs it into law. Primary sources included are memos to President...
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Inside mexico.com: Christmas in Mexico
Find out how Christmas is celebrated in Mexico. Try simple Christmas recipes and read about traditional songs.
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Australian Traditions
A look at some Australian traditions, including Australia Day, St. Patrick's Day, Christmas, ANZAC Day, the Melbourne Cup, and how some of these traditions are different in Australia than in other nations.
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Country Facts: Japan
A text based article presenting the basic facts and figures relating to the country of Japan. Included are geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military, and national issues.
DOGO Media
Dogo News: Celebrate Holi the Original Color Run
Learn about the Hindu holiday of Holi that is celebrated in India. Includes video.
Australian War Memorial
Australian War Memorial: The Anzac Day Tradition
A summary of the ANZAC (Australia New Zealand Army Corps) Day traditions, and why it is such a special day in Australia.
Math Drills
Math Drills: Christmas Math Worksheets
Download these free worksheets to sharpen your math skills. These Christmas-themed math worksheets focus on topics such as multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, patterns, counting, ordering, fractions, and word problems.
Math Drills
Math Drills: Halloween Math Worksheets
Download these free worksheets to sharpen your math skills. These Halloween math worksheets focus on topics such as multiplication, division, addition, subtraction, number patterns, counting, ordering, probability, and measurement.
Math Drills
Math Drills: St. Patrick's Day Math Worksheets
Download these free worksheets to sharpen your math skills. These St. Patrick's Day math worksheets focus on topics such as patterning, comparing numbers, counting, word problems, addition, multiplication, and mixed operations.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Thanksgiving
The United States, over hundreds of years, has come to observe a national holiday for giving thanks: Thanksgiving. This set of primary resources containing images and documents provides a window into this time period.
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Torah Tots: Shavout
Defines Shavuot and applies it to modern day. Also lists the Ten Commandments (in English and Hebrew). Discusses customs of the holiday.
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Christmas Customs
Brief outlines of customs and food traditionally found at Christmas in the U.S., U.K., the Netherlands, Poland, Sweden, Austria, Denmark and France, as well as others. Common legends, games, and history of the holidays give ample...
Other
All Crafts: Patriotic Craft Projects
A large set of links to interesting crafts and activities for celebrating the Fourth of July and recognizing other patriotic holidays and observances.
Ohio State University
Ohio State University: A Brief Introduction to the Islamic (Hijri) Calendar
Provides background information about the Islamic Calendar, also called the Hijri. Explains the differences between the Gregorian calendar and the Islamic Calendar; lists important holidays and the months of the Islamic year. Provides...
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