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Holidays Around the World/german Holiday Calendars
Foreign Language for Travelers offers current (gegenwartiger) and perpetual (immerwahrender) calendars for Germany, Austria, Canada, France, Spain, UK, Ireland, Switzerland, and the USA. Each calendar is followed with a link to...
ClassFlow
Class Flow: Christmas and Other Holidays Around the World
[Free Registration/Login Required] Christmas and many other November and December holidays around the world are explored through engaging web links.
Center for Literacy and Disability Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Tar Heel Reader: Winter Holiday Images From Around the World
This e-book takes a tour around the world highlighting the ways different nations celebrate the winter holidays.
Museum of Science
Museum of Science and Industry: Chicago: Christmas Around the World and Holidays
This interactive museum will help students explore Christmas traditions, trees specifically, from around the world.
University of Florida
Baldwin Library: Happy Holidays by D. Lothrop & Company
This is an online photocopy of the original text of the children's book Happy Holidays by D. Lothrop & Company (c1884), a collection of stories about holiday celebrations around the world.
Other
Earth Calendar of Holidays
This extensive website allows you to search through holidays around the world. Use this site to learn more about holidays around the world and from different cultures.
Project Britain
Project Britain: Calendar of British Holidays in the Uk
Holidays help us celebrate who we are and who we were! Many of these celebrations are centuries old. Click on each month for an explanation of each holiday and the days it falls on for a specific year.
Other
My Jewish Learning: Rosh Hashanah
A comprehensive resource about Rosh Hashanah sponsored by Hillel, the foundation for Jewish student life at universities around the world. Learn about the themes explored in Rosh Hashanah liturgies, the origins of the holiday, foods that...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Holidays
Holidays video clip prompts students to write about two of their favorite family traditions.
Read Works
Read Works: Let's Celebrate!
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about some less-known November and December holidays around the world. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Utah State University
Teacher Link: Celebrations: A Resource Guide for Teachers
TeacherLINK at Utah State University offers a wealth of topics and project information on celebrations held throughout the world. Click on "Topics and Authors," to access a long list of available lesson plans on a variety of...
Read Works
Read Works: Nights of Light
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about seven different holidays that are celebrated with lights. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
Read Works
Read Works: What's Cooking
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about how different holidays are celebrated with different types of food. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and categorizing.
BBC
Bbc Newsround: Eid Al Adha Celebrations in Pictures
Pictures show people celebrating the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha in various places around the world.
Other
Mandala: The Symphony of Friendship
This site illustrates the history behind the tradition of playing Beethoven's Ninth Symphony at Christmastime in Japan. This story is written and illustrated for children. Includes a sound file of a portion of the ninth symphony.
A&E Television
History.com: Saturnalia
Saturnalia, held in mid-December, is an ancient Roman pagan festival honoring the agricultural god Saturn. Saturnalia celebrations are the source of many of the traditions we now associate with Christmas.
Other
Morgen Krueger Ltd: Interfaith Calendar
This site displays information regarding the holy days and religious festivals of religions from around the world. Links to external sites take you to calendars dedicated to specific faith traditions. Calendars formatted for printing are...
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Ello: Listening Games
Listening games based on a range of every day, "authentic" themes: making a sandwich, hair, getting and giving directions, taking a phone call, holidays, etc. Listen to an audio description, then pick the picture that matches it. Geared...