Christmas Around the World: Similarities and Differences

The guidelines and graphic organizer of this resource are great tools for beginning a comparative religions project with your class! After completing an information sheet comparing six major world religions (Judaism, Confucianism,...

Help your learners to visualize where historical events have taken place around the globe with a map that details the major regions of the seven continents. 

In this grammar instructional activity, students study, research and locate the ten countries that fit the descriptive traditional modals described in detail associated with Christmas and deduction.

Ninth graders research the cultural implications of wedding celebrations around the world. They study wedding celebrations before creating world map on which they place an appropriately attired wedding couple on the country they studied....

How much do high schoolers know about the five major world religions? Enhance their religious literacy with a technological lesson plan that discusses the histories and beliefs of Islam, Buddhism, Christianity, Judaism, and Hinduism. 

The 18th and 19th centuries saw so many political revolutions around the world that it's difficult to consider the importance and influence of the revolutions that affected each country differently: the agricultural and industrial...

How did the government garner support for World War I? As part of a study of The War to End All Wars, class members analyze propaganda posters from the time and identify the persuasive devises use to generate sympathy and support....

Discover how the world celebrates Christmas with an interactive website that takes scholars on a journey through several different countries' holiday festivities.     

Brainstorm lists of celebrations with which your class are familiar. This lesson can be adapted to many different grade levels as they research ethnic and religious occasions/events celebrated by people around the world, and present...