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The Ultimate Holiday Activity Guide ActivityThe Ultimate Holiday Activity Guide Activity
Publisher
Knight Ridder Productions
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K - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Hands-on Activity
Year
2001
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The Ultimate Holiday Activity Guide

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A 64-page packet, a day-to-day guide organized by months, contains information and activities that reinforce basic skills while celebrating aspects of everyday life.

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Concepts

Holidays, holiday celebrations, national holidays, jewish holidays, united states holidays, winter holidays, world holidays, months of the year, summer, winter, spring, fall, autumn

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Contact your local newspaper to have a class set of newspapers delivered regularly

Classroom Considerations

  • Includes activities for federal holidays, special months, religious holidays, and holidays celebrated in other countries

Pros

  • An asterisk marks holidays with varying dates
  • Lists an activity for every day of the month

Cons

  • None

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