Learn about
weight loss
and
diet pills
such as
Phentermine
and
Carisoprodol
at
Health Directory.
Didn't find it
here? Try a Google search:
Holidays Around the World
for K-12
A user-friendly site
with excellent information and links.
See also
Yahoo: Holidays
and Observances.
Official and Religious
Mexican Holidays
Celebrate Mexican holidays with your Spanish class.
Ancient Roots, Modern Holidays
Lots of holiday lesson plans and resources.
Holiday Topics and Authors
Lesson plans for many holidays.
Holidays and Festivals
- Encyclopedia of Days
A comprehensive alphabetical
list.
Holidays on the Net
A collection of multimedia
holiday celebrations.
Multicultural
Calender
A
student-produced calendar of holiday
traditions from around the world.
Kathy Schrock's Guide for Educators
- Holidays
An alphabetical list
of links to activities and resources.
Yahoo Directory: Christian
Holidays and Observances
Many links listed alphabetically.
Guide to Jewish Holidays for Children
From the Jewish Children's
Learning Network.
Yahoo Dirsctory: Islamic
Holidays and Observances
Links to sites for
9 major holidays.
Holiday Lesson Plans
From Teachnology.
Wilstar's Holiday World
Excellent site for
holiday history and customs.
Kid's Domain -
Holidays
Lots of fun activities,
crafts, games, and resources.
Valuing Our differences:
Celebrating Diversity
A month-by-month list
of national, religious, and ethnic holidays.
Fall Holidays
September
Grandparent's Day
Resources and information about Grandparent's Day (Sept.
12)
Rosh Hashanah
A grade 4-5 lesson plan about this Jewish holy day.
Labor Day Scavenger Hunt
An Internet Scavenger hunt
from Education World. See also
Federal Holidays,
a unit for grade 3,
Labor Day Tools,
a 2nd-grade lesson
plan, and
Labor Day,
a lesson plan for
grades 6-12.
Labor
day Lesson Plans
Many lesson plans
with labor and occupational themes.
Mexican Independence Day
(September 16)
A lesson plan for grades 3-5.
October
German-American Day (October
6)
Teacher's guide and unit for celebrating German American
Day
Columbus Day
Lesson ideas and information from askacop.org.
Sink
or Float?
A K-1 science lesson plan with
a read aloud of the book,
Christopher Columbus,
by
Stephen Krensky.
Could be a good choice for a Columbus Day theme.
Columbus Encounters America
A first-grade lesson plan
from a unit titled,
Contact: Europe and America
Meet.
Columbus Day: Native American
Perspective
A lesson plan for 4th/5th grade. See also
Colombus Day: Two Perspectives
for a similar intermediate-grade
lesson plan.
Columbus Day Theme
Many activities
and lesson ideas from A to Z Teacher Stuff.
Columbus Day
A readers theater
actvity.
Columbus Day
A lesson plan for
grades 6-12 from the Miami-Dade County
Public Schools designed "to
enhance student understanding of the Columbus Day observance."
Should We Celebrate Columbus Day?
In this inquiry-based lesson plan
for grades 6-12, students gather information and try to
answer this question.
In 1492, Columbus Sailed the
Ocean Blue
An ESL leson plan.
The
Columbus Navigation Homepage
An elaborate page examining the history, navigation, and
landfall of Christopher Columbus.
Halloween Mini-Unit
A primary-grade mini-unit on Halloween history.
Reading Thematic Unit on Halloween
For second grade.
The Pumpkin Patch
A collection of pumpkin poetry compiled by 2nd-graders. Click
on
About This Project
for the lesson plan that
inspired the poetry.
Our
Favorite Halloween Treat
A lesson plan for grades 1-2 in which
students conduct a survey to determine the class'
favorite Halloween candy.
Draw a Monster
A brief lesson plan that includes printable
flashcards of body parts!
Halloween
Creative Writing Project
For grades 3-5.
Have a Halloween Party
A lesson plan from Teacher Vision.
SPOOKtacular Lessons for Halloween
Five new lesson plans from education
World.
The History of Halloween
A lesson plan for grades 6-9 from the
Educator's Reference Desk.
Pumpkin Carving for K-2 Students
An ESL leson plan. For other ESL
lesson plans, see
Pumpkin Science
and
Will the Pumpkin Sink or Float?
Halloween Activities and Lesson Plans
A long list of activities and links
from the Teacher's Corner.
Hummingbird Educational
Resources
Halloween and pumpkin poems, recipes, stories, etc.
Free Stuff
for Halloween for Kids and Teachers
Halloween history, recipes, clip art, games,
ecards, and many lessons and activities.
Ghosts, Ghouls,
and Goblins
Lots of ideas for
classroom activities about ghosts and
Halloween.
Teaching
the Epic through Ghost Stories
A high school lesson
plan examining the oral traditions of
ghost stories and epics.
A Ghost Story
A lesson plan for
grades 11-12 that is part of a unit on short
stories.
Introduction to Mexican Art
and Culture: "Day of the Dead"
An art activity based on this Mexican holiday celebrated
October 31 through November 2. See also
Day of the Dead Mini-Unit.
November
Diwali-Hindu New Year
A lesson plan for grades 4-6 on this festival observed by
many Hindus in late October or early
November.
Veterans Day (Nov. 11)
Several ideas for activfities from the Lesson Plans Page.
See also
Veterans Day Resources,
VA Kids,
and
Honoring Our Veterans
through Poetry.
Veterans' Day Lesson Plan
A social studies lesson plan for grades 6-12
from Patriotism.org. See their
Veterans'
Day Home Page
for background information regarding this
holiday.
Veterans in My Family
A KWL lesson plan that can be adapted to a variety
of grade levels. See also
Veteran's Day, a Chance to Honor Those Who Served
Our Country
for a lesson plan from Scolastic.com.
Education World @ Holidays
Center: Veteran's Day.
Links to many lesson
plans and teaching resources.
Teaching about
Thanksgiving
From the Center
for World indigenous Studies, this site
provides information and lesson ideas to
help teachers prepare more factual, balanced
lesson plans about Thanksgiving.
The Thanksgiving Story: The Pilgrims Revisited
Information
and links for teachers from Education World. See
also
Pilgrims Projects
for
more ideas from this same source.
Thanksgiving Themes
Thematic units on Thanksgiving, Native Americans, and Pilgrims.
Imagine Me at the First Thanksgiving
A kindergarten lesson plan.
Clifford Learns About the First Thanksgiving and So
Do We!
A kindergarten
unit from Scholastic.
Thanksgiving History
A primary-grade unit.
Thanksgiving - A Focus on
Clothing
A primary-grade mini-unit.
The First Thanksgiving
A 2nd-grade unit.
Thanksgiving: A Celebration
of Gratitude
Ideas for a 1st or 2nd-grade unit.
Franklin's Thanksgiving
A K-3
lesson plan from Scholastic using this book.
Strawberry Thanksgiving
A lesson plan for grades 4-5.
Thanksgiving
A lesson plan for grades 4-6.
Squanto Helps New Arrivals
A lesson plan for grades 3-5 using the book,
Squanto, Friend
of the Pilgrams.
Bountiful Thanksgiving
A directory of Thanksgiving links.
The Origins of Thanksgiving
An interesting site with information on Thanksgiving myths
as well as the perspectives of African Americans
and American Indians.
Bill of Rights Unit
A social studies unit for grades 4-6.
Hanukkah
A mini-unit for grades 4-5.
Hanukkah: The Festival of Lights
A multi-grade lesson plan.
Comparing Hanukkah
and Christmas
A 2nd-grade
lesson plan.
Light in Festivals
A social studies unit for grades 4-5 that examines the use
of light as a symbol in celebrating
Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Le Re'veillon, Los
Posados, and St. Lucia Day.
Kwanzaa
Mini-unit for grades 2-3.
Kwanzaa: An African American
Heritage Celebration
A lesson plan for the early elementary grades.
Kwanzaa
Another elementary lesson plan.
Let’s Speak Swahili
A Kwanzaa-related vocabulary lesson.
The Polar Express
A Teacher's Guide with a summary and lesson plans for this
Christmas book by Chris Van Allsburg.
See also
The Polar
Express - Teachers! Librarians!,
Take the
Polar Express to Learning,
and
Ride the Polar
Express.
Holiday Rhyming Lesson Using
the Christmas Tree Tangle
A lesson plan for grades 1-3.
Fiesta
A lesson plan for grades 2-4 examining similarities between
our (US) celebration of Christmas
and Latin American Fiestas held in honor
of religious holidays, national events,
or community leaders.
Christmas
Around the World
A lesson
plan for grades 2-5 in which students
create a presentation about Christmas is
celebrated in a country of their choice.
Christmas in Mexico
An excellent lesson plan for use with ESL students. See also
Happy
Christmas
for other
ESL/EFL activities.
Feliz Navidad:
A Mexican Christmas Unit
An interdisciplinary
unit for grades K-2.
The Christmas Tree
A 4th or 5th-grade lesson
plan on the origin of the Christmas
tree. See also Teaching lesson Plans: The History of Christmas
Trees Parts
One,
Two,
and
Three.
Christmas
Lesson plans and resources
from Mr. Donn's pages.
Consumerism and Holidays
An interesting lesson
plan for grades 4-5 examining the economic
impact of holidays, including Christmas.
Spreading Christmas
Cheer Using Spreadsheets
A Christmas-related
math activity for grades 4-6.
A Colonial Christmas in Williamsburg
An intermediate
to middle-grade lesson plan in which students learn
about Christmas during colonial times.
The Twelve Days of Christmas
A math activity
for the intermediate grades.
Writing About
a Christmas Day Celebration
A middle school
lesson plan. See
What Does Christmas
Mean to Me?
for another
middle school lesson.
Philanthropy in A Christmas Carol
One more middle
grade lesson.
Help Others on Boxing Day
A lesson plan this holiday
celebrated December 26
in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand.
For more information on this holiday, see
Boxing Day.
January
Year-End Holidays
A primary-grade lesson
in which use the Internet to explore
year-end holidays from three different
cultures: Chinese, African-American,
and Mexican.
The New Year
Lesson ideas and links
from the Donns.
Celebrating the 100th Day
of School
300 Celebration Ideas!
100th Day of School Celebration
More ideas for celebrating the 100th day of school.
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
A list of lesson plans and links from Mrs. Donn's pages.
Celebrating Martin Luther King,
Jr. Day
A mini-unit for grades 4-5.
Martin Luther King Day
A lesson plan for grades 3-4.
Lesson Plans and Resources
for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
Many other lesson plans and links for Martin Luther King.
Tet: The Vietnamese New Year
A lesson plan for grades 3-4.
Australia Day (January 26)
Crafts, worksheets, and activties
suitable for kindergarten and the primary
grades. See also
Australia Day.
February
Come to a Groundhog Day Party
Activities for a variety of grades from Education
World.
Groundhog Day
Links from Debbie's Unit
Factory.
Groundhog Day - February 2nd
Information and lesson
ideas from the Donn's.
Groundhog Day History
From 123Holiday.net. See also
Stormfax Weather Almanac Groundhog Day.
President's Day and Valentine's Day Lesson Plans and
Resources
President's Day
The history of the holiday. See also
President's Day
and
President's Day or Washington's Birthday?
Presidents: Past, Present, and Future
A WebQuest for President's Day!
Presidents' Day Resources
Links to web sites for parents, teachers, and students.
The Presidents of the United
States
White House source of
information,
pictures, etc. for all U. S. presidents
. Use the left-side menu
to find the president about whom
you want information.
American Presidents: Life Portraits
Teacher guides and resources for all US presidents from C-Span.
Presidents' Day Activities
Ideas from Education World.
Presidents'
Day Lesson Plans, Activities, and Clip Art
From Mr. Donn.
Presidents' Day Quiz
An activity for ESL students
that could probably be adapted
to other student groups.
The Many Powers of the President
A lesson plan designed to help students become familiar with
the many roles
of the president.
Valentine's Day Lesson Plans and Resources
The History of Valentine's Day
From History.com. See also
St. Valentine's Day - February 14th.
Mend My Broken Heart
A math/language
arts lesson plan for grades 2-3. See also
Count the Hearts.
Valentine Vase
A Valentine's Day art project for grade 1-4
Saint Valentine's Day
A 6th-grade language arts lesson
plan.
Valentine's Day 2002 Teaching Tip
Lesson Plan
This intermediate-grade lesson
plan should still work this year!
Valentine's
Day Theme Unit
Lots of worksheets, stories, and
other resources from edHelper.com.
Click here
for another long list of lessons
and other resources for Valentine's
Day.
Valentine's Day Lesson Plans and
Links
More lesson ideas from Debbie's unit factory.
The Language or
Love
A lesson plan
for grages 6-8 in which students learn about intercultural
aspects of love and then create Valentines based on
their new knowledge. See also
Wilstar
Valentine Word Search,
Valentine Cinquain Poems,
and
Valentine Rap
Game.
Susan B. Anthony Day
A grade 3-4 lesson plan about this day which is celebrated
on February 15.
Chinese New Year
Information about the Chinese New Year as well as a 3 to
5-day mini-unit for grades
2-3.
Mardi Gras Lesson
Plan
A lesson plan for
grades 9-12 from
mardgrasday.com.
St. Patrick's Day
Information and links from the Donns.
St. Patrick's Day Links
Though this site has links that may be particularly useful
for teaching ESL, they should
also be useful for other situations.
Ireland WebQuest
See also
Ireland.
Women's History Week
A mini-unit for grades 4-5.
Easter Lesson plans and Resources
Easter
Information and teaching ideas from the Donns.
Easter Egg Math
A kindergarten or 1st-grade
lesson plan.
Origin of the Easter
Bunny
A lesson plan for grades
4-6 on how to write a myth.
Why All the EGG-citement about EGGs?
Lesson ideas from Education
World.
Easter Egg Dribble
A primary-grade P.E.
lesson plan.
Lesson Plan on Easter
Island
How about this for a geography lesson plan with an Easter connection!
Learn about this island named by Admiral Roggeveen,
who came upon it on Easter Day in 1722
. See also
The Lessons of Easter Island
and
Easter Island Home Page.
Easter Lesson Plans
Many lesson plans and
resources from the Lesson Plans Page.
Easter Theme
More lesson plans and
activities from A to Z Teacher stuff.
Religious Easter Activities
Activities to help children
understand the religious
significance of the Easter holiday. See also
Celebrating a Christian Easter
and
Easter Resources.
Easter Lesson Plans
Religion-based Easter
activities for homeschoolers.
The History of Easter
Need some information regarding the history of Easter? Take a
look at this page from History.com. See also
Easter: History, Meaning, and Observances.
A Tale of Two Easters
Explains why in most years
Western Christian churches
and Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate
Easter on different dates. See also
Easter Date Lesson Plan
and
Easter Dating Method.
Easter
in Australia
Doing a unit on Australia? Learn about Easter down under!
April
April Fool's Day
A unit for grades 3-4.
April Fool's Day
Information on April Fool's Day from the Donns.
April Fool's Day Greeting Cards from
123Greetings.com
Make somone's
day by sending them a free April fool's
Day greeting card.
Hana Matsuri (Buddha's Birthday)
A mini-unit for grades 5-6.
Passover
A lesson plan for the 5th grade.
Arbor Day Lesson Plans
Many lesson plans from the Lesson
Plans Page. See also
The Teacher's Guide: Arbor Day.
National
Arbor
Day Foundation
Information from the Arbor Day Foundation.
Arbor Day Across the United States
A color-key map activity for
grades 3-8 from Education World.
Earth Day
A mini-unit for grades 4-6.
Click here
for a similar mini-unit for
grades 2-3.
Earth Day - Every Day
Information, links, and a list of lesson plans from the Donns.
Kid's Domain: Earth Day
A long list of links to Earth Day sites.
May
May Day Activities and Crafts
See also May
Day/Beltaine.
Cinco de Mayo
A lesson plan for grades 3-4.
Cinco de Mayo History
An excellent resource.
Celebrate Mother's Day in a New
Way
Lesson ideas from Education
World.
Billy Bear's Happy Mother's
Day Site
Create gifts, promise cards, awards for mom, etc.
Happy Mother's Day
Clip art, coloring, make a card, etc.
A Special Memorial Day
A lesson plan for grades 6-12
designed to enhance students' understanding
of the significance of memorial
day.
Memorial Day
Information and links
June
Flag Day Quest
A brief webquest.
Flag Day Lesson Plan
An Internet-based lesson from Education World.
Father's day for Educators
Links to ideas for lessons
and activities.
Father's Day Brainstorming
and Writing
A lesson plan from Teachervision.com.
Father's Day
Coloring pages, create cards, make a present, etc.
Greeting
Cards for an Awesome Dad
E-mail dad a card.
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me know if you find any links on this
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is
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