Holidays and Celebrations

Christmas

Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa
http://www.tike.com/celeb-kw.htm

Chanukah

Hanukkah
http://www.joi.org/celebrate/hanuk/

Ramadan

Winter Holidays

December Holidays
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/getmcc.cgi?querytype=match&infotype=month&keyword=December

January Holidays
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/getmcc.cgi?querytype=match&infotype=month&keyword=January

Winter Festivals Past & Present
http://www.maui.net/~mcculc/xmas.htm

Passover

PASSOVER . . .UNDERSTANDING CHAMETZ--A PASSOVER ACTIVITY:
http://uahc.org/cgi-bin/edudisp.pl?item=l133
The role of chametz in Passover is discussed and explained, followed by two experiments yeast fungus and legumes. Rated for fifth grade, but could be used from 4th through 8th.

PESACH--ACTIVITIES:
http://www.jajz-ed.org.il/pesgnen.html#activities
Three matching exercises can be used as comprehension exercises.

PESACH FOR CHILDREN:
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/pesach/pesach.htm
Activities for young children here include online mazes, java games, quizzes, and wordsearches.

more PASSOVER ACTIVITIES:
http://www.akhlah.com/holidays/pesach/passover_activities.asp

http://biblicalholidays.com/Passover/other_crafts.htm
Two sites to explore--find instructions for creating Passover placemats or suggestions for teaching the four questions, coloring pages, wordsearches, more.

Easter

EASTER PRINTABLES AND ACTIVITIES:
http://abcteach.com/easter/eastertoc.htm
You'll find an abundant source of classroom printables here, including themed sentence practices, poems, bunny math, and more.

TISSUE PAPER EASTER EGGS:
http://makingfriends.com/tissuepaper_eggs.htm
Torn pastel tissue papers are glued on to styrofoam eggs with a decoupage medium. The results? Surprisingly beautiful Easter eggs.

CHICKS IN A NEST:
http://makingfriends.com/chicks&nest.htm
Very cute--students of almost any age will enjoy creating these Easter crafts. The main material is yarn, while a bit of liquid starch and a balloon helps to form the birds' nests.

EASTER CRAFTS:
http://mailjust4me.com/play/easterfun.htm
Grow your own Easter grass, make some natural dyes, create an eggshell mosaic... plenty here to help celebrate Easter in the classroom.

SPRING AND EASTER UNIT:
http://www.angelfire.com/ga/prespecial/page76.html
Find a wide variety of activities across the curriculum to help you and your elementary class celebrate Easter.

EASTER VILLAGE PRINTABLE:
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/7134/Easter/fvillageeaster.htm
This Easter Village has a carrot TV station, a flower shop, a chocolate factory, and much more... a print, cut, and fold project for early elementary.

Thanksgiving

The First Thanksgiving
http://www.plimoth.org/Library/thanksgiving/firstT.htm

An American Thanksgiving
http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/

Happy Thanksgiving
http://familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,1-3714,00.html

THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS AND HISTORY:
http://wilstar.com/holidays/thanksgv.htm
Students can take an online quiz to see what they might already know about Thanksgiving, and then read the history page to learn more of the traditions. Link to Thanksgiving Proclamations on page bottom.

All

Berits Best - Holidays & Seasons
http://www.beritsbest.com/14498.shtml

Holidays around the World for K-12
http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/holidays.htm

December Holidays
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/getmcc.cgi?querytype=match&infotype=month&keyword=December

January Holidays
http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/getmcc.cgi?querytype=match&infotype=month&keyword=January

Winter Festivals Past & Present
http://www.maui.net/~mcculc/xmas.htm

Hanukkah
http://www.joi.org/celebrate/hanuk/

Ramadan
http://www.holidays.net/ramadan

Winter Solstice
http://www.circlesanctuary.org/pholidays/SolsticeArticle.html

Kwanzaa
http://www.tike.com/celeb-kw.htm

Holidays
http://www.buddyproject.org/teach/explore/tgive/default.asp

The First Thanksgiving
http://www.plimoth.org/Library/thanksgiving/firstT.htm

An American Thanksgiving
http://www.night.net/thanksgiving/

Happy Thanksgiving
http://familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,1-3714,00.html

KIDPROJ Multicultural Calendar 
http://www.kidlink.org:80/KIDPROJ/MCC/

World Wide Web Holiday and Festival Page
http://www.holidayfestival.com/

Earth Day

EARTH DAY LESSON PLAN:
http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/TLresources/longterm/LessonPlans/Byrnes/earthday.html
This lesson plan takes a close look into the everyday lives and familiar environments of students, where they investigate such issues as recycling, pollution, and other environmental problems, all with an eye to solutions.

EARTH DAY WEBQUEST:
http://www.hinklecreek.com/earthday/indexed.htm
How do we promote a healthy earth environment? By starting at home, is the answer found in this webquest lesson. Students will explore their own trash, and how they might recycle and reduce. A printable student question page is included.

July 4th

DECLARING INDEPENDENCE:
http://lcweb.loc.gov/exhibits/declara/declara1.html
Use this site for background information and anecdotes on "Drafting the Documents"--writing up the Declaration of Independence, and what it all means.

FOURTH OF JULY ACTIVITY BOOK:
http://www.EnchantedLearning.com/crafts/books/julyfourth/
Print these pages out to have your students create their own individual 4th of July workbook, with activities on the states, national symbols, revolutionary word games, and the United States flag.

FOURTH OF JULY WRITING ACTIVITIES:
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Troy/9087/fourth/julylanguage.html
Five activities explore both the meaning of the fourth of July and creative writing for early elementary students.

PAUL REVERE UNIT:
http://www.richmond.edu/~ed344/webunits/khistory/paul.html
For PreK to grade two; this unit goes beyond the poem and the myth, examining geography, fables, timelines, the man Paul Revere, and patriotism.

RED, WHITE, AND BLUE I.Q.
http://www.osv.org/pages/jly4quiz.htm
Student can test their knowledge of early American history in this online quiz.

THE BATTLE OF THE BATTLEFIELDS:
http://score.rims.k12.ca.us/activity/battle/
The class will divide into teams, and using suggested research sites, each team will choose the most important battle of the Revolutionary War. They will of course have to defend their position, for if they win they will be setting up an important battlefield museum upon their chosen site.

Halloween

A BRIEF HISTORY OF HALLOWEEN:
http://dcls.org/x/archives/halloween.html