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Cultural Music Festival

For Teachers K - 6th
Students participate in planning a multi-cultural community event. In this cultural music activity, parents, community members, and teachers provide time, music, advertisement, and refreshments to create a community multi-cultural music...
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Lesson Planet Article
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Holiday Activities for Everyone

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
There are ways to include all students, even those who don't celebrate holidays, in activities during the holiday season.
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Lesson Plan
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Quinceaneras

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore traditions which are celebrated in Quinceaneras. They examine the Latin American culture, its beliefs and value systems. Students analyze vocabulary words. They write a story about Quinceaneras.
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Patriotic Cards

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners discuss color symbolism and patriotic colors of red, white, and blue, and create patriotic cards using Fiskars CardBoss and ShapeBoss, and Starter or Celebration Card Stencil Set.
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Lesson Plan
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Jingle Bells

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders identify people of different ages, cultural backgrounds, traditions, and careers. They explain how they contribute to the community. Students sing a song to display the different Christmas traditions that are celebrated in...
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Lesson Plan
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Chinese New Year: Paper Lanterns

For Teachers 1st
First graders study the celebrations of Chinese New Year. They practice measuring and cutting to make paper lanterns.
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Lesson Plan
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Uchiwa Lesson Plan

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students view images from Japan's Summer Festival celebration. They create a uchiwa fan to use while doing the Kuma River Dance.
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Lesson Plan
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100 Years 100 Towns

For Teachers 4th - 7th
Young scholars study Saskatchewan's Centennial by researching the history. They determine how the town celebrates the Centennial and write a report about it based on the given rubric..
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Lesson Plan
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Community Art Project

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students and community members plan and take part in a community art project designed to celebrate salmon and steelhead fish and their connection to the local community.
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Lesson Plan
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You are Invited to a Virtual Dinner

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students create place settings for a dinner to celebrate the school's diversity. They invite older members of the community to join. They discuss culture during the dinner.
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Lesson Plan
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Arbor Day Across the United States

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Students perform research about hardiness zones used to guide planting. They read a hardiness zone color-key map and create their own color-key maps to show when different states celebrate Arbor Day.
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Hanukkah Tag Game

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students discuss the celebration of Hanukah. They play a Hanukkah tag game. Students pretend to be candle makers and "shamus" candles. They practice chasing, fleeing, and dodging games.
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Writing
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Make Up Your Own Holiday Day: March 26

For Students 4th - 5th
In this writing prompt worksheet, students learn that March 26th is "Make up Your Own Holiday Day." Students then create their own holiday by marking the day, writing about the reason for celebrating, the special events that will take...
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Getting Green for Christmas

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine their family's particular spending habits for a holiday they celebrate, research the financial expectations of retailers during the holiday season and at other times during the year.
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Ani-mania

For Teachers K - 1st
Students view and discuss Robert Harris' farm landscapes and create their own mural out of wood. In groups, they discuss various issues affecting pets throughout the world and create a way to protest or celebrate the issue. They try to...
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Worksheet
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Christmas Puzzle

For Students 4th - 5th
In this social studies worksheet, students find eighteen words related to the Christmas holiday. Words are related to decorating and secular celebration of Christmas. No religious terms are included.
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Worksheet
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Christmas Puzzle, Religious Terms

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this social studies instructional activity, students complete a word search by locating eighteen words related to Christmas. Each of the words used in this puzzle are related to a religious celebration of this holiday. Words describe...
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Handout
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Anniversary Dinner

For Students 2nd - 4th
In this anniversary dinner worksheet, students listen as the teacher reads out a description of a couple celebrating their anniversary over dinner.
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Lesson Plan
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Thanksgiving Song

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Learners learn a Thanksgiving song. In this seasonal song lesson, students learn a song about Thanksgiving that is set to 'You Are My Sunshine.'
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Unit Plan
Scholastic

Teaching About the First Thanksgiving

For Teachers Pre-K - 8th
Learners research information about the Mayflower, Pilgrims, the Plymouth Colony, the Wampanoags, and the first Thanksgiving. They take an online tour of the Mayflower, interpret timelines, create a postcard, and compare and...
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Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Young scholars demonstrate their understanding of the traditions surrounding Rosh Hashanah (food, shofar, "casting off").
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Keep Heritage Alive

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Youngsters share ideas about cultural and/or spiritual rituals by participating in a fishbowl discussion, which explores the ways rituals have changed over time. They write reflective essays about their own cultural traditions.
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Wrapping Up the School Year

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students complete a variety of writing and yearbook activities to complete the school year. They write a letter to the student that will sit in their desk the next school year, and a letter to their next year's teacher. As a culminating...
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Lesson Planet Article
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Good Old-Fashioned Books

For Teachers 1st - 8th
Teen Read Week offers learners the chance to discover the educational, as well as entertainment, value of reading.