In this unit we will explore lesser "celebrated" holidays or holidays that we don't often think about. Most of these holidays are religious holidays of different faiths. We will go into the history of that holiday. For the more major holidays you can find information on those by clicking on the specific link

Resources--books

Resources--websites

Projects

Writing assignments

Resources

Books

Non-Fiction--Information books:

Presidents Day by Dianne M. MacMillan (Enslow, 1997; ISBN 0894908200) KR

Activity Books:

Fiction:

Audio/visual:

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Websites

Generic Holiday pages

Wilstar's Holiday page
International Holiday and Festival site has listings of most holidays by country, religion, month etc. GREAT SITE! Want to know when Argentina has it's flag day? Find it here!
Mr. Donn's Holiday Sites and other holiday links and still another
List of Celebrations (50 total) from Utah State University
Consumerism and Holidays from Utah State University
Celebrations and Symbols from Utah State University
Winter Celebrations and Symbol from Utah State University
Holiday crafts from Enchanted learning
Holidays Around the World from Internet school library
Mr. Donn's ancient Greece web site
Holiday 3D paper crafts from Cannon

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New Year's Day

New Year's Day from Wilstar.com
Mr. Donn's New Year's Lesson Plans
Book list for New Year's Day from myshelf.com
New Year's Day from Cyber Grandma

April Fool's Day

April Fool's Day from Wilstar.com
Mr. Donn's April Fools lesson plans
April Fool's Day from teacherlink.com
April Fool's Day from Utah State University

Labor Day

Labor Day from Howstuffworks.com
Labor Day from Wilstar.com
Labor Day from Cyber Grandmas

Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year)

Rosh Hashanah from Howstuffworks.com
Rosh Hashanah from teacherlink.com
Sukkot from NOBLE web

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Hanukkah

Hanukkah from Howstuffworks.com
History of Hanukkah from History Channel.com
Hanukkah from Nuttin' but kids.com (geared towards pre-3rd)
Hanukkah from virtualchHanukkah.com
Hanukkah from kidsdomain.com
Hanukkah (grade 4-5) from teacherlink.com
Hanukkah from Jewish Outreach Online
Hanukkah from Billy Bear 4 Kids
Hanukkah from Black Dog.com

Mother's Day

Mother's Day from Howstuffworks.com
Mother's Day from Wilstar.com
Book List for Mother's Day from myshelf.com
Mother's Day from Education World
Mother's Day from Cyber Grandmas

Father's Day

Father's Day from Wilstar.com
Book list for Father's Day from myshelf.com
Father's Day from Cyber Grandmas

Passover

Passover from teacherlink.com
Passover from Cyber Grandmas
Passover from Kids Domain

Mardi Gras

Mardi Gras from Howstuffworks.com
Mr. Donn's Mardi Gras lesson plans
Mardi Gras from teacherlink.com

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St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's Day from Howstuffworks.com
St. Patrick's Day from Wilstar.com
Mr. Donn's St. Patrick's Day lesson plans
St. Patrick's Day from Kids Domain
Book list for St. Patrick's Day from myshelf.com
St. Patrick's Day from Cyber Grandmas
St. Patrick's Day from Knowledge Quest

Yom Kippur

Yom Kippur from Howstuffworks.com

Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo from Howstuffworks.com
Mr. Donn's Cinco de Mayo lesson plans
Cinco de Mayo from teacherlink.com
Cindo de Mayo from Kids Domain

Ramadan (Islamic Holiday)

Ramadan from Howstuffworks.com
Ramadan from teacherlink.com
Essentials of Ramadan from USC

Groundhog Day

Groundhog Day from Wilstar.com
Mr. Donn's Groundhog Day lesson plan
Groundhogs Day from Cyber Grandmas
Groundhogs Day from 2learn

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Memorial Day

Memorial Day from Wilstar.com
History of Memorial Day from US Memorial Day.org
Memorial Day from Education World
Mr. Donn's Memorial Day lesson plans
Memorial Day from Cyber Grandmas
Memorial Day from Teachervision.com

Independence Day, July 4th

Independence Day from Wilstar.com
Book List for Independence Day from myshelf.com
Unit on Fireworks from teacherlink.com
Mr. Donn's July 4th lessons plans
Independence Day from Cyber Grandmas
Happy 4th of July from Kidsdomain

Columbus Day

Columbus Day from Wilstar.com
Mr. Donn's Columbus Day lesson plans
Columbus Day (Native American Perspective) from teacherlink.com

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Kwanza

History of Kwanza from History Channel.com
Kwanza from Nuttin' but kids.com (geared toward pre-3rd)
Kwanza
Mr. Donn's Kwanza lesson plans
Kwanza from teacherlink.com and a second one

St. Lucia's Day

St. Lucia's Day from History Channel.com

Veteran's Day

Veteran's Day from Education World
Veteran's Day from patriotism.org
Veteran's Day from Cyber Grandma
American Wars from Soita (lots of dead links)
American Wars from GovSpot.com
Early American Wars from uswars.net (don't miss their link list)
Wars from TheHistoryGuy.com

Flag Day

Flag Day from Education World
Mr. Donn's Flag Day lesson plans
Flag Day from Cyber Grandmas

Johnny Appleseed Day

Johnny Appleseed Day from Education World
Johnny Appleseed Day from about.com

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Earth Day

Earth Day from Education World
Mr. Donn's Earth Day lesson plans
Earth Day from teacherlink.com and a second one
Earth Day from Cyber Grandmas
Earth Day from Kids domain

President's Day

President's Day from Mr. Donn's
President's Day from "Cyber Grandma's"
President's Day from Whitehousekids.gov
President's Day from kids Domain

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Martin Luther King Jr. Day from Mr. Donn's
Martin Luther King Jr. Day from teacherlink.com and a second one
Black History Month from Mr. Donn
Martin Luther King Jr. Day from Cyber Grandmas
C-SPAN black history month 2004

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year from teacherlink.com and a second one

other holidays

Mr. Donn's Hindi Holidays lesson plans
Diwali from teacherlink.com
Mr. Donn's May Day lessons plans
Grandparents Day from Cyber Grandmas
Bill of Rights Day (December 15th) from Utah State University
Arbor Day from Kids Domain

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Projects

Celebrate the holiday!

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Writing assignments

Write a paper on the tradition and history of the holiday.
Make up your own holiday.

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Completed

Last updated:
November, 2006

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