Celebrations Around the World
| Culture Quest World Tour:- From IPL Kidspace, join Parsifal and Ophelia as they sample the delicious cuisines, play the games, see the museums full of arts, crafts and history, hear the folktales and learn about the holidays & festivals of many of the world's cultures. |
| April Fool's Day:- Provides a brief explanation of the history of April's fool day and how it is celebrated around the world. |
| Arbor Day:- Read the history of Arbor Day. Find out the many uses of trees, learn how to make your own paper, and learn how to plant a tree. |
| Boxing Day:- Provides an explanation about the history of Boxing Day and how it celebrated in some countries around the world. | Festivals of the world:- From Factmonster an alphabetical list of worldwide festivals. |
| Carnevale:- Provides information about the history of Carnevale with links to different places in Italy, masks and more. |
| Thanksgiving (USA):- The American Thanksgiving holiday began as a feast of thanksgiving in the early days of the American colonies almost four hundred years ago. |
| Thanksgiving (Canada):- The Canadian Thanksgiving Day came about because of a combination of traditions. |
| The History of Valentine's Day:- Each year, on February 15, the Luperci priests gathered on the Palantine at the cave of Lupercal. Here, according to legend, Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome, had been nursed by a mother wolf. In Latin, the word lupus is the word for wolf. |
| Factmonster: Holidays:- What holidays do they celebrate around the world? Where can I find out the history of a holiday? When is Easter this year? Ramadan? What is the origin of Valentine's Day? Halloween? Why do people decorate Easter Eggs? What are the major religious holidays? |
| Chinese Festivals and Dragon Lore:- Provides information about Chinese New Year; Chinese Lantern Festivals; Animals of the Zodiac and Dragon Lore. |
| Day of the Dead (Mexico):- Provides information about this Mexican celebration. |
| 4th of July (United States):- Provides a brief explanation of this American holiday. With links to more information about American holidays. | New Year:- Provides information about New Year including links to how New Years Day is celebrated around the world. | New Year traditions:- From the Factmonster site an explanation about "Auld Lang Syne" and how New Year's Eve is celebrated around the world. |
| Origins of Mother's Day:- Here is the history of Mother's Day, information about famous moms and daughters, and a quiz and crossword puzzles. |
| Father's Day:- From Wikipedia a brief explanation about Father's Day. |
Worldwide Celebrations - Study and teaching
| A World of Special Celebrations:- Create a display of religious and cultural celebrations around the world. Grade levels 3-6 |
| April Fool's Day mini unit:- Children will learn to appreciate the different beliefs as to the reason why April Fools' Day is celebrated. |
| Holidays: Arbor Day:- These sites offer ideas and activities for celebrating Arbor Day. Includes information on the history of Arbor Day, plus interactive games, online puzzles, and hands-on crafts. Also includes general information about trees and the products that come from them. There is a link to an eThemes Resource on trees. |
| Cinco De Mayo Lesson Plans (Mexico):- A comprehensive list of links to lesson plans for this Mexican festival. |
| Earth Day Theme Unit - Worksheets and Printables (Worldwide):- Contains a three page pdf explaining the origins of Earthday with questions. Also provided are comprehension activities and more for this celebration. |
| Holiday: Earth Day (Worldwide):- These sites are about Earth Day. Includes classroom and community activities to celebrate this holiday. Many sites explain how to protect the environment and conserve energy. There are links to eThemes Resources on recycling, pollution, and Arbor Day. |
| Mexican Holidays:- Students will do the following: - Research one of two Mexican holidays, Day of the Dead and Cinco de Mayo. Grade levels 6+ |
| Kwanza, Kwanzaa Lesson Plans (African-American):- A comprehensive list of links to lesson plans for this African-American celebration. |
| Holidays: Thanksgiving (United States):- These sites are about the first Thanksgiving with the Pilgrims and Native Americans. There are math word problems with a Thanksgiving theme, story prompts, art projects, and other activities. Includes links to eThemes resources on turkeys, the fall harvest, Pilgrims of Plymouth, the Wampanoag tribe, and the Mayflower voyage. |
| Holiday: Valentine's Day :- Learn about the history of Valentine's Day. There are stories, poems, games, crafts, puzzles, and math problems that include a holiday theme. Includes sites where you can print a card or send a Valentine by e-mail. |
| Valentine's Day Lesson Plans (Worldwide):- A comprehensive list of links to lesson plans for Valentine s Day. |
| Holiday Lesson Plans:- From teAchnology a comprehensive list of lesson plans. |
Worldwide Celebrations - Webquests
| British Holiday Hullabaloo!:- This is a webquest for a 4th-6th grade English class that is doing a unit on Great Britain. As a closing activity for the unit, students will divide into groups and each group will research a British holiday. On the last day of the unit, groups will present on their holiday and bring food/activities/music for a British-themed party. Grade levels 3-6 |
| Celebrations around the world:- Have you ever wondered what kind of holidays people celebrate in places around the world? Are there celebrations across the globe that we've never even heard of before, or ways in which people from other countries celebrate the same holidays differently? Why, of course! In this WebQuest we will discover how people around the world celebrate common holidays, and learn also about celebrations specific to each country. Grade levels 3-5 |
| Chinese New Year Cyberhunt:- Celebrate the Chinese New Year with a trip through cyberspace to the Websites listed below. Write your answer to each question in the space provided on your worksheet. Read the clues carefully. Each time you find an answer, use the back button to go back to this website. |
| Celebrating Cinco De Mayo (Mexico):- Cinco de Mayo is the 5th of May. This is a day for Latino people to celebrate their culture. Our class has been chosen to host a Cinco de Mayo celebration for a famous Latino person who will not be able to go home to Mexico for the celebration. Your job is to plan an afternoon celebration complete with a fiesta, pinatas, music, games, and a parade for the whole school to enjoy. A WebQuest for 3rd Grade Social Studies |
| Cinco De Mayo Webquest (Mexico):- This WebQuest concentrates on the holiday Cinco de Mayo and encourages students to explore the rich cultural roots connected to today's current celebrations. Grade levels 2-3 |
| Harmony Day - Let's Party:- Birthdays, New Year, Naming Ceremonies, going away. They are all reasons why people have parties. It's also good for people to come together to celebrate community harmony. Grade Level - Years 3 - 4 |
| Heres the holiday for you:- You will climb in the Holiday time travel ship to investigate, get facts, and decide how the Holiday became a Holiday. (American based) Grade level: 1 |
| Holidays around the world:- This WebQuest is designed to have students evaluate the importance of holidays/traditions to various cultures throughout the world. The students are presented with the idea that the world is now united and can only observe five holidays. The students are asked to research holidays throughout the world and choose the five most important holidays while justifying why these holidays should be the ones observed. |
| Holidays around the world:- This WebQuest is designed for students in grades 2nd through 5th to research how different countries celebrate their holiday season. It can be used for social studies while integrating technology. |
| Plan an authentic Halloween Party:- WebQuest on the origins of Halloween. Students research to find the origins of Halloween, then plan an authentic party using a budget. |
| New Year Celebrations around the world:- It's party time! Our class will have a New Year's celebration to learn about the cultural and religious differences and similarities between ourselves and other diverse cultures. Each of you will be required to present the New Year traditions from a different country or culture to the class (see list below), complete a chart (see Evaluation) for comparisons, and then plan a trip around the world to experience as many of the New Year celebrations as possible in the year 2000. |
Worldwide Celebrations - Classroom activities
| Chinese New Year:- From PrimaryGames.com provides printable colouring pages, games and links. |
| Earth Day:- From PrimaryGames.com provides printable colouring pages, games and links. |
| Mexican Crafts and activities:- From Enchanted Learning this page can be used as an extra in the study of Mexican celebrations and festivals. These crafts projects are for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school children. Grade levels 2-3 |
| Crafts and activities for Chinese New Year:- From Enchanted Learning this page can be used as an extra in the study of Chinese celebrations and festivals. |
| Valentine's Day Lesson Plans (Worldwide):- A comprehensive list of links to lesson plans for Valentine s Day. |
| Day of the Dead:- From Enchanted Learning this page contains crafts and activities for this Mexican celebration. |
| Activities and Crafts for July 4th:- From Enchanted Learning this page contains crafts and activities for the American celebration of July 4th. |
| Kwanzaa Crafts and Activities:- From Enchanted Learning this page contains crafts and activities for Kwanzaa. |
| New Year's Crafts:- From Enchanted Learning this page contains crafts and activities for New Year's celebration's. |
| New Year's Day:- From PrimaryGames.com provides printable colouring pages, games and links. |
| Father's Day Crafts and Activities:- From Enchanted Learning this page contains crafts and activities for father's day. |
| Fathers Day :- From PrimaryGames.com provides printable colouring pages, games and links. |
| Father's Day :- From abcteach this page contains printable activities for father's day. |
| Mother's Day:- From PrimaryGames.com provides printable colouring pages, games and links. |
| Mother's Day Crafts:- From Enchanted Learning this page contains crafts and activities for mother's day. |
| Mother's Day :- From abcteach this page contains printable activities for father's day. |
| St. Patrick's Day :- From PrimaryGames.com provides printable colouring pages, games and links. |
| Valentine's Day :- From abcteach this page contains printable activities for father's day. |