Idea: Thanksgiving days are celebrated by many countries around the world. Do an internet scavenger hunt for countries like Croatia, Korea, Canada and Brazil to see how they celebrate.
Safari Montage Videos: (don’t forget the teacher’s guides and quizzes!)
Who’s That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? (grades 1-6, 23 minutes)
Dear America: Journey to the New World (grades 3-6, 30 minutes)
Online Resources:
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/stories/history/first-thanksgiving/
History of the holiday
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/games/puzzlesquizzes/quizyournoodle-thanksgiving/
Fun quiz for older students
http://kids.nationalgeographic.com/kids/activities/cartoons/cartoonthanksgiving/
Interactive Thanksgiving cartoon builder-all ages
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/worksheets.htm
Different types of worksheets for fun or grade-all ages
http://www.dltk-holidays.com/thanksgiving/songs.html
Songs and finger-plays for younger students
http://www.foodtimeline.org/foodthanksgiving.html
A timeline of evolving Thanksgiving dinners (interesting)-older grades
http://www.scholastic.com/scholastic_thanksgiving/
Interactive website for older grades
http://www.theholidayspot.com/thanksgiving/symbols.htm
Symbols of the holiday-all ages
Idea: Thanksgiving days are celebrated by many countries around the world. Do an internet scavenger hunt for countries like Croatia, Korea, Canada and Brazil to see how they celebrate.
Safari Montage Videos: (don’t forget the teacher’s guides and quizzes!)
Who’s That Stepping on Plymouth Rock? (grades 1-6, 23 minutes)
Dear America: Journey to the New World (grades 3-6, 30 minutes)
Early Settlers (grades K-4, 25 minutes)
ChristmasResources
Online Resources:
http://www.dltk-cards.com/bingo/bingo1.asp (Christmas Bingo cards) http://printables.scholastic.com/content/collateral_resources/pdf/56/0439073456_e017.pdf (Christmas class book, for younger grades) http://www.santas.net/christmassymbols.htm (Christmas symbols and their history, grades 2-4) http://www.whychristmas.com/ (many resources for Christmas history) http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/christmas/ (Christmas crafts) http://www.classroomjr.com/christmas-mad-libs/ (Christmas Mad Libs) http://www.history.com/topics/santa-claus (History of Santa, older grades) http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/worldxmas/ (Christmas around the world) Safari Montage Videos: (don’t forget the teacher’s guides and quizzes!)
Christmas (grades K-4, 29 minutes)
Christmas Around the World (grades K-4, 19 minutes)
The Night Before Christmas (grades PreK-3, 6 minutes)
Magic School Bus Holiday Special (grades pre-K-4, 26 minutes)
Too Many Tamales (grades Pre-K-3, 13 minutes)
Max’s Christmas (grades Pre-K-3, grades 5 minutes)