Holidays

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Holidays

• By
• Cora Phipps
• ED 417-01
• Developed for third grade

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History Standard

• Heritage
• 4. Recognize state and federal holidays and
  explain their significance

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Objective

• To have my students better understand the
  different holidays and what they mean
• To have my students know what holidays come on
  which month

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Activities

• Have each student prepare a calendar and decorate
  it with all the different holidays, and have them
  take it home to have forever

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Materials

• Paper with all the holidays on it, construction
  paper, blank calendar, markers, colored pencils,
  stickers, and glitter

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January

• New Years Day
• January 1st
• 1st day of the year
• Martin Luther King jr. Day
• January 15th
• 3rd Monday of January
• Celebrates what MLK fought for

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February

• Valentines Day
• Feb. 14th
• Day of love
• Presidents Day
• Feb. 19th
• Washingtons birthday but it also celebrates
  Lincolns birthday

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March

• St. Patricks Day
• March 17th
• Christian feast day that celebrates Saint
  Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland

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April

• Easter
• April 8th
• Celebration of the resurrection of Jesus
• Earth Day
• April 22nd
• Promotes awareness of environmental issues

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May

• Mothers Day
• May 13th
• Day of thanking mothers
• Memorial Day
• May 28th
• Celebrates the lives of men and women that died
  serving our country

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June

• Flag Day
• June 14th
• Celebrates the adoption of the flag in 1777
• Fathers Day
• June 17th
• Day of thanking dads

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July

• Independence Day
• July 4th
• Declaration of Independence from the Kingdom of
  Great Britain in 1776

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September

• Labor Day
• September 3rd
• Day off for the working man
• Began in 1882

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October

• Columbus Day
• October 8th
• Commemorates Christopher Columbus arrival to the
  new world
• Halloween
• October 31st
• Night of trick-or-treating and fun costumes

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November

• Veterans Day
• November 11th
• Anniversary of the ending of WW I
• Thanksgiving
• November 22nd
• Gives thanks to the conclusion of the harvest
  season

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December

• Hanukkah
• December 5th
• 8 day Jewish holiday
• Christmas
• December 25th
• Celebrates the birthday of Jesus

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Web Sites

• http//members.aol.com/MrDonnLessons/Holidays.html
  
• http//www.lessonplanspage.com/Christmas.htm
• http//www.dltk-holidays.com/
• http//www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/fun.htm
• http//www.abcteach.com/directory/seasonalholidays
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