Winter Holidays
In cooperation with the APPLE Partnership
Websites for Teachers:
- http://www.edhelper.com/winter.htm - Winter Theme Unit - Word Searches, Crosswords, Stories, and Math Worksheets
- http://www.adl.org/issue_education/december_dilemma_2004/default.asp - from the Anti-Defamation League - December Dilemma: The Constitution and December Celebrations in the Public Schools
- http://www.nea.org/lessons/tt021209.html - from the National Education Association - Seven Holiday Lessons
For Hanukkah lesson plans, please visit: - http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/holidays/hanukkah/ - Hanukkah Lesson Plans
- http://www.pbs.org/wnet/religionandethics/teachers/lp_traditions2.html - Religion and Ethics NewsWeekly for Teachers
- http://www.joi.org/celebrate/hanuk/ - Jewish Outreach Institute
For Christmas lesson plans, please visit: - http://www.northpole.com/Overview/Teacher.html - Lesson Plans with Christmas Theme
- http://www.history.org/history/teaching/colxmas.cfm - A Colonial Christmas in Williamsburg
- http://www.christmas-trees.org/lessonone.htm - from the Massachusetts Christmas Tree Association
For Kwanzaa lesson plans, please visit: - http://www.teach-nology.com/teachers/lesson_plans/holidays/kwanza/ - Kwanza, Kwanzaa Lesson Plans
- http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/Byrnes-celebrations/kwanzaa2.html- from Utah State University
- http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org - Official Kwanzaa Website
Websites for Fun:
- http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/ - KidLink's multicultural calendar
- http://www.audubon.org/bird/cbc/index.html - Christmas Bird Count from the Audubon Society
- http:/www.foodnetwork.com/food/et_hd_hanukkah/0,1972,FOOD_9837,00.html - Hanukkah recipes and fun from the Food Network
- http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/et_hd_kwanzaa/article/0,1972,FOOD_9838_1743054,00.html -
Kwanzaa recipes and fun from the Food Network.
- The Borrowed Hanukkah Latkes by Linda Glaser
- Christmas on Exeter Street by Diana Hendry
- The Year of the Perfect Christmas Tree: An Appalachian Story by Gloria Houston
- Santa's Book of Names by David McPhail
- Seven Spools of Tread: A Kwanzaa Story by Angela Shelf Medearis
- The Trees of the Dancing Goats by Patricia Polacco
- Chanukah Lights Everywhere by Michael Rosen
- Elijah's Angel: A Story for Chanukah and Christmas by Michael Rosen
- How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss
- Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
- Morris's Disappearing Bag by Rosemary Wells
Juvenile Non-Fiction Books:
- The Christmas Menorahs: How a Town Fought Hate by Janice Cohn
- The Story of Hanukkah by Amy Ehrlich
- It's Kwanzaa Time! by Linda Goss
- The Stone Lamp: A Hanukkah Collection: Eight Days of Dark, Eight Nights of Light by Karen Hesse
- A Hanukkah Treasury by Eric Kimmel
- Seven Candles for Kwanzaa by Andrea Davis Pinkney
- Crafts for Kwanzaa by Kathy Ross
Juvenile Fiction Books:
- The Jar of Fools - Eight Hanukkah Stories from Chelm by Eric Kimmel
- How I Saved Hanukkah by Amy Goldman Koss
- The Kwanzaa Contest by Miriam Moore
- Children of Christmas: Stories for the Season by Cynthia Rylant
- The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
- The Christmas Miracle of Jonathan Toomey by Susan Wojciechowski
In cooperation with the APPLE Partnership