December Holidays Lesson Plans

	December Holidays Around the World		Hanukkah Lesson Plans
	Christmas Lesson Plans		Kwanzaa Lesson Plans
	December Monthly Helpers		Religions of the World Lesson Series
	December Theme Assorted Skills Workbook		Holidays Teacher Starters

1. All I Want for Christmas is a Nice, Clean Earth - This particular activity is designed to allow students to investigate those items of litter that cause harm to the environment. It may be extended to increase awareness of the natural role of energy sources within the living organisms of the environment.
2. Beanie Baby Prices Soar - During December 1997, The Washington Post published an article about the debut of the Princess Beanie Baby. A Beanie Baby retailer, interviewed by the Post, indicated there was strong demand for the new stuffed animal.
3. Christmas Around the World - Students create a presentation about how Christmas is celebrated in the country of their choice (no duplicates within the class.)
4. Christmas Lesson Plans
5. Culture Goggles: Same Holy Land, Different Holidays - In this lesson, students will visit the Culture Goggles exhibit in Xpedition Hall, where students select a religion to see how a Christian, a Jew, or a Muslim might view the Old City of Jerusalem in Israel.!
6. December Celebrations - In these activities, children have the opportunity to experience, compare, and contrast December celebrations with those of other cultures.

1. December Days: Ten Activities to Celebrate a Month of Special Days! - The holiday season is upon us! Whether you observe Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, or all of these, the Web is your source for holiday cheer. How do you make soofganiyot?
2. December Dilemma : Religious Holidays in Public Schools - Every year the month of December has the potential for being a time of conflict in today's culturally diverse schools unless we make a strong effort to remind all educators, students and parents that public schools belong to all members of the community equally.
3. December: A Month of Multicultural Holiday Celebrations - Do your students celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, or Three Kings Day? Maybe they celebrate St. Lucia Day or Ramadan.
4. Diwali-Hindu New Year - Students will recognize that countries and religions have celebrations unique to their culture and beliefs.
5. Does December Spell "Dilemma" In Your School? - Emphasize holiday education instead of celebration for a peaceful season.
6. Emphasize the Giving -- Not the Getting -- This Holiday Season - Are your students too focused on the "gimme" elements of the holiday season? Teach about the true meaning of the season by emphasizing the giving over the getting.
7. Graphing with Gingerbread Men - Students will learn how to create a bar graph by using gingerbread man cookies. A great activity for around the Christmas holiday.
8. Holidays Around The World - A look at many different cultures.
9. Foreign Language and Culture - Most foreign language students do not fully understand that the culture of a country and the language must necessarily go together. Without the cultural aspects, much of the language usage is lost in everyday life within the country.
10. Hanukkah Lesson Plans
11. Intro. to Holidays in December - Students will learn what the three main holidays celebrated in the month of December are.(Christmas, Hanukkah ,Kwanzaa) -Students will learn the names of these three holidays & will be expected to know the correct spelling of each.
12. Kwanzaa Lesson Plans
13. Land of Sweet Candy - The library media specialist may work with several classroom teachers to sponsor this game and competition during a two-week period.
14. Let's Celebrate Diwali! - Compare and contrast Diwali to other celebrations. Create a project.
15. Let's Celebrate Ramadan! - Compare and contrast various celebrations. Create a project for each lesson.
16. Medieval Feasts - To familiarize students with a social aspect of the Middle Ages, with great feast being the focus of this lesson.
17. Moon Over Mecca - Create a portrait representing Ramadan with the phases of the moon.
18. Ramadan (Islamic Holiday) - Students will recognize that different groups of people have celebrations unique to them. Students will identify countries on a map where Islam is a dominant religion.
19. Ramadan (Islamic Holiday) - Learn about Ramadan, a month-long observance celebrated by Muslims around the world.
20. Reading and Analyzing Multigenre Texts - At their most basic, multigenre works are texts comprised of a variety of genres (poems, diary entries, letters, and so forth). At the same time, these works are highly sophisticated by the relationships among the sections of the text.
21. Santa's Elf Spreadsheet - Ask the students whether they have been Christmas shopping yet. Ask them what they would like to get for Christmas. Have the students write a Christmas list for themselves and/or their families.
22. Signing Times Volume 4 Family Fun and Feelings - Model signing vocabulary to use in the Silly Pizza Song and In a House song.
23. The Whole World Celebrated Christmas! Right? - This lesson is for use during the weeks before the Christmas break. This will be great for middle school students. It is a comparison of the other religious holidays that are celebrated around this same time of year.
24. What's on the Christmas Tree? - Students will have an understanding of how the first Christmas was decorated.