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- Internet Field Trips
- Essential Children's Literature Sites
Explore children's literature on the Web.
- Folktales on the Web
K-2, 3-5, 6-8
The Web is awash in great folktale sites that can enrich any folklore study.
- Internet Discussion Groups
Find out how and where to join online discussions devoted to children's literature.
- Lesson Plans
- Holidays Theme Unit
Early Childhood, K-2
Share the holiday spirit with your students using these language arts and social studies activities.
- How to Choose the Best Multicultural Books
K-2, 3-5
Find advice from top educators, writers, and illustrators on how to spot literature that transcends stereotypes.
- Masterpiece Lesson: Faith Ringgold
K-2, 3-5, 6-8
Share the artist's wonderful story quilt Tar Beach, then invite your students to create their own autobiographical squares.
- Native American Pudding
Early Childhood, K-2
Children will whip up a pudding that whets their appetite for learning new concepts and investigating other cultures.
- Piņata Concentration Game
K-2, 3-5, 6-8
Play a concentration game that teaches Spanish words in a fun manner.
- Soulful Festival
Early Childhood,
By exploring poetry, music, and foods, children enjoy the beauty of African-American culture. Source: Early Childhood Today
- Unit Plan: Celebrate Your Heritage
3-5
Conduct an interview, record family history, chart your family's path to America, and more.
- Unit Plan: Different Ways We Celebrate
K-2
Study ways that families celebrate the holidays (Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa), then compare and contrast them in a paragraph.
- Unit Plan: Everybody Celebrates!
Early Childhood, K-2
Begin to discover diverse cultures and how they celebrate holidays such as La Posada, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa.
- Unit Plan: Let's Celebrate!
K-2
We learn the ways in which people celebrate five specific holidays: Ramadan, Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas, and Kwanzaa.
- Online Activities Teacher Guides
- Asian Pacific American Teacher's Guide
Get an overview of the Asian Pacific American Heritage activity, lesson-planning ideas, recommended resources, National Standards, and more.
- Celebrate Hispanic Heritage: Teacher's Guide
Lesson-planning suggestions for using the Hispanic Heritage online activity in the classroom.
- Culture & Change Black History in America: Teacher's Guide
Lesson-planning suggestions for using the Culture & Change online activity in the classroom.
- Maggie's Earth Adventures Teacher's Guide
Target specific skill development in English grammar, Math, Science and Spanish through fun, educational and involved games.
- The First Thanksgiving: Teacher's Guide
Lesson-planning suggestions for using "The First Thanksgiving" online activity in the classroom.
- Reproducibles
- Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Dream
K-2
Students learn about Martin Luther King, Jr.'s life with this mini-book. (PDF file) Source: 15 Easy-to-Read Biography Mini-Books: Famous Americans
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