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Ashley ClarkAshley ClarkPam HetePam Hete

Danielle KubaskyDanielle KubaskyHilary WallingHilary Walling

Unit/LessonUnit/Lesson

Unit/Lesson: HolidaysUnit/Lesson: HolidaysGrade: 2Grade: 2

Table of ContentsTable of Contents HistoryHistory

--ActivitiesActivities-Websites-Websites

People in SocietiesPeople in Societies--ActivitiesActivities-Websites-Websites

GeographyGeography--ActivitiesActivitiesWebsitesWebsites

EconomicsEconomics--ActivitiesActivities-Websites-Websites

GovernmentGovernment--ActivitiesActivities-Websites-Websites

Citizenship Rights Citizenship Rights and Responsibilitiesand Responsibilities-Activities-Activities-Websites-Websites

Social Studies Skills Social Studies Skills and Methodsand Methods--ActivitiesActivities-Websites-Websites

History StandardHistory Standard

Students use materials drawn from the Students use materials drawn from the diversity of human experience to analyze diversity of human experience to analyze and interpret significant events, patterns, and interpret significant events, patterns, and themes in this history of Ohio, the and themes in this history of Ohio, the United States and the world. United States and the world.

History ActivitiesHistory Activities Have the children make a timeline of a Have the children make a timeline of a

year and put holidays in it. year and put holidays in it. Have the children make a calendar labeled Have the children make a calendar labeled

with all U.S. Holidays. Have the children with all U.S. Holidays. Have the children illustrate it. illustrate it.

Have the children interview their Have the children interview their grandparents or an older adult on how grandparents or an older adult on how they celebrated a certain holidaythey celebrated a certain holiday

Read a St. Patrick’s day book and have Read a St. Patrick’s day book and have the children write about what they liked the children write about what they liked best. best.

History WebsitesHistory Websites

www.time-for-time.com/history.htm http://www.fi.edu/time/Journey/OnceUponATim

e/slideshow.htm http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/03/l

p312-05.shtml nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/nielsenhayden.com/makinglight/archives/

006472.html006472.html www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/

HistTopics/Time_1.htmlHistTopics/Time_1.html

People in Societies StandardPeople in Societies Standard

Students use knowledge of perspectives, Students use knowledge of perspectives, practices, and products of cultural, ethnic practices, and products of cultural, ethnic and social groups to analyze the impact of and social groups to analyze the impact of their community and diversity within local, their community and diversity within local, national, regional and global settings.national, regional and global settings.

People in Societies ActivitiesPeople in Societies Activities

Have the children make a book on how holiday Have the children make a book on how holiday sayings are said in different languages.sayings are said in different languages.

Read a Christmas book and a Hanukkah book Read a Christmas book and a Hanukkah book and discuss their similarities and differences. and discuss their similarities and differences.

Have the children make Valentines Day cards Have the children make Valentines Day cards to share with each of their classmates. to share with each of their classmates.

Have the children wear green for St. Patrick’s Have the children wear green for St. Patrick’s Day and discuss customs. Day and discuss customs.

Have the students create a collage of Have the students create a collage of Christmas having examples, or symbols Christmas having examples, or symbols showing how it is celebrated. showing how it is celebrated.

People in Societies WebsitesPeople in Societies Websites http://www.nsf.gov/news/classroom/peop

le.jsp http://www.historians.org/pubs/free/Why

StudyHistory.htm http://iteslj.org/Lessons/Elliott-GroupActiv

ities.html www.nativechild.com/resources/article.ht

ml http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/

units/index.html

Geography StandardGeography Standard

Students use knowledge of geographic Students use knowledge of geographic locations, patterns and processes to show locations, patterns and processes to show the interrelationship between the physical the interrelationship between the physical environment and human activity, and to environment and human activity, and to explain the interactions that occur in an explain the interactions that occur in an increasingly interdependent world.increasingly interdependent world.

Geography ActivitiesGeography Activities1.1. Have students draw a map of their school and design a route for them to Have students draw a map of their school and design a route for them to

follow in order to sing Christmas/Hanukah/Kwanzaa carols to other follow in order to sing Christmas/Hanukah/Kwanzaa carols to other classrooms. classrooms.

2.2. Take students on a field trip to a corn maze. Discuss the similarities of Take students on a field trip to a corn maze. Discuss the similarities of navigating through a maze and navigating through the streets in their navigating through a maze and navigating through the streets in their community. community.

3.3. Print a copy of a map of the United States. Use map quest as a tool to Print a copy of a map of the United States. Use map quest as a tool to locate 10 holiday cities on the map. locate 10 holiday cities on the map.

Bethlehem, GABethlehem, GA Bethlehem, PABethlehem, PA Bethlehem, WVBethlehem, WV Jolly, TXJolly, TX Merryville, LAMerryville, LA Noel, MONoel, MO North Pole, AKNorth Pole, AK Rudolph, WIRudolph, WI Santa Claus, GASanta Claus, GA Santa Claus, INSanta Claus, IN

Geography Activities Cont’d…Geography Activities Cont’d…

4.4. Students will each be assigned a different Students will each be assigned a different holiday celebrated around the world. Students holiday celebrated around the world. Students will research their holiday and present the will research their holiday and present the information to the class. Ex: make a poster or information to the class. Ex: make a poster or write a paperwrite a paper

5.5. Give students a map of the world. Ask them to Give students a map of the world. Ask them to identify where some of the major holidays that identify where some of the major holidays that are celebrated in the United States originated. are celebrated in the United States originated. Write the name of the holiday on the map Write the name of the holiday on the map where the holiday was originated. Ex. St. where the holiday was originated. Ex. St. Patrick’s Day would be written on Ireland. Patrick’s Day would be written on Ireland.

Geography WebsitesGeography Websites

http://rockyweb.cr.usgs.gov/outreach/cornmazegeography.html

http://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/TM/WS _holiday_geography.shtml

http://english.freemap.jp/world_e/2.html http://ezinearticles.com/?List-of-holidays

&id=405725 http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/holidays.

htm

Economics StandardEconomics Standard

Students use economics reasoning skills Students use economics reasoning skills and knowledge of major economic and knowledge of major economic concepts, issues and systems in order to concepts, issues and systems in order to make informed choices as producers, make informed choices as producers, consumers, savers, investors, workers consumers, savers, investors, workers and citizens in an interdependent world. and citizens in an interdependent world.

Economics ActivitiesEconomics Activities1.1. Have students design a postal stamp for Christmas. Have students design a postal stamp for Christmas.

2.2. Students will host a bake sale with a variety of green foods and traditional Students will host a bake sale with a variety of green foods and traditional Irish recipes. The money made in the bake sale will be donated to the Irish recipes. The money made in the bake sale will be donated to the school.school.

3.3. Students will distribute flags to people in the community for Veteran’s Students will distribute flags to people in the community for Veteran’s Day.Day.

4.4. Read Read If You Give a Mouse a CookieIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffee Numeroff to the by Laura Joffee Numeroff to the class. Discuss wants and needs for goods and services. As a class, class. Discuss wants and needs for goods and services. As a class, write a story about unlimited wants for goods and services (this means write a story about unlimited wants for goods and services (this means the list never ends) with a Halloween theme. the list never ends) with a Halloween theme.

5.5. Read aloud to students about ujamaa and how it relates to Kwanzaa. At Read aloud to students about ujamaa and how it relates to Kwanzaa. At the end of the lesson, students should be able to tell you what ujamaa the end of the lesson, students should be able to tell you what ujamaa means (cooperative economics). means (cooperative economics).

Economics WebsitesEconomics Websites

http://artisticpostage.com/Christmas_stamps_Holiday_Stamps.html

http://fp.enter.net/~burk/stpatricksday/stpatrick’sdayrecipes.htm

http://www1.va.gov/opa/vetsday/ http://ecedweb/unomaha.edu/lessons/mo

use.htm http://learningtogive.org/lessons/unit158/l

esson3.html

Government StandardGovernment Standard

Students use knowledge of the purposes, Students use knowledge of the purposes, structures and processes of political structures and processes of political systems at the local, state, national and systems at the local, state, national and international levels to understand that international levels to understand that people create systems of government as people create systems of government as structures of power and authority to structures of power and authority to provide order, maintain stability and provide order, maintain stability and promote the general welfare. promote the general welfare.

Government ActivitiesGovernment Activities

1.1. Have the students learn and discuss the different Have the students learn and discuss the different Christmas customs for different countries. Then have Christmas customs for different countries. Then have them do a compare and contrast chart comparing the them do a compare and contrast chart comparing the other countries customs to the United States customs.other countries customs to the United States customs.

2.2. Students will learn the symbols associated with the Students will learn the symbols associated with the different holidays. Then they will make their own different holidays. Then they will make their own symbol and share with the class what it means and symbol and share with the class what it means and what holiday it would represent. what holiday it would represent.

3.3. Have the students choose a holiday they like, then Have the students choose a holiday they like, then have them learn some of the laws/traditions dealing have them learn some of the laws/traditions dealing with that holiday. Then have the students make their with that holiday. Then have the students make their own list of laws/traditions they would have if they were own list of laws/traditions they would have if they were in charge.in charge.

Government Activities Cont’d…Government Activities Cont’d…

4.4. The students will discuss voting and what it The students will discuss voting and what it means. Then the students will make a ballot means. Then the students will make a ballot and vote for their favorite holiday. They will and vote for their favorite holiday. They will then make a chart with the voting results.then make a chart with the voting results.

5.5. The students will plan a holiday party to have The students will plan a holiday party to have in their classroom. They will make a list of in their classroom. They will make a list of rules that must be followed during the party rules that must be followed during the party and the consequences if the rules are broken. and the consequences if the rules are broken. They will then display them on a poster to have They will then display them on a poster to have during their party.during their party.

Government WebsitesGovernment Websites

http://akidsheart.com http://educationworld.comhttp://educationworld.com http://holidays.nethttp://holidays.net http://www.symbols.net/holiday/http://www.symbols.net/holiday/ http://teacher.scholastic.com/http://teacher.scholastic.com/

scholasticnews/indepth/holidays/scholasticnews/indepth/holidays/christmas.asp#a15christmas.asp#a15

Citizenship Rights and Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities StandardResponsibilities Standard

Student use knowledge of the rights and Student use knowledge of the rights and responsibilities of citizenship in order to responsibilities of citizenship in order to examine and evaluate civic ideals and to examine and evaluate civic ideals and to participate in community life and the participate in community life and the American democratic system. American democratic system.

Citizenship Rights and Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities ActivitiesResponsibilities Activities

1.1. The students will make posters on safety precautions The students will make posters on safety precautions to use during Halloween time. They will then display to use during Halloween time. They will then display them in the school hallways.them in the school hallways.

2.2. Have the students discuss different items they have Have the students discuss different items they have and use in their homes during different holidays. Then and use in their homes during different holidays. Then have each student put together a poster of the items have each student put together a poster of the items they use/have for the holidays they celebrate. Make they use/have for the holidays they celebrate. Make sure the students have respect for others items and sure the students have respect for others items and ideas.ideas.

3.3. The students will learn what happens during a The students will learn what happens during a Kwanzaa celebration such as foods, decorations Kwanzaa celebration such as foods, decorations traditions etc. The students will then plan their own traditions etc. The students will then plan their own Kwanzaa celebration designing posters making a food Kwanzaa celebration designing posters making a food list and decorations.list and decorations.

Citizenship Rights and Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities Cont’d…Responsibilities Cont’d…

4.4. The students will be read the book The students will be read the book Lets Lets Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by Peter Roop. by Peter Roop. The students will then discuss the history and The students will then discuss the history and customs of St Patrick’s Day.customs of St Patrick’s Day.

5.5. The students will be read the book The students will be read the book The Story The Story of Thanksgivingof Thanksgiving by Nancy J Skarmeas. The by Nancy J Skarmeas. The students will then discuss the difference students will then discuss the difference between the way the pilgrims celebrated between the way the pilgrims celebrated Thanksgiving, and the ways they celebrate Thanksgiving, and the ways they celebrate Thanksgiving at home. Thanksgiving at home.

Citizenship Rights and Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities WebsitesResponsibilities Websites

http://www.abcteach.comhttp://www.abcteach.com http://www.lessoncorner.comhttp://www.lessoncorner.com http://www.kaboose.comhttp://www.kaboose.com http://www.kidzone.ws/http://www.kidzone.ws/ http://www.teachervision.fen.com/http://www.teachervision.fen.com/

kwanzaa/printable/37324.html kwanzaa/printable/37324.html

Social Studies Skills and Methods Social Studies Skills and Methods StandardStandard

Students collect, organize, evaluate and Students collect, organize, evaluate and synthesize information from multiple synthesize information from multiple sources to draw logical conclusions. sources to draw logical conclusions. Students communicate this information Students communicate this information using appropriate social students using appropriate social students terminology in oral, written or multimedia terminology in oral, written or multimedia form and apply what they have learned to form and apply what they have learned to societal issues in simulated or real-world societal issues in simulated or real-world settings.settings.

Social Studies Skills and Methods Social Studies Skills and Methods ActivitiesActivities

1.1. Students will read several stories about Students will read several stories about holidays and will distinguish the difference holidays and will distinguish the difference between fact and fiction. between fact and fiction.

2.2. Students will be given a holiday to research. Students will be given a holiday to research. Students must find information on the holiday Students must find information on the holiday and site the source. and site the source.

3.3. Have cards with holiday sequences on them Have cards with holiday sequences on them (one for each holiday). Students must look at (one for each holiday). Students must look at the cards and predict what will happen next by the cards and predict what will happen next by sequencing the cards by the order in which the sequencing the cards by the order in which the holiday happens.holiday happens.

Social Studies Skills and Methods Social Studies Skills and Methods Activities Cont’d…Activities Cont’d…

4.4. Students will write about their favorite Students will write about their favorite holiday and then communicate their holiday and then communicate their ideas and thoughts to the class.ideas and thoughts to the class.

5.5. Students will discuss in a small group Students will discuss in a small group why they feel it is important to why they feel it is important to understand the different types of holidays understand the different types of holidays that people celebrate. Then students will that people celebrate. Then students will share information with the class orally. share information with the class orally.

Social Studies Skills and Methods Social Studies Skills and Methods WebsitesWebsites

www.abcteach.comwww.abcteach.com www.socialstudiesforkids.comwww.socialstudiesforkids.com www.geocities.comwww.geocities.com www.educationworld.comwww.educationworld.com www.familyeducation.comwww.familyeducation.com