Buddhist Holidays
Buddhist Holidays
Did you know the Buddhist calendar is usually lunar? This site shows the year broken down into the 12 moons and links you to the holidays within the 12-13 moons.
Vietnamese Buddhism
This site gives some background and information about Buddhism in Vietnam. It also stresses the importance of Buddhism in regards to the Vietnam war.
Buddhism- World Religions at ed-u.com
This page links dozens of sites that have information about Buddhism, including Buddhism in the news.
Buddhism
This site, maintained by a self-confessed "lay person," purports to explore the basics of the teachings of Buddha. There is also a guest book and a chat room that operates at scheduled times.
Karmapa- the Black Hat Lama of Tibet
This is the official Web site of the leader of this sect of Tibetian Buddhists.
Buddhist Studies
This site has a nice visual of the different schools of Zen Buddhism and traces their lineage on a Zen Buddhist family tree. There are also many links to other areas of interest.
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is full of tradition and superstition. This site will explain the tradition behind decorations and food while explaining the superstitions and the belief behind them.
Poetry: Traditional Chinese Poems
A great site for third through 6th grade, this site provides simple and easy to read Chinese Poetry. These poems are a great way to compare commonly known poems to poems from the orient.
Celebration of the Chinese New Year
Do you know what the difference between American Chinese New Year and Traditional Chinese New Year is? This site will give you the answer! The celebration doesn't stop with facts, find links to e-cards, information about symbols and how families around the world celebrate Chinese New Year.
Enchanted Learning.com
Learn how to make a Chinese lantern or a dancing dragon and its significance to the Chinese New Year. Fun facts and quizzes are available on China and the traditions of the New Year.
Christmas
Santa's Secret Village
Visit the North Pole and explore Santa's village. You can read stories about Raymond, the mischievous reindeer, or visit Mrs. Claus' kitchen for recipes and more stories. A trip to Santa's Den will show you a list of Santa movies and CD's in which he's been featured. The Festival of Trees link takes you to a state-by-state listing of Festivals and events.
Christmas on the Net
The links on this page cover the holiday from its religious roots to exploring the "Many Faces of Santa." Other links explore traditions such as the Christmas Tree and the Christmas stocking. There are also links to "Holiday Goodies" (which takes you to a program that puts blinking lights on your computer screen), and to a new tradition which allows visitors to record seasons greetings in their native languages.
Christmas Traditions Around the World
This site informs the reader about the numerous ways that Christmas is celebrated in countries around the world.
Columbus Day
The Columbus Navigation Homepage
This site, written by a historian and consultant to NPR and National Geographic, examines Christopher Columbus, his voyages, and the techniques he used in his explorations.
Examining the Reputation of Christopher Columbus
Written by Jack Weatherford, an anthropologist, this article describes Columbus in an unfavorable light and explains the horrors he truly was responsible for.
Crafts for the Holidays
Aunt Annie's Craft Page
Easter
Easter on the Net
This site provides easy to understand explanations about the Easter holiday. There are RealAudio clips of songs, downloadable song sheets, explanations of traditions and meanings plus much more.
Billy Bear's Happy Easter
At this site, there are lots of free things for children to do. Find games, online stories, coloring books, clip art, greeting cards and even lyrics to songs.
Kids Domain: Easter
This holiday fun site gives children an opportunity to understand the Easter holiday in their words. Find stories written by children, activities, printable sheets and coloring pages and even send an Ecard for Easter.
Happy Easter!
This site is a great place for all teachers. There are three world language WebQuests on the topic of Easter as well as several links for games, activities and Easter customs around the world. Created by a teacher for teachers.
General Holidays
Kids Domain Holiday Page
Links to activities related to seasons and some of the most common holidays covered in early elementary school.
Groundhog Day
Groundhog.org
This is the official site of Punxsutawney Phil, the famous groundhog. Students visiting this site can learn about the rich history of Groundhog's Day and click on a link that provides a list of activities related to this famous day.
Groundhog Day Songs
Visit this site if you are interested in singing songs about groundhogs. Any music class will surely delight in signing about groundhogs set to the tune of their favorite tradition carols.
Groundhog Day Party
Education World provides teachers with a variety of creative activities to incorporate the Groundhog theme into their curriculum. The site provides printable fact sheets, crafts, games and links to other related sites.
Groundhog Day
Kid's Domain has collected a hotlist of internet sites that any student could use to explore learning more about groundhogs. Check it out!
Hanukkah
Torah Tots - The Site for Chanukah
This site is interactive, with music, games, and a detailed description of the history of Chanukah. Children are also invited to "coloring pages" based on the holiday.
Independence Day
4th of July- Independence Day
This page includes background on Independence Day and links to celebrations across the country.
Kaboose- 4th of July at Kids Domain
This page, designed for younger students, includes ecards, clip art, activities, and printouts for a grand old celebration!
Billy Bear's 4th of July
This page includes printouts, cards, online activities, screensavers, and wallpaper (for your computer). There's also a special trick when you click your mouse!
4th of July Celebrations
This page explores some of the history and traditions surrounding Independence Day.
National Council on Fireworks Safety
This site includes public safety announcements, safety information, and even state by state laws and information on local restrictions.
Passover
Passover on the Net
This site provides easy to understand explanations about the Passover holiday. There are RealAudio clips of songs, downloadable song sheets, explanations of traditions and meanings plus much more.
Pesach:Passover
This site provides RealAudio for all of the songs sung during a Passover sedar. Find out the meaning behind Passover and the sedar plate through a hyperlinking narrative. This site is best for students' grades 6 and up.
Passover.net
A site full of fantastic graphics and tons of information about Passover. Find Passover Recipes and explanations about the food of Passover. This site also includes an area just for kids with games, stories and activities.
Kids Domain: Passover
This holiday fun site gives children an opportunity to understand the Passover holiday in their words. Find stories written by children, activities, printable sheets and coloring pages and even send an Ecard for Passover.
Passover for Kids
Passover for Kids provides a large amount of activities for on the computer or off. Find games, songs, interactive online activities and coloring pages for Passover.
President's Day
President's Day WebQuest
This is a WebQuest for elementary classes. Students are asked to travel back in time to research Washington and Lincoln. During their research, students are asked to answer fact based questions and then are asked open ended questions based on the information gathered on their journey.
Presidential Web Hunt
Students are asked to use the Web site: www.whitehouse.gov to research a president of their choice and answer specific questions online. Students can then print off their research to be handed in to the teacher.
Evaluating the Presidents
This Web based activity asks high school students to research which four presidents should be on the "new" Mr. Rushmore. Criteria is developed by the students on what makes a good president and then the students set out to find the next four presidents to be honored and they must defend their choices.
American President.org
At this site, see great online exhibits of the presidents as well as video and audio clips. Find out everything about a president and great multimedia information to enhance a presentation.
The American Presidency
This site explains how the presidency was and is defined and what its job limitations are. Biographies on each president are present and unique objects connected with presidents are included. The site explores how the media plays a role in politics for the presidents, from radio, television, and print.
Kidsdomain.com
This site provides a gaggle of information about George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Find a virtual library of Abraham Lincoln, Portraits and biographies of the presidents and their wives as well as online books, quizzes, clipart, crafts and games.
EnchantedLearning.com
From crafts to quizzes, this site has it! Activities and crafts for President's Day with several quizzes, worksheets and coloring pages. Learn about the Washington Monument or Mt. Rushmore with great lesson ideas and crafts.
The White House for Kids
Find great biographies from George Washington to George W. Bush. Pictures and information about each president, their families and even their pets!
American Presidents: Life Portraits
A great site for middle school students and above! Use a pull down menu to choose your president and find biographies, pictures and even famous speeches. This site also provides links to special programs shown on C-Span and a tour of presidential grave yards.
Preschool Education.com
This is a great site for early childhood education teachers. A list of songs and lyrics about the presidents sung to tunes you and the students will know.
Purim
Purim on the Net
Read the story of Purim and find out all about the holiday. This site will provide stories, crafts and recipes and learn how to make a gragger (noisemaker)! Real Audio is available for listening to Purim stories and music.
Torah Tots
This creative and fun site provides information about Purim in a way that early childhood aged children can understand. Print off coloring sheets, activities, word searches and even see how Purim is celebrated around the world!
Purim
Lists of songs, activities and facts are provided on this site. Teaching units are provided with ways to relate the story of Purim to world history. Lists of Web sites related to Purim and other holidays are provided.
Purim Recipes
Learn how to make different types of traditional Purim food. Lists of recipes in printer friendly text are available.
Happy Purim at the Holiday Spot
This is another great site for the history of Purim in terms that young children can understand. Also has jokes, recipes, clipart and activities. A great feature is e-cards for the holiday using Flash and text.
Ramadan
Ramadan on the Net
This site gives the background and explains the significance of the Islam holiday Ramadan. Separate pages discuss the story of Ramadan, Muhammad and the Holy Quran, the Muslim Faith, and the Five Pillars of Faith. There are also guest books, letters, and a message board to share your thoughts during this season.
St. Patrick's Day
St. Pat's Kid's Page
For the wee lasses and lads! Contains coloring book pages to print out and color as well as St. Patrick's Day clipart.
Info on Ireland
An interactive travel guide to the best of Ireland.
History and Customs of St. Patrick's Day
At this site you can find a comprehensive history and other St. Patrick's Day links.
Thanksgiving
The Mayflower
The Mayflower.org Web site gives all of the information, pictures and concepts about teaching the true history of the Mayflower. There are full primary resources with information about passengers of the Mayflower.
Thank you in 465 Languages
Thanksgiving is a time to say thanks for what we have. This site provides over 400 ways to say thank you in different languages. Students can teach on another by using this site.
Thanksgiving Fun
This is a fabulous site for elementary students and teachers. Chalked full of resources of interactive online activities, printable activities, songs, dances, poems and much more!
The First Thanksgiving
This site from Scholastic is dedicated to the first Thanksgiving in the United States it offers a good historic overview of that Thanksgiving.
ABC Teach
A great site! There is a large number of printables available, some are free and some are for members only. Printables include items for writing, making books, word searches, coloring pages and more!
Kids Domain Thanksgiving Links
Why did the Pilgrims want to sail to America in the Spring? Because April showers bring MAYFLOWERS! Great jokes for young children and several online and offline games and activities for Kindergarten through 4th grade. Kids Domain provides great book ideas, mazes, clipart and even history on Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving Traditions and History
Read the story of Thanksgiving and then take an online quiz to test your knowledge. Word search puzzles and games for Thanksgiving are also provided. The quiz is developed for young middle school students and even gives a countdown to Thanksgiving.
Teaching About Thanksgiving
This is a site developed just for teachers, helping teachers understand the true ideas of Thanksgiving and providing sources to enrich the holiday. The true story of Thanksgiving and several lesson plan ideas are provided as well open-ended questions and ways to avoid the typical "stereotypes" of Thanksgiving.
Macy's Day Parade
Year after year people all over look forward to the Macy's Day parade with the floats, balloons and music. Find out all of the planning that goes into the parade by visiting the New York City tourism site for the Macy's Day Parade.
Pilgrim Hall Museum Homepage
"Pilgrim Hall Museum is a gallery museum in the center of historic Plymouth, Massachusetts. Through its exhibition of Pilgrim possessions and Native American artifacts, Pilgrim Hall tells the stories of America's founding and traditions in stirring detail." The site includes the Pilgrim story and other informational articles.
Valentine's Day
The History of Valentine's Day
Valentine's Day is full of love, candy and flowers. Find out the real history of Valentine's Day and why so many people around the world celebrate it. Information is provided on the history of this holiday through a hyperlinking narrative.
The Holiday Spot
This site has everything from historical information on Cupid to recipes for the Valentine's Day. Find Jokes, craft ideas, wallpaper and clipart. Learn how to say "I Love You" in over 100 languages in just one click.
Primary Games.com
Primary Games.com provides a ton of fun for elementary students. Find a variety of coloring pages to print off and even Valentine's Day stationary. There are links to online reinforcement math and language arts games with a Valentine theme, a make your own e-card site and several word puzzles.
Amore' on the Net
Did you ever wonder how Cupid got involved in Valentine's Day? How about why people send cards to each other? Or why we celebrate Valentine's Day at all? Wonder no more! This site gives you the answers to all of these questions plus poems, clip art, e-cards and much more.
Valentine's Day Fun at Kidsdomain.com
This site includes graphics and games, crafts and recipes, and a little history about the holiday of hearts.
Billy Bear's Happy Valentine's Day
This site contains graphics, games, a little HTML Valentine fun for your Web page, and e-cards and Valentines for younger students.
Valentine's Day- The Gander Academy
This site includes more of the history and background of Valentine's Day, but also has the graphics, games, and activities for children.
