Students research how Christmas trees became part of the American Christmas tradition.

Learners access a variety of Christmas themed websites. They play online games and send e-mail letters to Santa. They complete word searches and read Christmas stories.

Students examine the usefulness of every part of trees in a variety of activities in this unit.

Young theatre artists engage in a scavenger hunt to acquaint themselves with set design. The challenge is to search the site and match a separate maquette with each of the 24 clues.