Old Dominion University's 14th Annual Literary Festival site offers a biography on Kinsella and his works.

Learn about the Hindu holiday of Holi that is celebrated in India. Includes video.

A series of articles and historical information about the history, origins, and events of the ancient Olympics.

PBS explores the religious festivals of India with an in-depth look into the festival Diwali. Identifies the Sanskrit word and provides its meaning. Details the origins of the festival and the epic which sparked the celebration....

Covers a wide variety of cultures and traditions of Mexico, including food, recipes, art, music, history, festivals and holidays. Some of the material is in both English and Spanish.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about festivals and celebrations from different countries around the world. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in classifying and categorizing.

This site features the author Eliza Lee Follen including the full text of the novel Two Festivals and four short stories including "What The Animals Do and Say" and "The Talkative Wig."

This article explores the cultural significance of the Day of the Dead festival in Mexico. Content focuses on what Day of the Dead is, its symbols, and its traditions.

Margaret Atwood is a novelist, essayist, critic, and activist, and one of the most heavily awarded writers of recent times. In this video [26:53] interview, recorded at Perth Writers Festival, Jennifer Byrne speaks with Margaret about...

This site describes the Roman religion. It explains the gods and goddesses and their origins, prayer and sacrifice, offices of the state religion, festivals, and the beginning of Christianity.

Learn about ancient Greek culture including the theatre, architecture, sculpture, pottery, and festivals.

[Free Registration/Login Required] Students read about the ice festival celebrated in Harbin, China. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in cause and effect.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the Lotus Lantern Festival celebrating Buddha's birthday. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

Part of the annual celebration of the Chinese New Year is the lantern festival. Tween Tribune tells the story of these traditional symbols of the culture.

"Delaware was the first of the original 13 states of the Union." It has grown into a multi-cultural mecca. Find out more about the different festivals celebrated throughout Delaware.

America's Story features fun facts about Minnesota, such as how Minnesota's nickname and interesting places such as Anoka, the Halloween Capital of the world and important cultural happenings like the Spam Festival.

Visit the beautiful community of Elora, on the edge of the spectacular Elora Gorge with its 80 foot limestone cliffs. Information is provided on the many festivals and events that take place year round.

An activity guide where students refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they investigate the features of different state parks, learn why state parks are...

Good resource for exploring Chinese culture and language. Learn about Taiwanese lantern riddles, Chinese folklore, clothing, poetry and fables, papercutting, Chinese New Year, and Chinese festival and every-day cooking. Multimedia makes...

Read about the history of Spain including other groups that lived there in the past, the Golden Age, the reign of Napoleon, the Spanish Civil War, and the establishment of democracy. Also looks at the makeup of the Spanish population,...

In Splat! by Canadian author Eric Walters, two boys change the rules in the tomato toss event at a festival and use people as targets, which causes things to get out of control. This teacher's guide includes a book summary, discussion...

Award-winning author Sharon Creech talks about "Replay" and her other books at this 2005 gathering at the Library of Congress National Book Festival. Video requires RealPlayer.

The history of traditional Scottish music goes back thousands of years, as this article explains. Other highlights include a connection between Robert Burns and Bob Dylan, and lots of information about current traditional music groups...

Every year around October and November, Hindus around the world celebrate Diwali, or Deepavali -- a festival of lights that stretches back more than 2,500 years. Diwali 2021 occurs on Thursday, November 4. In India, the five-day...