Celebrate traditions and cultures around the world with a set of worksheets and printables. Fourth and fifth graders can create booklets or simply participate in individual studies of specific holidays in different countries. From lined paper to question and reflection cards to a postcard template and Venn diagram, the packet lends itself to many writing, comparing, researching, and reading activities.

Concepts

world holidays, traditions, cultural traditions, diwali, the chinese new year, christmas, kwanzaa, hanukkah

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use each of the write prompts at the beginning of the day as warm ups
• Expand the usage of the sheets beyond winter holidays to holidays in other seasons as well

Classroom Considerations

• For additional ideals on how to use the activity pack, refer to the publisher's blog post
• Researching each country may require books and Internet access

Pros

• Booklets can be tailored to fit the needs of individual students by including or excluding certain pages
• Provides 43 pages of worksheets, some with several versions, that can be used in various ways

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.4.2.a W.5.2.a