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=**__Wayquita Ricks - Literature List__**= Author: Patricia A. Pingry Summary: This picture book deliberates the history and meaning of Saint Patrick’s Day. In addition to the brief discussion, the book introduces to the young reads the festivity of this holiday in the classrooms and in the country. Author: Marjorie Ann Banks Summary: This short book presents different holidays that are held during the spring season. Holidays that are mentioned in this book are birthdays, Lincoln’s Birthday, Valentine’s Day, Washington’s Birthday, Easter Sunday, May day, Mother’s Day, Arbor Day, Memorial Day, Flag day, and Independence Day. It tells you what people do on these particular holidays. Author: Marjorie Ann Banks Summary: This book is similar to the one mention above, but it discusses a different season. This book talks about the holidays that are accessible in the fall season. The familiar holidays that is revealed in the book are Labor Day, Columbus Day, Halloween, Veterans Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day. This book explains the people set aside their daily duties to celebrate an important holiday. Author: Mary D. Lankford Summary: The importance of this children’s literature book is to discuss how people celebrate their birthdays in different parts of the world. It shows hoe birthdays customs and traditions are different in different countries. This book focuses on one theme; birthday celebration is the birth of a child’s special day.
 * 1) Title: The Story of Saint Patrick’s Day
 * 1) Title: How We Celebrate Our Spring Holidays
 * 1) Title: How We Celebrate Our Fall Holidays
 * 1) Title: Birthdays Around the World

=__**Wayquita Ricks- Internet List**__= - This website provides a brief summary about the Lunar New Year of China/Asia. On the first page of this website, it gives materials and directions on how to make a Chinese lantern for the Asian New Year. On the second page of this website, it provides background knowledge for teachers and/or parents about the Lunar New Year. It explains the celebration of it and how it came about as a national holiday. 2. Bright Hub Education: [] - This website provides a brief lesson plan on Christmas in Italy. It explains the Italy Christmas tradition. The best part about this website is that it shows how they integrate math, art, and social science, science and reading to complete the activities needed for this lesson plan. The students would be reading two different books related to the Christmas in Italy. 3. Bright Hub Education: [] - This website talks about the holiday of Hanukkah. It gives background knowledge about the holiday and it gives different activities you can do in your classroom to discuss this particular holiday. The few activities listed on this website incorporate different subject areas such as math, science, social science, and reading. 1. []
 * 1) Chinese Lantern: []

=__Literature List- Sasha Hart__= 1. Kwanzaa Celebration Author: Nancy Williams Illustrated by: Robert Sabuda In this pop- up book a little girl tells of the festivities that take place in her family on each day as they celebrate Kwanzaa.

2. A Year Full of Holidays Author: Susan Middleton Elya Illustrated by: Diana Cain Bluthenthal In this story a little girl celebrates her birthday and has so much fun. She wants it to be her birthday again and waits by celebrating the Holidays all through the year until it is her birthday again. The book describes all the activities she does when celebrating the Holidays.

3. How We Celebrate Our Spring Holidays Author: Marjorie Ann Banks Illustrated by: Lucy and John Hawkinson This book talks about all the Holidays that are in the season of spring. It explains to the reader what people do on these days to celebrate them. Some of the Holidays mentioned are Valentine’s Day, Easter, Mother’s Day, Memorial Day and Independence Day. Also included in this book are the birthdays of important people of America such as Abraham Lincoln, and George Washington.

4. Skip Around the Year Author: Aileen Fisher Illustrated by: Gioia Fiammenghi This book has poems about the many different holidays celebrated around the year from different cultures. Each poem tells of a new Holiday and this is a good way for students to remember the traditions or events that take place in the specific Holiday.

=__ **Internet List- Sasha Hart** __= The Lesson Plan Page: [] First School Activities and Crafts: []
 * This is a web link that I found on My Education lab from The Awesome Library of Social Studies Lessons. This webpage has numerous lesson plans and resources that teachers can use. It is set up in a way that the teacher can find activities and plans for Holidays organized by the month.
 * This handy website is full of activities to engage preschoolers in. The activities are categorized by Seasons, months and events. I found great activities for children to do at Christmas time.

Patriotic Holidays: Educational Resources and Lesson Plans []
 * This website focuses on political Holidays and teaches about American History. Some examples include: Veteran’s Day and President’s Day. The website gives good instruction to follow along with as a guide when doing the lesson plans provided.

=__Literature List- Matthew Young__=

1. Light the Candle! Bang the Drum!: A Book of Holidays from Around the World (1997) Written by //Ann Morris// Illustrated by //Peter Linenthal// This book introduces young students to twenty-four different holidays using vivid illustrations and short descriptions. The cut-paper pictures attempt to convey the themes and various symbols of the different holidays and extra notes at the end of the book make it a useful instruction tool.

2. Holidays Around the World: Celebrate Chinese New Year: With Fireworks, Dragons and Lanterns (2009) Written by //Carolyn Otto// This National Geographic book explains to children how the New Year is celebrated in China and discusses the cultural symbols and icons relevant to the holiday. Large full color images in the book allow children to see the celebration in all its beauty. The focus of the book allows students to easily make text-to-self connections because everyone celebrates the New Year and it is a great way to teach about Chinese culture as well.

3. Let’s Celebrate!: Festival Poems from Around the World (2012) Edited by //Debjani Chatterjee & Brian D’Arcy// Illustrated by //Shirin Adl// This poetry collection compiles selections from a number of famous poets all detailing a specific festival from around the world. Poetry can make for a highly fun and unique learning experience that can’t be achieved using text books or informational texts. Students can also learn about writing while they learn about social studies for one of a kind cross curricular connections.

4. A Calendar of Festivals: Celebrations From Around the World (2005) Written by //Cherry Gilchrist// Illustrated by //Helen Cann// This highly unique text provides readers with the tales that led to the creation many of the festivals throughout the world. The origins of holidays are often more fascinating than the celebrations themselves and by learning why holidays exist students can gain knowledge about what led to the development of cultures around the world and understand how customs begin. = = =__Internet List- Matthew Young__= This excellent web page includes all the months of the year with all major world holidays listed underneath. Every holiday can be clicked on for a brief description and date. The descriptions are indeed useful, but mainly this could be used as a reference for further research or a way to show students how many different holidays there really are.
 * 1. Kids’ Turn Central.com** []

[] Every single holiday and celebration is listed by date and described in detail on this website. The holidays are separated by country since everyone celebrates differently and a flag of each country is included as well. The detailed descriptions specific to country and the wide range of celebrations included make this an excellent source for teaching a class about the holidays.
 * 2. A Global World.com**

[] Unlike many holiday databases, this website includes many more resources directly related to the classroom. Among its many inclusions are holiday books that you can buy, holiday songs and how to make different holiday artifacts (drediels, candle puppets, etc.). Songs could be sung with the class to introduce a holiday or students could make holiday objects for an arts and crafts activity; the applications are truly endless.
 * 3.** **Hummingbird Educational Resources.com**

**Internet List Rachel Sheppard**
1. Name of Site: National Geographic Website Address: [] Summary: This site provides pictures of the national mosque, a poor village, and others. The site includes the history of Government and economy. Nigeria’s most important export is oil. Fast facts include the official name, currency, population, and more. Geography is also important to Nigeria. Nigeria has many plants and animals. The site includes animals and games too. 2. Name of Site: British Life and Culture Website Address: [] Summary: This site includes a calendar of British holidays. The site includes information on Pancake Day which is the day before Lent. On this day, all of the eggs and butter are used to make and eat pancakes in preparation for the fast. The day includes pancake tossing races and other festivities. Each holiday description also includes links to other holidays and explanations. The site also has a link called Around the World that explains how the holiday is celebrated in other parts of the world. 3. Name of Website: Life in Italy Website Address: [] Summary: This site includes a link to almost everything. There is a link to learn Italian. There is a list of all the holidays as well as the meaning. There is information on fashion, culture, and food.

**Book List Rachel Sheppard**
1.Name: Festivals of the World Nigeria Author: Elizabeth Berg Summary: The book starts with information on where the place is and who the people are. Then, there is a list of major celebrations for Nigeria. Each festival listed is in turn described throughout the book. The book ends with how to make a drum and a drink. 2.Name: Festivals of The World England Author: Harlinah White Summary: The book begins with information on the location and the people of England. Then, there is a list of major celebrations. Throughout the book, the celebrations are explained including pictures. The book ends with making a guy for Guy Fawkes Day and scones. 3.Name: Festivals of the World of Italy Author: Elizabeth Berg Summary: The book begins with a map and description of the Italian people. Then, the major holidays are listed then explained. The book ends with how to make a carnival mask and pizza. 4.Name: The Moon Was At A Fiesta Author: Matthew Gollub Summary: For hundreds of years, the sun and the moon had separate skies. Both of them were happy until the moon overheard the start’s gossip about wanting to hang out during the day. The moon thought it would be lonely so she decided to stay awake until morning. She was awakened by a great commotion of fireworks and colorful hats. The sun enjoyed watching the people dancing round and round. This made moon jealous because all the people did at night was sleep so they could work early in the fields. So Moon decided to make her own fiesta. All of the people and animals enjoyed the new fiesta. On the last night, people dressed in their favorite costumes and masks. Moon had such a great time that she forgot about being jealous. The sun came out just in time to send people to bed. None of the flowers grew and the fields were not plowed. For years, the remorseful moon was sorry. She stayed in her night sky remembering the night her and the stars had.
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