Holidays and Celebrations

Celebrate African-American History Month

Celebrate Asian-Pacific American Heritage Month: May

Celebrate Christmas

Celebrate Columbus Day

Celebrate Halloween

Celebrate Hanukkah

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month

Celebrate Kwanzaa

Celebrate Thanksgiving

Celebrate Winter

Celebrate Women's History Month

African American History Month

African-American History & Culture
http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=3&id=840
Covering more than 500 years of African-American history, features biographies, primary sources, images, timelines, and maps and charts.

Africans in America
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/aia/home.html
This web site is a companion to Africans in America, a six-hour public television series. It chronicles the history of racial slavery in the United States -- from the start of the Atlantic slave trade in the 16th century to the end of the American Civil War in 1865.

Culture & Change Black History in America
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/
Meet famous African Americans, listen to jazz music, publish your own writing, and explore history with our interactive timeline. Presented by Scholastic.

The African American Odyssey
http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/aaohtml/aohome.html
This Special Presentation of the Library of Congress exhibition, The African-American Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship, showcases the Library's incomparable African-American collections.

The African-American Mosaic
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/african/intro.html
A Library of Congress Resource Guide for the Study of Black History & Culture

The Top Ten African American Inventors
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/bhistory/inventors/index.htm
Throughout history, African Americans have invented some important and fun devices. Read about ten examples of men and women and see what they invented. Presented by Scholastic.

Asian - Pacific American History Month

Asian American Heritage
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/asian-american/
Find out what it means to be Asian Pacific American and all the Asian cultures that exist in the world and in America. Presented by Scholastic.

Birthdays Around the World

Birthday Traditions Around the World
http://www.kidsparties.com/traditions.htm

Christmas

The history of Christmas
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/christmas/index.html

Halloween

Hallowe'en Magazine
http://www.halloweenmagazine.com/
Take the trick-or-treating safety quiz or learn about the history of Hallowe'en.

Phil's House of Not So Horrible Horrors
http://www.worldsofwhimsy.com/phil/index.htm
The history of Hallowe'en, scary stories, costume ideas and more in this great site.

Hanukkah

Hanukkah history and traditions
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/hanukkah/index.html

Hanukkah history and traditions
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/hanukkah/index.html

Hispanic Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/hispanic/index.htm
Presented by Scholastic.

Holidays Around the World

Holidays Around the World
http://falcon.jmu.edu/%7Eramseyil/holidays.htm

Kwanzaa

Kwanzaa history and symbols
http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/kwanzaa/index.html

The Official Kwanzaa Web Site
http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/

Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving Crafts
http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/thanks/index.html
Games, clip art, puzzles, crafts, and more, from Kids Domain.

The First Thanksgiving
http://teacher.scholastic.com/thanksgiving/
Explore the voyage on the Mayflower, the relationship between the Wampanoag and the Pilgrims, and the events that led up to the harvest feast celebrated by both groups. Presented by Scholastic.

Word Search Puzzles for Thanksgiving
http://www.thepotters.com/puzzles/thanks.html

Women's History Month

American Women's History
http://www.nypl.org/databases/index.cfm?act=3&id=814
Provides direct access to thousand of entries—biographies, historical and topical entries, speeches, maps, timelines, tables and charts, primary sources, and photographs—that are essential to understanding the experiences of American women throughout our nation’s history.

Women Who Changed History
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/women/index.htm
Discover women who have made a difference. Celebrate Women's History Month! Presented by Scholastic.

Women's Suffrage
http://teacher.scholastic.com/activities/suffrage/index.htm
Learn about the quest by women around the world to win the right to vote. Presented by Scholastic.