Grade Level Websites / Holidays around the world

Holidays Around the World

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/winterholidays1.html

Arthur's Holidays

http://pbskids.org/arthur/holiday/scrapbook/index.html

Scholastic Holidays

http://teacher.scholastic.com/holiday/factsfun.htm

More Scholastic Holidays

http://content.scholastic.com/browse/article.jsp?id=3211

Hanukkah

Hanukkah

http://www.history.com/minisites/hanukkah

What is Hanukkah

http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday7.htm

Hanukkah/Festival of Lights

http://www.ort.org/ort/edu/festivals/hanukkah/index.html

Hanukkah

http://lexicorient.com/e.o/chanukk.htm

Kwanzaa

The Official Kwanzaa Website

http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml

Kwanzaa

http://www.history.com/minisites/kwanzaa

Kwanzaa

http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1996/kwanzaa/

Kwanzaa

http://www3.kumc.edu/diversity/ethnic_relig/kwanzaa.html

Diwali

Divali

http://concise.britannica.com/ebc/article-9362853/Divali

Diwali

http://www.diwalifestival.org/

Diwali in India

http://www.bawarchi.com/festivals/diwali1.html

Diwali

http://www.theholidayspot.com/diwali/

Diwali

http://hinduism.about.com/od/diwalifestivaloflights/a/diwali.htm

Chinese New Year

Chinese New Year

http://www.infoplease.com/spot/chinesenewyear1.html

All About the Chinese New Year

http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_year.html

History of the Chinese New Year

http://www.chinese.new-year.co.uk/history.htm

Chinese New Year Facts

http://www.jackiechankids.com/files/Chinese_New_Year_Main.htm

Id al-Fitr

Id al-Fitr

http://www.theholidayspot.com/ramadan/fiesta.htm

Welcome to Id al-Fitr

http://library.thinkquest.org/11719/vasishtfiles/idalfitr.html

Id al-Fitr at Britannica

http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9042003/Id-al-Fitr

How is Eid al-Fitr celebrated?

http://islam.about.com/od/ramadan/f/eid_fitr.htm

Vesak

Buddha Day/Vesak

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/religion/buddhism/buddha_day.shtml

Vesak

http://www.buddhanet.net/festival.htm

Vesak/Buddha Day

http://www.dhammakaya.or.th/events/490512_visakha.php

Vesak

http://www.urbandharma.org/udharma3/holidays.html

Japan: Children's Day, Kodomo-no-hi, Hina Matsuri

Children's Day

http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/calendar/may/children.html

Kodomo-no-hi

http://kids.asiasociety.org/explore/childrens-day-japan-kodomo-no-hi

Chidren's Day

http://www.ehow.com/list_6399055_elementary-activities-japanese-children_s-day.html

Girl's day, Hina Matsuri doll festival

http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/jshoaf/Jdolls/hina.htm

Hina Matsuri-doll's festival

http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/explore/calendar/march/hinamatsuri.html

Boy's day

http://www.tokyotopia.com/kodomo-no-hi.html

Children's Day song and pictures

http://web.mit.edu/jpnet/holidays/May/song-koinobori.shtml

Girl's Day Hina Matsuri

http://www.ginkoya.com/pages/girlsday.html

Last Modified on November 30, 2010