Curated OER
Countries, Food, and Culture
Students examine foods from other countries. In this multicultural instructional activity, students write down names of different restaurants and categorize pictures of foods according to the specific restaurant. For example, Won Ton...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Holidays
Fun module on American holidays provides students with one or more videos for special holidays in each month of the year and offers links to related resources, such as Veterans Museum and Memorial Center, Martin Luther King, Jr. Historic...
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: National Grandparents Day Activities and Lesson Plans
With this resource, teachers and students can explore the meaning of National Grandparents Day. Includes activity ideas and lesson plans.
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: The American Jewish Experience Through the Nineteenth Century
Essay discussing immigration and acculturation of American Jews through the Nineteenth Century. Includes questions for guiding student discussion, historian debate and links to online resources.
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: America on Stone
Features an extensive collection of lithographs that portrays everyday life in the 19th century and attitudes about race and ethnicity. These prints play a major role in helping us understand America's past. Subjects covered include...
Ducksters
Ducksters: Holidays for Kids: National Freedom Day
Kids learn about National Freedom Day. This site discusses the history and facts about this holiday which commemorates the 13th amendment.
Ducksters
Ducksters: Holidays for Kids: National Teacher Day
Kids learn about National Teacher Day. The history and facts about this holiday celebrating our teachers.
Stanford University
Beyond the Bubble: Creating Columbus Day
[Free Registration/Login Required] Assessment in which students use a primary source excerpt from President Benjamin Harrison's proclamation of Columbus Day as a national holiday in 1892 and their knowledge of history to answer a given...
National Geographic Kids
National Geographic Kids: First Thanksgiving
National Geographic recounts the first Thanksgiving and offers related activities, games, and web links.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: A Patriotic Celebration of Veterans
Students will gain an understanding of the significance and meaning of National Veterans Day, the unique founder of the organization and the history created in Birmingham, Alabama for veterans across America. Students will recognize the...
Smithsonian Institution
National Museum of American History: On Time: The Almanac
To keep track of time, many people used an almanac. Its elaborate tables of astronomical, seasonal, and religious events provided a useful way to mark time. And its directives on the proper time to do all manner of things from planting...
Other
National Ww Ii Museum New Orleans: My Memorial Day
A look at Memorial Day and why it is celebrated. Find a PDF file with facts on Memorial Day and ten ways to observe it.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Teacher Appreciation Honors Our Teachers
With this collection of resources, students can find fun and create ways to honor the positive impact teachers have had on their lives.
US Government Publishing Office
Ben's Guide to u.s. Government: Ben's Ab Cs
Each letter of this alphabet is linked to an important aspect of the U.S. Government, e.g. "A is for Armed Forces" has a link to the Air Force. Links are made to the Bill of Rights, symbols, branches of government and The Constitution....
US National Archives
Nara: Congress Establishes Thanksgiving
From the National Archives, an essay on the establishment of the American holiday of Thanksgiving as a legal holiday starting with the original proclamation in 1789 celebrating it on different days or months up to the 1941 resolution...
Library of Congress
Loc: Today in History: June 14: Flag Day
Flag Day is celebrated on June 14. This resource from American Memory has lots of primary source material about the day and the flag. Read in the journals of the Continental Congress which designates the design of our first national...
Primary Games
Primary Games: u.s. Symbols Matching Game
Match important U.S. symbols, includes Statue of Liberty, flag, and monuments.