December Events, Holidays, and Celebrations

• Hanukkah -Dec. 20 to 28, 2011
• December 1st - United Nation's World AIDS Day
• December 6th - Harriet Tubman Escaped from Slavery
• December 10th - Human Rights Day
• December 14th - George Washington Died
• December 15th - Bill of Rights Day
• December 16th - The Boston Tea Party
• December 20th - The Louisiana Purchase
• December 22nd - Winter Official Begins
• December 21st - The Pilgrims Come Ashore
• December 25th - Christmas
• December 26th to January 1st - Kwanzaa 
• December 28th - The Endangered Species Act

      Source: http://www.teach-nology.com/monthly/dec/

 

      More Resources for December:

      http://www.mrscjacksonsclass.com/decemberfunbooks.htm 

      http://www.mrscjacksonsclass.com/winterholidays.htm

      http://www.mrscjacksonsclass.com/christmaslinks.htm

      http://www.mrscjacksonsclass.com/christmascrafts.htm

      http://www.mrscjacksonsclass.com/worldchristmas.htm