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Saturday, November 27, 2010

Teaching Tip: Lesson Plan Ideas For December


Teaching Tip: Lesson Plan Ideas For December
 
Here are some great ideas for adding the theme of December to your classes. Look at some complete lessons for you.
1. Create a geographic map displaying where different holidays are celebrated in December.

2. Have students research the traditional gifts of
Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.

3. Show students how
poverty can affect the holidays.

4. Have students create an
elf cartoon strip.

5. Have students
draw a map of what they think Santa's property looks like.

6. Have students
chart Santa's route and chart distance and speed needed.

7. Engage students in holiday
math word problems.

This Week in History
1782: Britain signs agreement recognizing U.S. independence.
1877: Thomas Edison demonstrates the hand-cranked phonograph.

"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops."
Henry Brooks Adams


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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

December Events 2010


December Events 2010
This page includes Birthdays and Special Goings-On! 
(Don't forget...the blue indicates a link to the WEB!!)
Printable Version of December Events
The Teacher's Corner Resources Use this calendar in conjunction with our Daily Writing Prompts! 

More Lesson Plans! Also see our other December Lesson Plans, Thematic Units and Activities
The Teacher's Corner Resources Looking for Printable Calendars to add your own events to? Printable December Calendar!



December Themes and Holidays mrdonn.org

Sunday, November 21, 2010

December Planning Calendar-Events, Holidays, Celebrations


December, 2010

Dec 01, Wed - 
Dec 31, Fri
Holiday Gift-Giving Season 
Special Occasion Ideas for the Classroom: TeachersFirst Editors' Choices

Dec 01, Wed - 
Dec 09, Thu
Hanukkah 
TeachersFirst's Hanukkah Resources

Dec 01, Wed - 
Dec 31, Fri
World AIDS Day and HIV/AIDS Awareness Month 
TeachersFirst HIV and AIDS Resources

07, Tuesday
Pearl Harbor and World War II 
TeachersFirst's Pearl Harbor and World War II Resources

Dec 08, Wed - 
Dec 18, Sat
Thinking Teacher Blogs China! 
Read about TeachersFirst's cross-cultural projects and more. Share comments and questions.

17, Friday
Wright Brothers' First Flight Anniversary 
TeachersFirst Presents A Century of Manned Flight

25, Saturday
Christmas 
TeachersFirst's Christmas Resources

26, Sunday
Kwanzaa 
TeachersFirst's Kwanzaa Resources

December Events, Holidays, Celebrations