Looking Into Holidays Past Through Primary Sources | Massachusetts Moments | This Day in History | This Day in Black History | On-This-Day.com | On this Day | This Day in History | History Archive | Historic Events & Birthdates | Through the Year | 42eXplore | School Year Calendar of Children's Books | dMarie Time Capsule | Birthday Celebrations around the World | Who's Alive and Who's Dead | Today in Literature | Year by Year 1900-2010 | Lessons for ESL Students | The Teacher's Corner Monthly Resources | My Hero.com | Americans Who Tell the Truth.org | Awesome Stories-audio, video, images
Calendars
Calendars Through the Ages | Diversity Calendar | The Earth Calendar | Holidays on the Net | The Holiday Spot |  Holiday Zone | |Jewish Holiday Dates | Kathy Schrock | Worldwide Holiday & Festival Site | Multicultural Calendar | Festivals | Make a Multicultural Calendar | Kids Domain Holidays  | Wilstar's Holiday World | Calendars: A guide to locating events for each day of the year | Holiday Insights||
Visit EarthShots any day of the Year!

Ramadan | The Fast of Ramadan | Ramadan | Mosque Craft Mobile | Fact Sheet | Eid al-Fitr- A festival that ends the fast of Ramadan. | Islam for Kids

Back to School!
Back-to-School Fun | Ultimate Back-to-School Page | abcteach | Back-to-School Activities & Crafts | Back-to-School Safety | Back to School Resources from Kathy Schrock

September
Labor Day | Labor Day | Why do we celebrate Labor Day? | Lesson* | History of Labor Day | History of Labor Day | Online Cloze | Lesson for ESL students | 100 Years of Struggle and Success | 1st Labor Day |
9/11 | Breaking Down the Walls ThinkQuest (9/11) | Library of Congress Exhibits | Digital Archive | Sept. 11, 2001 Lesson Plans | 9/11-9/18 Timeline | | Dealing with Tragedy in the Classroom | Heroes Resources & Ideas | American Memorials | 9/11 Through Children's Eyes | Education World Ideas
Jewish Holidays | Jewish New Year | Rosh Hashanah | Yom Kippur |
Equinox | Autumnal Equinox | Autumnal Equinox | Autumn
Hispanic History | Scholastic Hispanic Heritage | Hispanic Heritage Month | Hispanic History in the Americas | Meet Famous Latinos | Lesson Plans | Factmonster - type "Hispanic" into the search box | NPS - type "Hispanic" into the search box


October Holidays
Columbus Day | Columbus' Mistake Readers' Theater |
Halloween & Pumpkins | Websites for Teaching about Halloween | Halloween | Pumpkin Book List | Halloween | Pumpkin Nook | Pumpkins & Halloween Hotlist | How Halloween Works | Jokes | Halloween Worksheets | Interactive Raven (Poe)K | Halloween Games | Pumpkin Activities | Pumpkin Carving | Pumpkin Life Cycle Printables | Black Dog's Halloween Party | Pumpkin Arts & Crafts | Halloween Games | Sort the Pumpkins | Creative Writing Project | Pumpkin Science projects | Pumpkin Slider Puzzle | Costume Ideas | Costume Ideas | Family Fun Ideas | Pumpkin Webquest | Customs & Traditions | Macaroni Skeleton | Skeleton Craft
Diwali | Diwali | Happy Diwali (scroll down)

November
Thanksgiving | Holidays.net | Myth and Truth: The First Thanksgiving | The History through Presidential Proclamations | The History of Thanksgiving | Lib. of Congress Wise Guide | Let's Talk Turkey: The Cost of Thanksgiving Dinner | Packing the Pilgrim's Trunk: Personalizing History in the Elementary Classroom | Teaching about Thanksgiving | You are the Historian | Pilgrim Hall Museum | The First Thanksgiving | Poems & Songs | Tksgvng Quiz | Thank-you in over 465 languages | Thanksgiving & Pilgrim Hotlist | Poems, Recitals & Rhymes | TeachersFirst Thanksgiving Lessons & Sites | Thanksgiving | Grade 2  Lesson Comparing Wampanoags & Pilgrims | Poetry, Poems, Bios and more | Resources from Gail Lovely | Poems | Songs & Poems | Printables History, Trivia & Fun | Activities | Enchanted Learning K-3 | Games & Activities | Harvest Celebrations around the World | Gratitude Quotes |
Veteran's Day
Veteran's Day Crafts, Projects, Printouts | Annie's Veteran's Day Page  | History of Veteran's Day | Celebrating America's Freedoms | Infoplease Veteran's Day | Experiencing War | Salute to Veterans

Eid al-Adha

December
December Holidays | Lesson Planning for Holidays around the World-scroll down | Christmas, Kwanzaa & Hanukkah sites
Nobel Prize Day-December 10 | Nobel Prize-interactive educational games too
Solstice | Winter Solstice | Winter Solstice | see also Science page for Solstice
Hanukkah
Chanukah | Chanukah | Hanukah Activities | Hanukkah | Virtual Chanukah | Make a Star of David | Hanukkah Poem Template | Paper Dreidel Craft | Hotlist |
Christmas
How Merry Christmas is said Around the World | Christmas Links | Christmas Trees | Decorate and print Christmas Tree (Jan Brett) | Grinch Coloring Pages | Crafts | Origami Star | Polar Express Activities | A history of Christmas | How Christmas Works | Christmas Celebrations Around the World | Jan Brett Holiday Ornaments | Hotlist  | Christmas Activities from Teachers First | Craft Ideas for Kids
Kwanzaa | Kwanzaa | What is Kwanzaa? | Hotlist | Official Kwanzaa Website

Inauguration
January 20-Inauguration Day | Inauguration Day | Schedule | Lessons |

Olympics | Infoplease: 2010 Winter Olympics | Vancouver 2010 | Team USA | NBC Olympics | Winter Olympics for Kids | Crafts & Fun | Theme Unit | Olympic Games Primer | Olympic Committee | U.S. Olympic Team | ESPN | Sports Illustrated | Games & Lesson Plans | Snow Sports-bobsled, biathlon, luge. snowboarding | Statistics & Trivia |
Ancient Olympics | The Ancient Olympics | Ancient Olympic Cyberhunt | Olympics Through Time


New Year's Activities
Islamic, Judaic, Christian and Native Religion New Year Stories & Reader's Theater
January
Caldecott Art |
Martin Luther King
Factmonster | MLK | MLK Integrated Lesson Units for Primary Grades | MLK Scavenger Hunt | MLK Papers-Primary Documents | I Have a Dream Speech | The King Center | Quiz | A Teeny Tiny Book to Print Out & Copy | More Links w/ Audio & Video & Crossword | Selected Reference Sources | MLK | MLK Speech Text | Civil Rights Unit | Map of Civil Rights Hot Spots | Peace Poem Sheet | MLK Hotlist | Seattle Times Site | Timeline | Teaching Tolerance Lesson Plans | Standing Tall Poem | Peace & Peacemaking Reader's Theater & More | Reporting Civil Rights | MLK Day of Service | One Hundred Acts of Kindness Lesson

February
Groundhog Day | History | Education World Resources & Lesson | Is It Spring Yet? | Groundhog Day | Groundhog Day History | Game | Lesson Plans |
Lunar or Chinese New Year 2011 Year of the Rabbit February 3
Chinese New Year | Chinese New Year | Countdown to the New Year | Crafts | Decorations & Food | Stories & Traditions | Celebration of the Chinese New Year | The Chinese Calendar | Chinese New Year Resources | Activities | Arts & Crafts for Chinese New Year | Happy Chinese New Year! | Fireworks Art | Dragon Craft | Folktales & Reader's Theater | Lesson Ideas & Websites | Reader's Theater (do a search for Chinese New Year)
100th Day | Education World Lessons & Resources | Enchanted Learning | Little Giraffes | Mrs. Meacham's | Starfall |
Snow | All About Snow | Billy Bear's Winter Activities | Build a Snowman | DLTK's Winter Activities | Kids Snow Page | Make-a-Flake | Snowflake Designer | How to Make a 3D Paper Snowflake | Make a Snowflake | Paper Snowflakes | Snow Crystals | How Do Snowflakes Form? | Bentley Snow Crystal Collection | Wilson (Snowflake) Bentley | Winter Word Search | Winter Fun | Winter Games Online (K-2) | Iditarod | Igloo (How to Build one) | Snow Lesson Plans | Scholastic Winter | Snowtastic Snow | Snowflake Designer | Snowflakes-A Thematic Approach | Snow Theme Sites | Snow Science Art | Snow & Winter Hotlist | Seasons, Solstice & Snow Lessons | SnowDays | Snowflake Factory |

Valentine's Day
Valentine Coupons | Crafts | DLTK Printable Templates, crafts, Games, Puzzles, etc. | More Crafts | Valentine Links | History of Valentine's Day | Fun Facts | Games | Heart Bingo | Links | Family Fun | Valentine's Day Links(scroll down) Resources from Education World
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President's Day | President's Day | George Washington: A National Treasure | Secrets about the Presidents | American President.org | American Experience | The American Presidency (Encyclopedia Britannica) | American Presidency-A Glorious Burden | American Presidency (Grolier) | American Experience President Profiles | POTUS | Dynamite Presidents |  Evaluate The President Webquest | Kennedy Photo Gallery | Presidents |  Presidents | Presidents | American President.org | The Presidents of the United States | The American Presidency | Who is Your Favorite President? | Electing a President | President for a Day | Inside the White House as President | Presidential Trivia | Primary Grade Activities | Patriotic String of Stars Activity | JFK Library | American Presidents:Life Portraits | Primary President Day Activities | Jimmy Carter | Lessons | American Presidents Life Portraits | Inauguration | Inaugurations From George W to George W | Education World Resources | WhiteHouse Tapes
Abe Lincoln Lincoln 200 Years
Gettysburg Address | Abe Lincoln Resources | Lincoln Biography | Abe Lincoln Internet Treasure Hunt | Abraham Lincoln for Primary Children | The Lincoln Log: A Daily Chronology of the Life of AL | Abe Lincoln  see also Grade 5 page
George Washington | The Life of George Washington | George Washington Papers | The Papers of GW | Geo Wash Picture Gallery | Bio | The Real Face Of... | GW Bio | Geo. Wash: A National Treasure | Rediscovering George Washington | The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources | Meet George Washington
Black History Month Booklist | PBS | Podcasts | Mop Top the Hip Hop Scientist
Afro-American Almanac | African American History | The African American Journey | African-American Odyssey | Africana.com | African-American World-PBS | African American Mosaic | Africans in America | Afro-America: The Black History Museum-interactive exhibits | Beyond Black History Month Black Baseball's Negro Baseball Leagues | Black History Activities on the Web | Black History by the Day | Black History-Ency Britannica | Black History Index | Black History Kids Domain Links | Black History Month Activities by Grade Level | Black History Month All Year Long | Culture & Change-Black History in America | Gale Resources | Images of African Americans from the 19th Century  | Museum of Afro-American History | Resources | SeattleTimes | More Great Sites | Black History Past to Present Web Treasure Hunt | Great African Americans | Black History Month Sites | Black Heritage Stamps & Word Search | African American Odessey Interactive | Black History Month All Year Long | African American Firsts | Black Achievers, History Terms & Timeline | Gale's Celebrating Black History | Black History Month | From Slavery to Civil Rights-A Timeline of African-American History | In Motion-The African American Migration Experience | Resources | Black History  | Black History | Black History Quiz | Moments in Black History | Negro Leagues Baseball | Gale Group Resources | Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement | More Sites | Af-Am History & Heritage Site | The History of Jim Crowe | Teachers First Resources | Through the Lens of Time: Images of African Americans from the Cook Collection of Photographs | All Year Long | Fast Facts from Census Bureau | Scholastic Black History in America | Freedom A History of US | African-American History and Culture |
Audio Clips | Marian Anderson | We Shall Overcome
Lessons | From Canterbury to Little Rock: The Struggle for Educational Equality for African-Americans
Individuals | Arthur Ashe | Biographies | Frederick Douglass | Frederick Douglass | Duke Ellington | Hall of Black Achievement | Nelson Mandela | Willie Mays | Rosa Parks-Bio | Rosa Parks | Rosa Parks | Rosa Parks | Montgomery Bus Boycott | Jackie Robinson | Jackie Robinson | Harriet Tubman Printout

Olympics
NBC Olympics | CNN | Kids News Network | Olympic Express Olympic Museum | More Links |


Dr. Seuss | Read across America | Seussville | Seuss Book Activities | Meeting & Reading Dr. Seuss | Seussville University | Lesson Plans, etc. | Crafts & Activities | Free Bookmarks | Biography of Dr. Seuss | Dr. Seuss National Memorial | An Index to Dr. Seuss Characters and Unusual Creatures | Make a Cat-in-the-Hat Hat | InfoPlease Biography | Fun w/ Seuss-many links

March The Iditarod race begins March 5! Visit these links | Official Site |

Book Lists | Kite Making Instructions | National Kite Month | March Activities |

Pi Day-March 14 | Exploratorium | Dr. Math | Mr. Herte | Pi Day Party

St. Patrick's Day
History of St. Patrick's Day | Fun | History of St. Patrick's Day | How St. Patrick's Day Works | Crafts & Actvities from Enchanted Learning | Happy St. Patrick's Day | St. Patrick's Day | TeachersFirst Lessons | Who was St. Patrick-History & Legends | St. Patrick's Theme Links | St. Patrick's Day Theme Page | Word Searches, Crosswords, Math Sheets | Childfun | Let's Visit Ireland! | St. Patrick's Day Snack | Irish Myths Legends Heroes & Saints | Wearin' o' the Green | St. Patrick's Day Printables | St. Patrick's Day Links | Ancient Ireland | Sharing links |

Women's History Month
Time for Kids Women's History Month | Women's History Month | Women's History Month | Discovering American Women's History Online | Lessons & Resources from Education World | CNN Student News | Field Trip | Fly Girls | Biography.com | Gale Resources | National Women's Hall of Fame | Women's Suffrage | Women's History Resources | Women in World History | Distinguished Women of Past & Present | American Women's History Research Guide | Jewish Women's Archive | Living the Legacy: The Women's Rights Movement | Her Story-Library of Congress Primary Resources | History of Women's History Month | Women's Speeches from Around the World | Women in Alaska's History | What Did You Do in the War, Grandma? (oral histories WWII) | Women Mathematicians | Quotations by Notable Women | Women of NASA | Nobel Prize Women in Science | 4000 Years of Women in Science | National Museum of Women in the Arts | National Women's History Project | Women in World History | Votes for Women's Suffrage Pictures | Women's History CyberPlayground | Women of the Century | Women Who Changed History | Picturing Women | Not For Ourselves Alone: The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony | Women's History Month | 300 Women Who Changed the World from Encyclopedia Britannica | Sharing Links | Internet Scavenger Hunt | NewsTimeLine from Google |
Individuals  | Susan B. Anthony | Susan B. Anthony | Martha Ballard | Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell | Nelly Bly | Marie Curie | Amelia Earhart | Queen Lili'uokalani | Elizabeth Robins | Eleanor Roosevelt | Rosy the Riveter & other Women Workers in WWII | Eliz. Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony | Not for Ourselves Alone-The Story of Elizabeth Cady Stanton & Susan B. Anthony | Ida Tarbell | Babe Didrikson Zaharias


April
Book Lists
April Fool's Day | Academy of American Poets | The Interactive Raven by Poe | see also "Poetry" on Literacy page 
Earth Day Any day-try Consumer Consequences or Zero Footprint Kids to check your impact on this planet! Also check out The Greens.
EcoKids | Earthday | Earth911.org | Endangered Earth | State of the Earth Slide Show (audio and ELL friendly too) | EnviroFun | EnviroLink | EPA Kids | Kids Domain | Kids do Ecology | Environmental Kids Club | How Green are You? | Kids For Saving Earth | The Lorax Project | Cool Cities | Earth Day/Ecology Projects | Earthday Network | Environmental Scavenger Hunt | The First Arbor Day | American Forests | Earth Day Activities | Nature's Recycling Coloring Book | Great Kapok Tree | EarthDay Resources | Big Wide World WebQuest | Earth's Birthday | Think Green  | Global Warming Facts & Online Exhibit | Earth Day.net | Wild World Online Conservation Atlas | Plants & Animals | Ecological Footprint Quiz | Kids Gardening
Anti-Pollution Coloring Book | Environmental Coloring Sheets | The Nature Conservancy-Calculate Carbon Footprint-see also Grade 4 Pollution sites Arbor Day | Arbor Day Fun & Games | Arbor Day Crafts | Arbor Day | Arbor Day |

May
Book Lists | Baseball History
Cinco de Mayo | The History of Cinco de Mayo | Cinco de Mayo | Cinco de Mayo History | How to Make a Pinata | Info in English & Spanish | Games & Activities | Mother's Day | Who came up with Mother's Day and Why? | Celebrating Memorial Day | Memorial Day | Memorial Day | Memorial Day Printable | Mem Day Shoebox Parade Lesson Plan | Dept. of Veteran Affairs: Memorial Day | History Channel: Memorial Day | Memorial Day Concert 

Elections
All Aboard the Campaign Trail | BrainPop Movie (see Mrs. Smith for password) | By the People | The Democracy Project | Growing Voters | Time for Kids Election 08 | Activities K-5 | Documentary Photos from Previous Inaugurations | Election Lessons | Election Materials | Election Resources for Elementary | Electing a President | Presidential Inaugurations (American Memory) | Project Vote Smart | The Perfect President Lesson Plan | Countdown to Election Day | U.S. Electoral College Teaching Resources | Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections | Voting & Elections | How the President of the United States Is Elected | Election Central | Election Lessons | Election & Voting Lesson Plans | Elections the American Way | | BrainPop-no password necessary | Scholastic Election 2008 | Weekly Reader Election 2008 | Elementary Web Sites | 2008 Election Lessons | Caucuses & Primaries | How do Caucuses Work? | Election Glossary from Enchanted Learning | How Does the Primary Process Work? | U.S. Gov. Glossary | Color the Presidential Seal | Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections

June
Juneteenth | Juneteenth & Emancipation Proclamation |
Flag Day | Lessons | Flag Day | Flag History | U.S. Flag | Learn2 Fold theFlag | Guide to American Flags | Lesson |
Father's Day | InfoPlease | Holiday Zone | Crafts | Make a Tie Card | Coupon | Special Dad Certificate


July
A Capitol Fourth | Fourth of July Celebrations Database | Patriotic String of Stars Activity | American Icons | 4th of July | Songs, Poems & Fingerplays | Crafts & Activities | Create your own Fireworks show at Crayola.com | Education World Sites, Resources, Songs & more |

August Read*Write*Think summer Activities | Summer Fun from ChildFun