Your students will love learning about different holidays around the world.   They’ll meet social studies and ELA standards while developing vocabulary and language skills, and working on higher-order thinking skills.

Just print the labels, assemble the graphic organizers, and record pages! This Christmas around the world unit is unique because it can be a VERY SIMPLE classroom activity or you can make it more involved! We designed this resource to be totally adaptable to make it work for real teachers in real classrooms!

Included activities:

  1. Editable airplane tickets
  2. Graphic organizers for 15 countries/4 holidays
  3. Passport
  4. 2 student worksheets for each country/holiday (one for writing and one for coloring)
  5. World map
  6. Venn Diagram
  7. Informational PowerPoints for 15 different countries/holidays
  8. Fact sheet for each country/holiday
  9. Read aloud suggestions
  10. Hat for each country/holiday
  11. An image for each country or holiday to display on your screen/board
  12. Art ideas/Holidays around the world crafts
  13. Lesson plans
  14. Screen images to display on your board/screen
  15. Snack ideas
  16. Math and literacy centers