Christmas Research Organizer

Pick the holiday that fits your unit, or read several in a row to compare calendars. Remind students to cite only what the cards say.

Research Christmas with three source cards, comparing Germany, Mexico and Ethiopia. The directions on the page read: Read the three source cards. You will use them on page 2. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 7th grade Culture: Holidays and Heritage, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

Page 1 gives three source cards and students fill in an organizer using only those cards. On several sheets they also write the letter of the card they used for each row.

There are sheets on Thanksgiving, Christmas, Easter, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Lunar New Year, Passover, Ramadan and winter solstice traditions. Each is written to be neutral and describes what observers do.

Some do. Students count days in a date table for Hanukkah and Ramadan, find the order of years in the Lunar New Year animal cycle and compare Western and Orthodox Easter dates.