If you want to learn about a holiday, click on the links below it.
Overview of Major U.S Holidays
- Video – U.S Holidays
Martin Luther King, Jr. ( third Monday in January)
- El Civics Lesson
- Videos
- Biography video
- History Channel Video
- I Have a Dream Speech Part 1
- I Have a Dream Speech Part 2
- A song for all Civil Rights movements – A Change is Gonna Come
Chinese New Year
- El Civics Lesson => Chinese New Year
- Videos
Groundhog Day ( February 2nd)
- Videos
Valentine’s Day – (February 14th) is a day where people expresses feelings of friendship and love for other. They send cards called “Valentines” to others
Presidents’ Day ( third Monday in February)
Mardi Gras is a multi-day carnival festival where people enjoy dancing, music and food before Lent begins.
- El Civics Lesson => Mardi Gras
- Video from the History Channel => History of Mardi Gras
St. Patrick’s Day – March 17th
April Fool’s Day – 4/1
Easter
Earth Day (4/22)
Mothers’ Day (second Sunday in May)
- EL Civics’s Lesson
- Videos
Memorial Day (last Monday in May)
Independence Day ( 4th of July)
- El Civics lesson
- Videos
Labor Day (first Monday in September)
- http://www.elcivics.com/labor-day-1.html
- History of Labor Day,
9-11
Events of 9/11 – Hero lies in you
Halloween ( October 31st)
Veterans Day ( November 11)
Thanksgiving
- http://www.elcivics.com/esl-thanksgiving.html
- ESOL Activities – activities for various levels
- The First Thanksgiving – Scholastic – interactive activities
- Thanksgiving in the USA and The First Thanksgiving in America from “Many Things – Fill in exercises
- ESL Holiday Lesson – reading and listening selections
- Squanto – worksheet explaining his history and why he spoke English
- Games
- Jeopardy Type – BogglesWorld
- Bingo
- Videos
- History of Thanksgiving – History Channel
- Thanksgiving Traditions – Vocabulary – BogglesWorld
- American Thanksgiving Story –
- Story of the MayFlower and the First Thanksgiving – Free School
- Thanksgiving Song – Mary Chapin
- ESL Videos – video and quiz
December Holidays around the World
Hanukkah is a Jewish holiday and is often called the Festival of Lights .
Kwanzaa is a multi-day festival that celebrates African American heritage.
Christmas
- El Civics lesson
- ESOL Christmas Picture Vocabulary and Quiz
- Christmas Words that Go Together 1 and 2
- Mrs. Haquet’s Christmas Book
- Twelve Christmas Traditions from around the World
- Videos
- Listening Dialogs – a set of 6 audio exercises
- Christmas Carols
- Christmas Song by Michael Buble
- Jingle Bells (slow) , faster one
- Twelve Days , another 12 Days version
- Silver Bells
- White Christmas- Buble , White Christmas- Pentatonix
- Need A Little Christmas Now
- Carol of the Bells
- All I Want for Christmas is You, Clip From Love Actually
- Rudolph – the Red Nosed Reindeer
- Full Classic Christmas Movies/Cartoons