Holidays Around the World | Christmas Around the World | Print and Digital

Looking for a hands-on way to teach about holidays around the world? This cross-curricular hands-on unit will keep your students engaged during the holiday season. Reading passages are provided for each country in the unit to allow for use in your Reading/LA block along with Social Studies. This is perfect to use in a single classroom and also works well with students traveling to multiple classrooms.

Note: This now contains a link on page 2 of the PDF that allows for use in Google Classroom. This makes it ideal for in-person AND distance learning!!!

This unit contains information and activities for the following 12 countries:

• Australia

• Canada

• China

• France

• Germany

• Greece

• Italy

• Japan

• Mexico

• Spain

• Sweden

• United States

Activities included in this unit:

• Fact cards for each country (color and black and white)

• Pictures and instructions for lapbooks and interactive notebooks

• Pocket pattern for fact cards (can be used in interactive notebooks or to make a lapbook)

• Holidays Around the World Booklet

• Santa Claus Foldable Activity (can be used in interactive notebooks or to make a lapbook)

• “Hey Santa” – Reading a Chart Activity

• “Hey Santa” – Matching Activity

• World Map Pattern (can be used in interactive notebooks or to make a lapbook)

• Holidays Around the World Geography Activities

• “Happy Holidays” foldable activity (can be used in interactive notebooks or to make a lapbook)

• “Merry Christmas” – Reading a Chart Activity

• “My Holiday Meal” Creative Activity

• “Which Country?” – Comprehension Activity

• Match the Flags Activities

• Reading Comprehension Activity for each country

• Color the Flag Activity for each country

• St. Lucia’s Day Reading Comprehension Activity

• Legend of Befana Reading Comprehension Activity

• Suggested Scope and Sequence

• Answer Key