Holidays and Cultures Around the World Bundle

Are you studying Holidays Around the World? This GROWING bundle has Christmas, Hannukah, Diwali, Culture Vocabulary, and five different countries. It has a huge variety of tasks to span two weeks of instruction. Close reading passages, videos, PowerPoints, printables, and more.

This bundle is a great way to teach both Reading Skills and Social Studies together during the holiday season! Students will learn about American traditions and holiday customs from 5 other countries or cultures: Australia, Mexico, Jewish culture, Vietnam, and Colombia.

The Holidays and Cultures Around the World Bundle Includes:

1) Christmas Around the World PowerPoint (22 slides non-editable)

2) Christmas Around the Wolrd Note-Taking Handouts (8 Pages)

3) Christmas in Colombia Video

4) Christmas in Vietnam Video

5) Christmas Tic-Tac-Toe Bingo (30 student cards, directions, and teacher script)

6) Close Reading Chanukah (5 passages, 33 pages)

7) Short Answer Responses for Close Reading

8) Notice and Note for Close Reading

9) Graphic Organizers for Close Reading

10) Culture Vocabulary PowerPoint (13 editable slides)

11) Culture Mini-task Cards (12 cards: synonyms, word sorts, fill-in-the-blank)

12) Culture Vocabulary Note-taking Handouts (5 pages)

13) Close Reading: Diwali [Update Nov. 2017]

14) Close Reading: Christmas Around the World [Update Aug.2019]

15) Word Searches for the Winter Holidays: Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's, and the Holiday Season [Update Dec.2019]

16) Holidays Around the World Reading Comprehension Passage [Update Dec.2019]

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CLOSE READING

Help your students dig deeper into informational text with these holiday close reading passages and questions. Read about Chanukah, Christmas Around the World, and Diwali. 10 close reading passages with activities.

Each section of text has three sets of questions. The first set of questions requires students respond to the text in short answer responses (SAR). The second set of questions require students to analyze the text by taking notes and summarizing the text. The third set of questions use a graphic organizer to analyze text structure.

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Skills in the Close Reading Activities:

- Making Connections (text-to-text, text-to-self)

- Making Inferences

- Using Text Evidence to support inferences

- Determining Main Idea

- Using Text Evidence to support main idea

- Clarifying words and phrases

- Notice and Note

- Summarizing

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Other Resources for Culture Studies:

⚫Cultures Around the World: Black History Month

⚫Cultures Around the World: Hispanic Heritage Month

More great Close Reading Passages

⚫Close Reading Passages: Chanukah

⚫Close Reading Passages: Christmas Around the Worl

⚫Close Reading Passages: Martin Luther King Jr

⚫Close Reading Passages: George Washington Carver

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