Take your class on a holiday journey around the world, all while focusing on reading comprehension and opinion writing skills for Common Core. Students get their own suitcase, passport, map, and travel guide book as they "travel" to learn about how holidays are celebrated around the world. They can do a Close Reading of up to 10 different countries/continents, and then complete an opinion writing assignment to this prompt: “In your opinion, in which part of the world would you most like to visit