Series

All About the Holidays

54 episodes

One- and two-minute explainers on where a holiday came from and how people mark it. There is roughly a school year's worth, from Groundhog Day and April Fools' through Chinese New Year, Dia de los Muertos, Eid al-Fitr, Hanukkah, Christmas, and Easter, plus the heritage and awareness months. Several correct a common mix-up along the way: Cinco de Mayo is not Mexican independence, and Arbor Day looks forward rather than back. A few close by turning the question back on the class (how does your family mark this?). A quick, matter-of-fact way to open the calendar day.

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what this series covers

What All About the Holidays covers

54 episodes in the library, tagged for K–5th. Heaviest coverage: Social Studies, Science and Math. Between them they line up with 17 distinct standards across 2 frameworks.

Episodes per grade

K: 47
1st: 47
2nd: 47
3rd: 54
4th: 54
5th: 54

Episodes per subject

Social Studies: 52
Science: 4
Math: 1

NGSS (Science) 4

1-ESS1-2Make observations at different times of year to relate the amount of daylight to the time of year.
5-ESS1-2Represent data in graphical displays to reveal patterns of daily changes in length and direction of shadows, day and night, and the seasonal appearance of some stars in the night sky.
5-ESS3-1Obtain and combine information about ways individual communities use science ideas to protect the Earth's resources and environment.
K-ESS3-3Communicate solutions that will reduce the impact of humans on the land, water, air, and/or other living things in the local environment.

Social Studies (C3 / NCSS) 13

D2.His.2.3-5Compare life in specific historical time periods to life today.
D2.Geo.6.K-2Identify some cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places.
D2.His.14.K-2Generate possible reasons for an event or development in the past.
D2.His.14.3-5Explain probable causes and effects of events and developments.
D2.His.3.3-5Generate questions about individuals and groups who have shaped significant historical changes and continuities.
D2.Civ.14.3-5Illustrate historical and contemporary means of changing society.

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D2.Civ.6.K-2Describe how communities work to accomplish common tasks, establish responsibilities, and fulfill roles of authority.
D2.Civ.2.K-2Explain how all people, not just official leaders, play important roles in a community.
D2.His.2.K-2Compare life in the past to life today.
D4.7.K-2Identify ways to take action to help address local, regional, and global problems.
D2.Civ.1.K-2Describe roles and responsibilities of people in authority.
D2.Eco.6.K-2Explain how people earn income.
D4.6.K-2Identify and explain a range of local, regional, and global problems, and some ways in which people are trying to address these problems.