Every Day and Every Way: For Teaching Holidays and Special Days

by A. Resnick; M. Pavol; H. Pappas

Overview

Every Day and Every Way—For Teaching Holidays and Special Days is a quick-reference mini-unit resource and activity book. It is designed for use by classroom teachers, curriculum coordinators and principals. Each mini-unit can readily be converted into a workable lesson plan.

As a practicing educator you are well aware of the excitement and spirit that are usually generated in the classroom when holidays, festivals and special days are appropriately observed.

Now, more than ever, educators like yourself are beginning to realize that the celebration or remembrance of a special event, historical anniversary or birthday can readily become a catalyst for integrating positive citizenship themes into the instructional program.

You will find that your students will enjoy learning about the early origins of special holidays. They will be enriched by the tracing of their development, from past to present.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781462094080
Publisher:	iUniverse, Incorporated
Publication date:	06/14/2000
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	316
File size:	942 KB

Table of Contents

	Preface	5
	Thought Question Labels	8
	September--Value Theme for the Month: Cooperation
	Theme Poem	9
	Poem of the Month: Labor Day	9
	Calendar of Commemorative Events	10
	Highlighted Days: Mini Units
	Better Breakfast Month	12
	Labor Day	16
	Grandparents' Day	20
	Henry Hudson sailed up Hudson River, 1609	23
	Francis Scott Key wrote "The Star Spangled Banner," 1814	26
	First Day of Autumn	28
	Balboa discovers Pacific Ocean, 1513	32
	Johnny Appleseed born, 1774	34
	American Indian Day	37
	October--Value Theme for the Month: Safety
	Theme Poem	42
	Poem of the Month: Columbus Day	42
	Calendar of Commemorative Events	43
	Highlighted Days: Mini Units
	Fire Prevention Day	45
	National Newspaper Week	49
	Columbus landed in America, 1492	54
	National Employ the Handicapped Week	57
	United Nation's Day	61
	Theodore Roosevelt born, 1858	65
	Statue of Liberty dedicated, 1886	68
	Halloween	71
	November--Value Theme for the Month: Appreciation
	Theme Poem	76
	Poem of the Month: Veterans Day	76
	Calendar of Commemorative Events	77
	Highlighted Days: Mini Units
	Will Rogers born, 1879	78
	First U.S. Intercollegiate Football Game, 1869	80
	Lewis and Clark reach Pacific Ocean, 1805	83
	U.S. Marine Corp. founded, 1775	86
	Election Day	89
	Veterans Day (First Tuesday)	92
	Standard time began in U.S., 1883	95
	Thanksgiving Day (Last Thursday)	100
	December--Value Theme for the Month: Respect
	Theme Poem	104
	Poem of the Month: Wright Brothers Day	104
	Calendar of Commemorative Events	105
	Highlighted Days: Mini Units
	Know Your State Capital Day	106
	Washington, D.C. became the official capital of U.S., 1800	112
	Christmas In Other Lands	115
	Bill of Rights Day	120
	Wright Brothers Day--first successful airplane flight, 1903	124
	Continental Army encamped at Valley Forge, PA., 1777	128
	Apollo 8, the first space vehicle carrying humans to orbit launched, 1968	132
	January--Value Theme for the Month: Freedom
	Theme Poem	136
	Poem of the Month: Martin Luther King Day	136
	Calendar of Commemorative Events	137
	Highlighted Days: Mini Units
	New Year's Day	139
	Emancipation Proclamation issued, 1863	141
	Betsy Ross, flagmaker, born in 1752	143
	First public museum founded	145
	Martin Luther King Jr. born, 1929	149
	World Religion Day	153
	Benjamin Franklin born, 1706	155
	First Postal Route, Boston to New York, 1672	159
	February--Value Theme for the Month: Love
	Theme Poem	163
	Poem of the Month: Thomas A. Edison's Birthday	163
	Calendar of Commemorative Events	164
	Highlighted Days: Mini Units
	Groundhog Day	165
	National Crime Prevention	169
	Thomas A. Edison born, 1842	174
	Black History Week--Benjamin Banneker	179
	Harriet Tubman	184
	Abraham Lincoln born, 1809	188
	Valentine's Day	193
	George Washington born, 1732	197
	March--Value Theme for the Month: Responsibility
	Theme Poem	202
	Poem of the Month: National Teachers Day	202
	Calendar of Commemorative Events	203
	Highlighted Days: Mini Units
	National Teachers Day	204
	Crispus Attucks Day	208
	National Women's History Week	211
	Amerigo Vespucci born, 1454	214
	Spring Clean Up Time	217
	St. Patrick's Day	220
	Hawaiian Statehood	224
	National Wildlife Week	230
	Art Week	233
	April--Value Theme for the Month: Consideration
	Theme Poem	238
	Poem of the Month: Arbor Day	238
	Calendar of Commemorative Events	239
	Highlighted Days: Mini Units
	April Fool's Day	240
	U.S. Mint Established, 1792	242
	Hans Christian Andersen born, 1805	246
	Booker T. Washington born, 1856	248
	Thomas Jefferson born, 1743	251
	Pan American Day	254
	Arbor Day	257
	May--Value Theme for the Month: Loyalty
	Theme Poem	262
	Poem of the Month: Red Cross Day	262
	Calendar of Commemorative Events	263
	Highlighted Days: Mini Units
	Mother's Day	264
	Gabriel D. Fahrenheit born, 1686	267
	Homestead Act	270
	American Red Cross founded, 1881	273
	Memorial Day	277
	June--Value Theme for the Month: Patriotism
	Theme Poem	281
	Poem of the Month: Carnival and Circus Month	281
	Calendar of Commemorative Events	282
	Highlighted Days: Mini Units
	Carnival and Circus Month	283
	Nathan Hale born, 1755	287
	Baseball introduced	289
	Flag Day	293
	Father's Day	297
	Helen Keller born, 1880	300
	Additional Commemorative Events--July, August	304
	Poems of the Month: July--Moon Landing	307
	August--Atomic Bomb	307
	Additional Resources for Teaching Special Days and Holidays	308
	Poem: RX	309
	The Daily Greeting	309
	The Mystery Commemorative Day	310
	Calendar--Years 1776 to 2000	311