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National Holidays
Kayla BaldingerIDT 3600
• Content Area: Social Studies
• Grade Level: 1
• Summary: The purpose of this instructional PowerPoint is to have the student understand the importance of National Holidays.
• Learning Objective: Given the information on this PowerPoint and information from the hyperlink provided TLW be able to complete all the activities within the PowerPoint with 100% accuracy.
• Content Standard: 1.39 Use informational text to help describe the importance of celebrating these national holidays; Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Columbus Day, Veterans’ Day, and Thanksgiving
What is a National Holiday ?
Name your favorite holiday! But…..what exactly is a holiday, can you tell me ?
Wait…then what does is mean to be a National Holiday?
Can you name some National Holiday’s?
**We will discuss these questions out loud**
Martin Luther King Jr.
What day is Martin Luther King Jr. Day ? - January 18th
Who was Martin Luther King Jr.?-A preacher-A Civil Rights Leader-Turn around and take 2 minutes to tell your neighbor
anything else you know about Martin Luther King Jr. **We will discuss some of these ideas aloud**
Why is MLK Day important to us ? -Write down two reasons you think we celebrate MLK Day
**We will discuss out loud together**Now let’s watch this short video about Martin Luther King Jr. as a class!
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ8Xqzb2XSU
President’s Day When do we celebrate President’s Day?
-February 15th What is the President ?
-The leader of the United States if America Who is the current President?
-Barack Obama Why do we celebrate Presidents?
-Talk with you neighbor about your ideas**We will discuss as a class**
What exactly do we celebrate on Presidents day ? -PRESIDENTS!!!
Let’s take this quick quiz as a class! http://www.primarygames.com/presidents/question_1.htm
Memorial Day
When do we celebrate Memorial Day? -Last Monday of May
What do we celebrate on Memorial Day?- The men and women who have fought and lost their lives during a war.
Why do you think this is important, and what are something's you can do to celebrate?
**We will discuss these out loud together by raising hands**
Independence Day
When is Independence Day? - July 4
Independence Day is America’s Birthday!We celebrate this day because our country is very
important to us. Why do you think out country is very important?
** We will discuss**What do you call Independence Day?
-Fourth of July
Independence Day Cont’d
Go to the website below and read the facts about Independence Day, then take 10 minutes to draw a picture of what you do to celebrate the fourth of July and write down why it is an important holiday.
http://www.kidsplayandcreate.com/why-do-we-celebrate-the-fourth-of-july-4th-of-july-facts-for-kids/
Columbus Day
What is Columbus Day ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vf82WAw0IqwWho is Christopher Columbus?
-Explorer-Found America, but he didn’t know!
When is Columbus Day ? -Second Monday in October
Discuss with your partner why it is important to celebrateChristopher Columbus?
**We will discuss this out loud**
Veterans’ Day
When do we celebrate Veterans’ Day?-November 11th
What is Veteran’s day? -Is a day to celebrate men and women who have fought in war
Do you know a veteran? **We will discuss this out loud**
Thanksgiving
When do we celebrate Thanksgiving?-The last Thursday of November
What started Thanksgiving?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuz7GXb7QMU
Why is important to be thankful for the things we have on Thanksgiving?
**We will discuss as a class**
Holiday Fun
Get into groups of 2 or 3 and tell each other what your families do for all of these holidays. If you do not celebrate a certain holiday talk about ways you could celebrate.
Wrap it Up
Write down the answers to these questions.• Today we talked about __________ _________?• ___________ is to celebrate the first feast between Indians
and Pilgrims. • ___________ is to celebrate the leaders of our country. • _________ is to celebrate living war heroes, but __________
is to celebrate heroes who died. • __________ is to honor the civil rights leader. • ___________ is to celebrate when America was found!• The day we celebrate America’s Birthday is called ________.