Holiday Round-Up: Reading With a Purpose (Reading Through History) - Softcover

Henderson, Jake; Marshall, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1519479816 ISBN 13: 9781519479815

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

Holiday Round-Up by Reading Through History is a collaborative effort of two Oklahoma classroom teachers with nearly thirty years of teaching experience at the secondary level. This workbook includes 246 pages of student activities dealing with virtually every holiday on the calendar (excluding Halloween and Christmas). The workbook features twenty-six different holidays, and includes more than fifty lessons, along with answer keys for each activity. It is the go to resource for any elementary or reading teacher in need of student activities related to these holidays. Each lesson has several pages of student activities to accompany the reading, including reading comprehension questions, guided reading activities, vocabulary activities, and student response essay questions. The holidays included are: New Years' Eve, Martin Luther King Day, Groundhog Day, Valentines Day, Presidents Day, St. Patrick's Day, April Fool's Day, Passover, Easter, Arbor Day, Earth Day, Cinco de Mayo, Mother's Day, Memorial Day, Flag Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Constitution Day, Columbus Day, Ramadan, Veterans Day, and Thanksgiving. Please keep mind, this volume DOES NOT include Halloween and Christmas. For lessons about Halloween and Christmas, please see Reading Through History's other fine products which relate specifically to those holidays.

About this title

About the Author:

Jake Henderson is a graduate of Southwestern Oklahoma State University in Weatherford, OK where he earned a BA in History Education. He also has a Master’s Degree in History Education from SWOSU, which he earned in 2004. He has taught U.S. History, World History, AP Government, U.S. Government, Geography, Oklahoma History, and Psychology at the High School level for more than ten years, and he currently lives and teaches in Woodward, OK. Robert Marshall also graduated from SWOSU where he earned a BA in History Education. He has taught U.S. History, World History, U.S. Government, Geography, Oklahoma History, World Studies, Art, and Music Appreciation at the middle and high school levels since 1999. He currently teaches at Blanche Thomas High School in Sentinel, Oklahoma.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1519479816
• ISBN 13: 9781519479815
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 276