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This Week’s Historical Events & Holidays to Teach, Part I

history· subjects

13 Dec

Some exciting things happened in history this week!  Here are some of the historical events you may want to study with your students:

St. Lucia Images at Google Images

  • December 13th:  St. Lucia's Day  is celebrated in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and other (mostly Scandinavian) countries.  Here are some ways to celebrate St. Lucy's Day:

                            ~ Read the history of St. Lucia's Day (from Sweden)  or read more here (from Wikipedia)

                            ~ Create Santa Lucia dolls from pipe cleaners & wood beads (by Posie Gets Cozy)   and  make paper crowns & hats (by Kiddley)
                           ~ Make St. Lucia bread (courtesy of Family Fun)
          
  • December 14th:   The South Pole was reached in 1911 by four Norwegians, led by a man named Roald Amundsen. 

                    ~ Read about the adventure in a brief history here,  or read about the expedition straight from Amundsen in his book, now free as a Kindle ebook (readable on any iDevice, computer, Kindle, etc.)

Southpole
                  
                        ~ View the South Pole with this webcam provided by the United States Antarctic Program 
                        ~ Here are some lesson plans & activities on the South Pole by National Geographic
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This week has quite a bit more, so I'm going to finish the rest tomorrow, in Part II.  For now, enjoy St. Lucia's Day as you prepare for tomorrow's South Pole adventure.        
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If you know of any historical events (from any country) that occurred between December 12-18, please share them in the comments section.   And please let us know if you find good lesson plans, history links, or tutorials for the above holidays. 

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  1. e-Expeditions says

    December 13, 2011 at 5:53 PM

    This is such a cool idea! I’ve been dying to read Amundsen’s book for a while now–maybe I’ll set aside tomorrow to start it. 🙂

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