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 ________.