Ancient Roots, Modern Holidays
The history of many modern holidays with the lesson plans.

Australia Day - A History
A chronological history of how white and indigenous Australians have acknowledged, celebrated and mourned the 26 January since 1788. From the Australia Day Council of New South Wales

Buddhist Festivals and Special Days from Buddhanet

Calendar of Indian Festivals
By the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

Celebrating Diversity
Ethnic, National, Religious and Other holidays and festivals

Celebrating the World of Festivals and Events Festivals.com

Celebrations and Commemorations
An Internet unit for K-6 students wih activities (divided into three stages); a list of web resources; and teachers notes. Part of the One World site at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Celebrations of All Nations
Australia, Ireland, France, Venezuela, Netherlands, Singapore, Japan, Kenya, Estonia and USA. From Chertsey Public School, NSW

Chinese Festivals
A links list from The English Schools Foundation, Hong Kong

Chinese New Year - February 12, 2002 - The Year of the Horse -

Chinese New Year
2002 Chinese Calendar from China the Beautiful

Chinese New Year
From Chinascape

Chinese New Year
Contains Quizzes, Vocabulary Worksheets, integration ideas, references and art activities. From Teachervision

Chinese New Year Activities
Includes craft activities and colouring pages. From Activitiy Village

Chinese New Year Graphics
From China the Beautiful

Chinese New Year or Spring Festival
Includes craft activities, background information, and traditions

Chinese/Lunar New Year
The dates for Chinese/Lunar New Year to 2020 from Asia For Kids

Christmas Island Lunar New year - Year of the Horse stamps
Each of these stamps represents one of the animals for which the 12 years in the Chinese zodiac are named. From Ausatralian Stamps

Horse Coloring pages

Christmas

Christmas An annotated links list from Education Network Commonwealth of Australia

Christmas: a multicultural festival
Origins and Traditions from Culture and Rereation Portal, Australia

History of the Holidays
The histories, traditions, and symbols of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. From The History Channel

International Christmas Customs and Traditions

Children's Customs
Customs in European countries from Children's Folk Games by Duiliu Zamfirescu School Focsani, Romania

Cinco de Mayo

Cinco de Mayo Festival

Diwali

Diwali
From SchoolsAhead

Diwali (Divali, Dewali)
From Celebrating Diversity

Diwali By Malini Bisen

Diwali Festival
Includes information about the Legend and the Celebrations

The Earth Calendar
A daybook of holidays and celebrations around the world. Contains information by date, country or religion

Easter An edsites links list

Father's Day An edsites links list

Festival Special Come Navaratri and it's festival season in India. From Pitara

Festivals from Hindunet

Festivals and Religious Occasions of India
By the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India

Holidays

History of the Holidays
The histories, traditions, and symbols of Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa. From The History Channel

Holiday Lesson Plans and Resources
A links list from Educational Resources and Lesson Plans by Edmund Sass

Holidays
A list of ideas for games, activities, stories, and special events for many holidays and the seasons of the year. It includes crafts, mazes, clip art, icons, coloring pages, word searches, and miscellaneous related links addressed to both adults and children alike. From Kidsdomain.com.

Holidays from Cyber Grandmas

Holidays and Seasonal Information 2002
By Ann Salzmann, Intensive English Institute, University of Illinois

Holidays Around the World Yahooligans

What holidays does Japan have? Kids Web Japan

Mother's Day An edsites links list

Multicultural Calendar Index by country

Remembrance Day - November 11

ANZACS An Argot Library links list

Remembrance Day
From Australia's Cultural and Recreation Portal, Department of Communications, Information Technology and the Arts, Commonwealth of Australia

Remembrance Day
From the Australian War Memorial Website

Valentine's Day

The History of Valentine's Day
From the History Channel

Veterans Day

Celebrating America's Freedoms
Contains 14 essays that discuss national symbols & customs such as the U.S. flag, the Pledge of Allegiance, taps, gun salutes, and the American Bald Eagle. essays about familiar U.S. symbols, customs and observances. A description of possible school activities is included. From the Department of Veterans Affairs (US)

World of Festivals and Events

The World Wide Holidays and Festivals site
Information about national and religious holidays