From Christmas to Yuletide to Hanukkah,  mid-winter festivals and holidays are celebrated around the world. Let's celebrate 12 winter events from around the globe and discover why it's the most wonderful time of the year.

Inequality

Reduced inequalities

Global Partnerships

Partnerships for the goals

Peace justice

Peace, Justice and strong institutions

Recognize the similarities and differences in practices (e.g., Christmas vs. Spring Festival, weddings, titles of relatives)

FL.9-12.CMP.10.CI.1

Explain the similarities and differences in practices (e.g., Spring Festival vs. Christmas, indications of colors, wedding, titles of relatives)

FL.9-12.CMP.10.CII.1

Compare holidays and celebrations and distinguish holidays unique to German-speaking culture (e.g., Christmas traditions, Oktoberfest, St. Martinstag, Fasching / Karneval)

FL.9-12.CMP.10.GI.2

explains customs related to holidays and ceremonies celebrated by specific cultural groups in Kansas (e.g., Christmas, Cinco de Mayo, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Lunar New Year, Ramadan, St. Lucia, St. Patrick’s Day).

SOC.3.H.3.1

Create replicas of cultural objects (e.g., origami, piñata, Mardi Gras masks, Christmas shoe, bulla).

FL.3.3.2.B.6

Compare and contrast differences in cultural traditions and celebrations (e.g., independence day, Saturnalia, Holy Week).

FL.8.4.2.C.4

Students examine how access to various institutions affects justice, reward, and power by Identifying examples of tensions between belief systems and government policies and laws (e.g. Christmas trees may exclude people who are not Christian; Pledge of Allegiance)

SOC.5-6.H&SS5-6:17.2

explain the significance of religious holidays and observances such as Christmas, Easter, Ramadan, the annual hajj, Yom Kippur, Rosh Hashanah, Diwali, and Vaisakhi in various contemporary societies.