Kwanzaa – Teacher Resources

Celebrate the African-American and Pan-African families, communities, and cultures with Kwanzaa resources, arts & crafts, lessons, and printables. We have lesson plans on the history of the holiday, activities to help your students learn more about the different aspects of Kwanzaa, printables for writing holiday poetry, project instructions for creating paper chains and wrapping paper, vocabulary lists, biographies of important Kwanzaa figures, and more! These activities are sure to increase your students' awareness of other cultures and beliefs.


Printables
	Kwanzaa Candles
	Kwanzaa Activities
	How Many Holiday Things?
	Holiday Memory Game
	Kwanzaa, the African-American Celebration of Ancestry
	Kwanzaa Craft
	Happy Holidays
	More Kwanzaa Printables

Lesson Plans
	Winter Holidays
	Holiday Poems
	Holiday Paper Chains
	What Is Kwanzaa?
	Potato Print Wrapping Paper
	Activities for African Folk Tales
	African Storytellers
	More Kwanzaa Lesson Plans

Quizzes
	December Holidays Quiz
	Kwanzaa Facts Quiz
	Kwanzaa Word Problems
	Kwanzaa Terms Quiz

Art & Music Activities for Kwanzaa
	Holiday Ornaments & Decorations Slideshow

Reading & Language Arts Activities for Kwanzaa
	Kwanzaa Symbols & Celebration
	What Is Kwanzaa? -- Vocabulary
	To Market in Africa


Social Studies Activities for Kwanzaa
	Favorite December Holiday Printables Slideshow, Grades K-4
	December Holidays Printables Slideshow (K-2)
	December Holidays Printables Slideshow (3-5)
	Favorite Kwanzaa Activities Slideshow, Grades K-8
	Winter Holidays Article
	Winter Holidays Chart
	Winter Holidays Vocabulary Worksheet
	More Kwanzaa Activities for Social Studies

More December Holidays
	Christmas – Teacher Resources
	December Holidays Resources for Teachers
	Hanukkah – Teacher Resources
	New Year's – Teacher Resources

Black History Resources
	Educator's Guide to Barack Obama: Son of Promise, Child of Hope
	In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson
	Visualizing Jazz Scenes of the Harlem Renaissance
	Kwanzaa Comparison Chart
	An Overview of Kwanzaa
	Dr. Maulana Karenga, Kwanzaa Creator (Coloring Page)
	George Washington Carver – Coloring Page
	More Black History Resources

Winter Activities
	Let It Snow!
	Christmas Worksheets & Quizzes
	Snowman Mobile
	Winter-Themed Bulletin Board
	A Winter Tree
	I Dreamed I Was a Snowman Poetry Pack
	Jan Brett's Winter Books
	More Winter Teacher Resources

December Events

Find educational resources for every day in December. Fill your December lessons with activities for Hanukkah (Dec. 21 -- Sundown), Winter Solstice (Dec. 21), Christmas (Dec. 25), Kwanzaa (Dec. 26), New Year's Eve (Dec. 31), Universal Human Rights Month (Dec.), World AIDS Month (Dec.).

Rulers & Number Lines

Take a look at our collection of printable rulers and protractors and number lines and place-value charts.

Letter-Writing Activities

Develop students' composition skills with these printables and activities. Students will learn about basic letter formats and practice writing formal, persuasive, and friendly letters.

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2009 Educators' Calendar

There's something worth celebrating every day! Find fun and educationally relevant holidays, events, and celebrations for each day of the year.

Printable Maps

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Daily Printables

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