Primary teachers and students click here for neat sites for your class or at home.

Students click here for sites to go with the lessons.

Click here for lesson plans on Christmas Around the World and the history of Christmas.

SITES FOR PRIMARY TEACHERS AND STUDENTS:

The North Pole Santa's House	Visit Santa's House to read messages from Santa, Rudolph and the elves and email Santa for wish list. Check the weather in the North Pole and find out what other countries do at Christmas. Also includes games, mazes, pictures to colour and some great craft ideas.
Storybook Station	Click on the Christmas story of your choice and follow the instructions to add your name and your friends names to create a story with your names in it. You can also write letters to Santa here.
Kid's Domain Christmas	Here you will find Christmas stories to read or create, online games, puzzles, mazes, Christmas songs, email Santa and more.
BlackDog's Christmas	Recipies, games, stories, activities and more. A good place for students who are finished their work. You can also email Santa here and look at the Christmas countdown.
Santaland Carols and Lyrics	Christmas song lyrics and music. Here you will also find the history of Christmas bells and Christmas and some crafts, recipes and more about traditions.
Santa's Nice-o-meter	Visit Santa's Nice-o-meter to type in your name and find out how you rate on Santa's scale of niceness. Here you can also read the list of 10 ways to be nicer or naughtier.
Christmas Stories and Poems.	This site has many Christmas stories and poems that you could use with your class. Here you will also find links to other sites with stories and Christmas music and traditions.
Claus.com	There is lots of fun to be had at this site. Read the Polar Post Newspaper, go to Elf School and play the Mixed Up Story Game or crack the Elf Code or try the Toy Workshop.

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SITES FOR STUDENTS:

Scavenger Hunt Links Sites:

Click here to visit the links site for Scavenger Hunt #1

Click here to visit the links site for Scavenger Hunt #2

Click here to visit the links site for Scavenger Hunt #3

Click here to visit the links site for Scavenger Hunt #4

Christmas Around The World Links:

http://christmas.com/worldview

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas/around.html

http://www.wsmailorder.com/christmas/christmas.htm

http://christmas-world.freeservers.com//index.html

http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm

http://milwaukee.about.com/library/blChristmas.htm?iam=dpile&
terms=Christmas+around+the+world

History and Traditions of Christmas Links:

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Acres/1170/candycane.
html - Here you will find explanations for some of the symbols of Christmas.

http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Noel/angl/- This site has information about symbols and traditions in Canada and France, past and present.

http://www.craigmarlatt.com/craig/canada/symbols_facts&lists/holidays.html - This site has an explanation of why Boxing Day is celebrated and how it originated.

http://www.noelnoelnoel.com/html/trad.html - This is an excellent site to visit to learn about the Legends of Christmas.

http://www.absolutelycrackers.com/historynew.html - This is a page of information about Christmas crackers.

http://www.talkcity.com/santasworkshop/library/tradition.html - This is Santa's Library and has information about the history of many of our traditions.

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LESSON PLANS:

Click here to view a lesson plan for using the Internet to teach Christmas Around the World. Click here to open the printable version of Scavenger Hunt #1 Click here to open the printable version of Scavenger Hunt #2 Click here to open the printable version of Scavenger Hunt #3 Click here to open the printable version of Scavenger Hunt #4 Click here to get the worksheet for students to record information about Christmas in a Country.

Click here to go to Lesson #2-The History and Traditions of Christmas in Canada Click here to open a printable version of a worksheet for students to use when studying the History and Traditions of Christmas in Canada.

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