Creator: Tim Crumrin | visit site
Grade Range: 6 - 8
This site looks at Victorian Christmas observances from the American point of view. Focusing on holiday celebrations between 1830 and 1860, this site examines the growth of the Christmas holiday as we know it, examining those traditions that have continued into the 20th Century and those that are but a memory.
In the Classroom
Use this website as a resource during a unit on Christmas, or while looking at the differences in American life before and after the Civil War. Extend learning and challenge students to create a comparison chart using an online tool like Xmind, <a href="/single.cfm?id=16452">reviewed here</a>, and then writing about their learning and understanding using Telegra.ph, <a href="/single.cfm?id=17846">reviewed here</a>. With Telegra.ph you just click on an icon to upload images from your computer, add a YouTube or Vimeo, or Twitter links. This blog creator requires no registration.
At Home
A great site for your historian to compare your holiday traditions with American life before and after the Civil War. Use this website as a resource for research on Christmas and it’s growth of the Christmas holiday as we know it.
Tags
civil war, christmas, victorian,
Subjects
American History, Language Arts, Social Studies, Social Studies,