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**__ Middle School Ideas __** Learning about holidays and seasons in middle school through various subjects in a short amount of time can be challenging. Here's a list of sites that target the teaching of holidays and seasons in a middle school classroom.

Group Federal Holidays Writing Project [|__Federal Holiday Project__]-- **//This project is designed for upper elementary school students studying the meaning of American culture, United States symbols and core values of the American democratic system. Included is information about Federal Holidays and a Persuasive Writing Project under the Research Section.

[|__http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/07/season.html__] This web site, part of National Geographic's Xpeditions Hall, provides lesson plans and activities. Using images and text, students learn why the seasons occur, how the seasons affect different animals, and how ancient civilizations celebrated and explained the seasons. A short quiz tests knowledge of the solstices and equinoxes.

[|Seasonal Teaching] This site contains a list of activities for every month of the school year. It is targeted for younger grade levels, but can be easily adapted to older children. Sited Created by Hot Chalk, Inc.

__Seasonal Change__ A global study of wildlife migration and seasonal change. Site created by Journey North. []

__Exploring different perceptions about cold __

Students from the New York Times Learning Network provide a lesson withobjectives on how people peceive temperature differently.

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Christmas Math Ideas This site allows teachers to access many different lessons that could be used during the weeks leading up to Christmas. The site is very easy to browse and contains an abundance of ideas.

[|Simpson's Pi Day Activity] //** **__Pi Day__** : March 14th is a holiday in math classrooms around the United States. This date represents the irrational number that is a commonly used as a shortcut for pi.

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