Hi all,

 

With the weather we’ve been experiencing, staying indoors and doing some light reading or dvd watching sounds ideal.  And now that homework and research assignments are completed for the term, we can pursue our own interests – not assigned ones. A likely topic could be winter holidays and celebrations - the Winter Solstice, Christmas, New Year’s Eve and Day, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah (Hannukah, Chanukah), Three Kings Day (aka Epiphany), Chinese New Year, and Bodhi Day/Rohatsu, among others. You might want to find out the meanings, origins, traditions, foods, and rituals for them. MeLCat is a fabulous place to start. Doing even a basic search for any of these celebrations can yield articles, DVDs/videos, books of all kinds, music recordings, audiobooks, and images.  Remember to use the “Refine by” options in the left margin to see all of your options. Here are the search results for winter solstice. Not to be outdone, MeL databases Britannica School, Research in Context, and eBook K-8 Collection offer great resources, and, don’t forget the Topic Finder tool found in InfoTrac and OneFile to discover related topics for these holidays. How long is your holiday/winter break? Not long enough when you have MeL.org and MelCat resources at your fingertips!

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