White House Holidays: Christmas Unit Study

Silverdale Press is thrilled to announce the release of the White House Holidays: Christmas Unit Study! 

Designed for students in grades K-12, this unit study is a great way to create memorable experiences this Christmas. The unit study is brimming with vivid illustrations, rich stories, and creative and meaningful activities. 

How to Use

• This unit study comes in a downloadable PDF format
• There are 24 days of Christmas activities, giving your family one activity option per day leading up to Christmas
  
• The study is arranged into four lessons with 6 activities for each lesson
  
• Each lesson has a read aloud portion designed for all grade levels to use together
  
• The activities are the same for all grade levels. The level of parental guidance needed will vary with children's ages.

What You'll Learn and Do

• Explore White House Christmas themes throughout history, including Jacqueline Kennedy's The Nutcracker Suite theme and Barbara Bush's Story Book Christmas theme
• Learn about White House Christmas traditions, including the presidential nativity scene, gingerbread house, Christmas cards, and the official tree
• Cover a variety of subject areas including history, government, art and art history, nature study, geography, writing, and more 
• Analyze primary source documents, complete unique arts and crafts projects, and bake White House cookies and confections
  
• Experience "peace on earth, goodwill to men" by serving others

The curriculum is easy on parents. It features...

• Lesson plans for teachers—with an introduction and overview for each lesson
• Fun and easy activities
• An answer key

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