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February 22, 1732 – George Washington’s Birthday
George Washington, the first President of the United States. View the 1968 law and read a history of George Washington’s birthday. American Presidents: Life Portraits – George Washington was the only president to be elected unanimously. Biography. Mount Vernon.

February 12, 1809 – Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday
American Presidents: Life Portraits – Abraham Lincoln highlights his public service dates, personal information and inaugural address. The Gettysburg Address and The Emancipation Proclamation are just two of Lincoln‘s contributions to America. Biography.

A brief history of Presidents’ Day
President’s Day Theme
President’s Day Coloring
Childfun President’s Day Ideas
Guess the hidden President’s name in this online hangman game.
Crayola’s activities and lesson plans for Presidents Day.
U.S.A. Crafts
Mini unit on Washington & Lincoln
Enchanted Learning’s activities, Worksheets and crafts for Presidents Day.
PBS Kids Go! Presidents: The Secret History
National Portrait Gallery: Hall of Presidents shows presidential portraits.
Name That President learn about US presidents with an online game from PrimaryGames.com.
Inside the White House at National Geographic.com.

Traditional Celebration of the Chinese New Year
Of all the traditional Chinese festivals, the new Year was perhaps the most elaborate, colorful, and important. This was a time for the Chinese to congratulate each other and themselves on having passed through another year, a time to finish out the old, and to welcome in the new year. Common expressions heard at this time are: GUONIAN to have made it through the old year, and BAINIAN to congratulate the new year.

The 15-Day Celebration of Chinese New Year.

In these activities, students learn about Chinese New Year or Spring Festival and do lantern, paper cut and scroll activities related to the celebration of Chinese New Year.

Dim Sum: A Connection to Chinese-American Culture.

Celebrating Chinese New Year make Lucky Red Envelopes.

Notes from the Vegan Feast Kitchen
Chinese recipes from Vegetarian Times
Party ideas from Food Network.

Lesson Plan for Chinese New Year (Grade 2-3).
Chinese New Year activities from Activity Village.
Printables & worksheets.
Jackie Chan’s Kids Corner.
D is For Dancing Dragon: A China Alphabet download the teacher guide for the book.
Practice counting in Chinese using a comet counting tool designed with Chinese numerals.
Crafts & activities from Enchanted Learning.
PBS Kids-Sagwa: Countdown to the New Year (online game).
More links from squidoo

Activities from Crayola: Sparkling African Collar Necklace, Rhythm ‘n Blues Musical Poster, and Tent Textiles 3-D Display. Golden Legacy Series is an illustrated Black History magazine series. Read online their article on Martin Luther King Jr. in its entirety. Download in pdf from Disney Channel’s Cable in the Classroom standards-based educational materials that include discussion questions and lesson plans. The Proud Family: I Had a Dream (ages 8-13). That’s So Raven: True Colors (grades 5-8).

Scientist George Washington Carver coloring page. Power to the Peanut Discoveries. Cloze activity, biography with photo gallery. George Washington Carver and Sharing.

Poet Langston Hughes coloring page. Free to Dream Poetry posters. Langston Hughes lesson plans and teaching ideas.

Singer Marian Anderson coloring page. Marian Anderson at the Met has articles, photographs, sound clips, lesson plans, biography and timeline.