Christmas Suggestions for Alberta Schools

1. All grades 

• Sing Christmas Carols and take the Christmas Quiz see http://www.carols.org.uk
• Research and write stories about Christmas see story links below.
• Watch the Christmas Story on Video (For ESL and younger grades down load the Hope ESL program [http://www.hopedownload.com/] and watch Chapter 8)
• Go to a major Christmas event like

Bethlehem Walk Edmonton (Click on link to see Suggestions for Schools)

1. Kindergarten - Grade 2 - Read and discuss local history stories like:
• A Child's Christmas (Christmas Eve) 
• Rose Valley School Christmas Concerts
• Christmas Eve at the St. Albert Cathedral 
2. Grade 3 - see Christmas Around the World (Alberta Grade 3)
3. Grade  4 - Read and search the Internet for Alberta stories like:
   
   • An Alberta Christmas 1865 
   • Alberta One Room Country School Christmas
4.  Grades 5 and 7 - Read and search the Internet for Canadian stories like:
• Merry Christmas (Glenbow Museum)
5. Grade 6 - Look up Christmas in Greece from an historical perspective
6. Grade 8 - Research Christmas in Europe, Latin America and  Japan
• see Christmas and Japanese Youth