St. Patrick's Day Resources
Embracing and teaching the history and traditions of festivals from a range of cultures, including one’s own, can be eye-opening to students. It helps them learn tolerance of other cultures, and the festivals inherent to them. It also helps them see that what may appear to be a strange festival to them is quite normal to others, and what they celebrate as normal may appear alien to somebody else. It teaches that while people around the world might celebrate different things, they all celebrate … and that everybody loves a good party!
Holidays, festivals, cultural traditions, folklore, cuisine, music, art and dance will serve as a springboard for developing important 21st century skills, such as Global Competence, and multiple literacies for the 21st century. See our 3 compasses to guide your schools into the 21st century.
Holidays, festivals, cultural traditions, folklore, cuisine, music, art and dance will serve as a springboard for developing important 21st century skills, such as Global Competence, and multiple literacies for the 21st century. See our 3 compasses to guide your schools into the 21st century.
Lesson Plans
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To Catch a Leprechaun - article about an amazing first grade project! (There is currently an error on the web page, so you need to scroll way down the page to find it.)
Folklore, Creative Writing, Earth Science . . . the project could have easily integrated technologies, more arts, media literacy, history, architecture, math . . . ! |
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Left - students designed and built Leprechaun traps.
Above - students grew "Leprechaun hair" |
ReadWriteThink.org has an excellent lesson plan with many resources for grades k-12 St. Patrick's Day activities. (This is the best one I've seen so far)
ABCTeach has many printable classroom decorations, coloring sheets, story sequencing, how to write a limerick, stories, Irish symbols, . . .
TeacherVision - St. Patrick's Day resources for grades K-12
ABCTeach has many printable classroom decorations, coloring sheets, story sequencing, how to write a limerick, stories, Irish symbols, . . .
TeacherVision - St. Patrick's Day resources for grades K-12
Food, Fun, Crafts and Treats for the Classroom
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St. Patrick's Classroom Pinterest
St. Patrick's Day Classroom Ideas - another Pinterest
Teachervision
Apples 4 the Teacher
Family Education
St. Patrick's Day Classroom Ideas - another Pinterest
Teachervision
Apples 4 the Teacher
Family Education
Irish Cuisine
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Irish cuisine is hearty, delicious and fun to make. Listed below are a few web sites with great Irish recipes.
66 favorite Irish Dishes
Cooking Traditional Irish Recipes
Off to Ireland: Traditional Irish Recipes for St. Patrick's Day
66 favorite Irish Dishes
Cooking Traditional Irish Recipes
Off to Ireland: Traditional Irish Recipes for St. Patrick's Day
Irish Dance and Music |
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If you aren't familiar with traditional Irish music, you're in for a treat. Irish music is generally happy and tells a story. Irish music is fun for all ages!
The Story of Irish Music
Irish Music 101
Tradconnect
Of course Irish music always inspires dancing! Here are a few links that might inspire your students to try dancing a jig or two.
Traditional Irish dancers
The history of Irish dance
The Story of Irish Music
Irish Music 101
Tradconnect
Of course Irish music always inspires dancing! Here are a few links that might inspire your students to try dancing a jig or two.
Traditional Irish dancers
The history of Irish dance
History and Facts
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The History Channel has 15 videos, from the history of the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade to St. Patrick's Cathedral, St. Patrick, Shamrocks, Leprechauns, Corned Beef and Cabbage and more!
The St. Patrick's Day page on Wikipedia has wonderful information about how this feast is celebrated in many countries AND on the International Space Station, Why we wear green, sports events.
St. Patrick's Day by the Numbers, an infographic.
NationalGeographic.com has an excellent page where your students can sort out the myths from the facts!
The St. Patrick's Day page on Wikipedia has wonderful information about how this feast is celebrated in many countries AND on the International Space Station, Why we wear green, sports events.
St. Patrick's Day by the Numbers, an infographic.
NationalGeographic.com has an excellent page where your students can sort out the myths from the facts!
Irish Folklore and Mythology
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Do an online search for: Irish Literature. Mythology, Folklore and Drama
Top 10 Irish Myths and Legends
The scariest monsters and demons from Celtic mythology
Top 10 Irish Myths and Legends
The scariest monsters and demons from Celtic mythology
Children's Literature
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Do a search for Online British and Celtic folklore, fairy tales, legends, and more!
Irish Fairy Tales and a lot more on this page! Scroll down the page to read the stories.
Recommended Children's Books. These stories are not online. You'll have to check your library or book store.
This search at Barnes and Noble for St. Patrick's Day under Kids Books has many wonderful possibilities.
Amazon also has great list of St. Patrick's Day books and Irish folktales for children.
Irish Fairy Tales and a lot more on this page! Scroll down the page to read the stories.
Recommended Children's Books. These stories are not online. You'll have to check your library or book store.
This search at Barnes and Noble for St. Patrick's Day under Kids Books has many wonderful possibilities.
Amazon also has great list of St. Patrick's Day books and Irish folktales for children.
Rainbows - remember, the pot of gold is at the end of the rainbow!
Make a Rainbow - great activity for home, school or the community. This web site, Rainbow Maker's World, is the web site of Fred Stern, the Rainbow Maker.He has created amazing and enormous rainbows for important events all over the world. The site contains information about rainbows as well as various ways you can make your own.
How can you tie in the disciplines, or content standards, into a culminating activity of making a rainbow? Science, History, Folklore, Language Arts (reading [fiction and nonfiction] and writing, media literacy, Math, Social Studies [anthropology, cultural studies, geography], the Arts [music, dance, painting, photography], . . . and more!
How can you tie in the disciplines, or content standards, into a culminating activity of making a rainbow? Science, History, Folklore, Language Arts (reading [fiction and nonfiction] and writing, media literacy, Math, Social Studies [anthropology, cultural studies, geography], the Arts [music, dance, painting, photography], . . . and more!
