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All About the Holidays

All About the Holidays

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Why do people wear Halloween costumes, celebrate Christmas in December, or choose valentines in February? These familiar traditions have fascinating and sometimes surprising origins. Get to know the history and significance behind these holidays.

Digital illustration. Statue of St. Patrick stands atop map of Ireland. Caption. Who converted many people in Ireland to Catholicism.
All About the Holidays
Episode 50
1 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Digital rendering of January calendar page with 1 circled and map in background. Caption. January 1 is New Year's Day.
All About the Holidays
Episode 51
1 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Digital illustration of 2 calendars open to September and October with 15 circled on both. Title card reads, "Hispanic Heritage Month." Caption. September 15 through October 15 is Hispanic Heritage Month.
All About the Holidays
Episode 52
1 minutes 41 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Digital illustration. Cesar Chavez stands in front of an American flag shaped like the United States. Flag hovers over fields in background. Caption. Worked to improve conditions for farmworkers across the U, S.
All About the Holidays
Episode 53
1 minutes 47 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Faces of influential Black Americans dispersed across frame. February calendar page and map of the U, S in background. Caption. To focus on and learn more about black culture.
All About the Holidays
Episode 54
1 minutes 34 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Family in foreground smiles beneath insets of building with fire escape and of a finger pushing smoke detector. Caption. Test their smoke and carbon monoxide detectors.
All About the Holidays
Episode 55
1 minutes 19 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Silhouettes with gong and torch in foreground. Blue dragon, Nian, floats above mountains and buildings in background. Caption. Was frightened by loud noises, fire, and the color red.
All About the Holidays
Episode 56
1 minutes 52 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Asian people in lab coats, helmets, and suits stand in front of backdrop illustrated with lab equipment, technological devices, and financial symbols.
All About the Holidays
Episode 57
2 minutes 4 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Lime green map of the United States overlaid by a vertical strip with states in brown and red and white stripes beneath.
All About the Holidays
Episode 58
1 minutes 29 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
Series of illustrated Biblical scenes from Abraham's life. He is shown walking and working with his son.
All About the Holidays
Episode 59
1 minutes 23 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8