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Course, Subject

United States History and Government, Social Studies (NYS K-12 Framework Common Core)

Description

This four minute video from History.com's archives focuses on the Christmas tradition of creating gingerbread houses. It can be used in the classroom to teach tradition or could be turned into a STEM activity as students create their own houses.

Resource

Gingerbread House

Content Provider

http://www.history.com/

Related Academic Standards

New York State

SS.3.TCC.4 Each community or culture has a unique history, including heroic figures, traditions, and holidays.

SS.3.MOV.5.b Communities around the world can be diverse in terms of their members, languages spoken, customs and traditions, and religious beliefs and practices. People in world communities celebrate various holidays and festivals.

SS.E.1 Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas, eras, themes, developments, and turning points in the history of the United States and New York.

SS.E.1.2 Important ideas, social and cultural values, beliefs, and traditions from New York State and United States history illustrate the connections and interactions of people and events across time and from a variety of perspectives.

SS.C.1.1A Students analyze the development of American culture, explaining how ideas, values, beliefs, and traditions have changed over time and how they unite all Americans.