Month of May - Asian Pacific Heritage Month - Cinco de Mayo - Memorial Day

• May Activities MIKids
• Calendar for May with daily links to activities - Enchanted Learning
• Connected Calendar ClassroomConnect-authors, curriculum-based research topics and more
• May calendar - ReadWriteThink.org - connected calendar
• May Holidays and celebrations - SueLeBeau - every day you'd want to know
• Special days to celebrate in May with links and activities - About.com
  

• Asian Pacific American Heritage Month
  • Asian Pacific American Heritage Month - InfoPlease
  • Asian Pacific American Heritage Month for kids - scroll down for famous people, ideas, connections
  • Asian Pacific American Heritage - Scholastic
    • Asian Pacific Americans who have made a difference - Scholastic
  • Asian Pacific Heritage Month - EdSiteMent- lessons plans and internet resources
  • AskAsia Homepage http://askasia.org/
    • "From the Asia Society and focused on Asia. For Educators there are lesson plans, online resources, annotated bibliographies, reviews of recent Asia-related curricular materials; 'Asian Topics' is Columbia University's library of short multi-media discussions on topics concerning China and Japan. Well-known experts on Asia are featured in video clips. The 'Adult-free zone' provides activities, and fun links. More links are available via the 'Gateway to Asia.' Students can send in queries to AskAsia; teachers can write to Asia experts
  • Celebrating Asian Pacific Heritage month - activities and lessons - Education World
  • Celebrating Asian Pacific Americans with literature
    • Powerful Asian-American Images Revealed in Picture Books
    • Children's and YA Books with Asian American Themes Cynthia Leitich Smith Children's Literature Resources
    • Asian American, Asian & Pacific Islands Children's Literature
    • Asian-Pacific American History Month Bibliography
  • Maps online
    • Asia - interactive - Ilike2Learn.com
    • Asia - interactive with facts and quiz - MrNussbaum.com
    • Outine maps of Asia - Eduplace.com
    • Tsunami
      • Tsunami 2004 interactive map with facts
      • Tsunami wave spread clickable map
  • Resources in catalogs
    • Asia for Kids
• Cinco de Mayo (May 5)
  • La Batalla de Puebla (in Spanish and English)
  • Celebrating Hispanic Heritage (Gale)
  • History of Cinco de Mayo (MexOnline)
  • Mexico Theme Unit (ABC Teach)
• Get Caught Reading Month
• Mother Goose Day - May 1
  • Mother Goose : a scholarly exploration - Eclipse
  • Nursery Rhymes - lyrics and origins
    • Nursery rhymes trivia quiz
  • The Real Mother Goose - full text and pictures of book
• National Teacher Day (May 6)
• Memorial Day (May 31) - list of links

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