December 24, 2014 : White House Christmases

The Mini Page is a syndicated, four-page tabloid written for young children found each Wednesday in The Denver Post. This issue of The Mini Page is available through the eEdition Archive to registered eEdition subscribers

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Activities:

1. Draw an undecorated Christmas tree on a piece of paper. Pick a theme for your tree. Paste newspaper pictures that show your theme on your tree.

2. In your newspaper, circle pictures of Christmas decorations. Put a check by your favorites.

3. Select three comic strip characters. Describe a Christmas tree that would reflect each character’s personality.

4. How did the following celebrate Christmas in the White House: (a) Theodore Roosevelt, (b) Franklin Roosevelt, (c) Jacqueline Kennedy and (d) Richard Nixon?

5. Make a “Merry Christmas” brochure showing special holiday events, concerts and parades in your community. Use your newspaper to locate the information for your brochure.

Mini Page activities meet many state and national educational standards. Each week we identify standards that relate to The Mini Page content and offer activities that will help your students reach them.

This week's standard:
Students understand customs and traditions of their own culture. (Social Studies: Culture)

(standards by Dr. Sherrye D. Garrett, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)