This web resource list directs students to specific sites for information on harvest and autumn celebrations around the world.
Take notes and prepare a short research paper on universal world customs (such as Autumn festivals) and and culture/country specific celebrations (such as Thanksgiving or Succoth).
Harvest Seasons of Ancient Israel This site, copyright 1999 by Worldwide Church of God, provides a four-page essay with the following subtitles: The spring harvest, The summer harvest, Relative importance; it also provides a harvesting chart showing crop and month.
Festivals in Autumn Concise paragraphs on various festivals: Thanksgiving (U.S.), Halloween, Chinese Festival of the Autumn Moon, Rosh Hashana, Diwali (Divali, Deepawali).
Harvest Festivals from Around the World An a to Z list of countries telling of their harvest festivals (from African Harvest Festivals to Zambian Harvest Festivals).
Harvest Festivals, Chinese, Asian Indian, This site provides a look at harvest celebrations all over the world (Algonkian, Chinese, Asian Indians, Malaysian, Korean, African, Jewish and Candian).
History of Thanksgiving A one and a half page essay on "The History of Thanksgiving"(primarily United States)is followed by a second one-page essay on "Thanksgiving Around the World"--Canada, Great Britain, Sukkot (Jewish), Zhong Qui (Chinese), etc.
Kaleidoscope: Thanksgiving around the world This site features shorts paragraphs on the First Americans (including South American Indians), Greeks, Hebrews, Egyptians, Romans.
Multicultural Education This site, Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute, features essays on "Autumn as a season of harvest festivals" and "African Harvest Festivals."
Thanksgiving History and Links A short essay which includes reference to Greeks, Romans, Hebrews, Chinese and Egyptians is followed by a paragraph about Thanksgiving in the United States
Estonia: Land, People and culture This site links to "Holidays and festivals", including those Autumn events that are connected to their agriculture in one way or another.
Chinese Festivals in Hong Kong This site has a few short paragraphs followed by festivals that take place during various lunar months, including the Mid-Autumn Festival, Moneky God Festival and Birthday of Confucius and during the Eighth Moon.
When harvest is plenty This site, The Hindu (Online edition of India's National Newspaper, January 2002) features an article on havest fesitvals in India and elswhere.
Loy Krathong Festival This site provides pictures and description of this November festival as seen through the eyes of 6th graders at Sriwittayapaknam School in the Samut Prakarn Provice of Thailand.
Thanksgiving Information This site (19 pages)includes a Plymonth Thanksgiving Story and a Thanksgiving prayer from the Iroquois (Seneca) Indians.(Source: Center for World Indigenous Studies)
