History of Valentine’s Day - Kid Friendly

Animated history of Saint Valentine Subtitles

The Portuguese in the United States

Library of Congress

The Portuguese were the leading European explorers in the fifteenth century and it was through the efforts of Portuguese-born and sponsored men that many parts of the world, including the coast of present-day California, were discovered and mapped. They began settling in the United States several centuries later, although there were isolated Portuguese Jewish communities here beginning in the seventeenth century and in the Sandwich Islands, now Hawaii, in the eighteenth. In the late 1800s large numbers began to immigrate, often first working on whaling ships leaving from the Azores or Cape Verde Islands and settling in Hawaii, California, or New England. Eventually they would come to New Jersey and other parts of the United States. With the enactment of new immigration legislation in 1921, new arrivals dropped tremendously, picking up again in the 1950s after earthquakes devastated the Azorean island of Faial. The immigrants came largely from the Azores, but also from Cape Verde and Madeira, later from mainland Portugal and occasionally from other parts of the Portuguese empire, including Macau. They and their descendants have been active in all facets of life in the United States, from agriculture to industry to politics, and at the same time have introduced some of their customs, food, and even instruments to other Americans.

This project is sponsored by the Luso-American Development Foundation, and is part of the Transatlantic Digital Library project.

The History of Blue Jeans

Happy Thanksgiving - EB 1, 2, 3/ JI Francisco Ornelas da Câmara

5th and 6th Graders - Thanksgiving's story

1st to 4th Graders - Students' works

The Story Of Guy Fawkes

In short: 

In 1605 (5th November) some conspirators,

 including Guy Fawkes, attempted to destroy

 the United Kingdom's Houses of Parliament

 in London and kill the King.

Today Bonfire Night is celebrated with bonfires

 and fireworks. Children make "Guys" out of old 

clothes to burn on the bonfire.

 A "Guy" is a model of Guy Fawkes.

Guy Fawkes - The idea behind the plot

    "Easter is the most important festival in the church year: more importat than Christmas. It begins with Good Friday which is the day the Romans killed Jesus Christ, in Jerusalem, about two thousand years ago.

   Two days later, on Easter Sunday, Christmas believed that Jesus returned to life.

   Easter is now a Christian festival but the word 'Easter' comes from 'Eostre', the pagan godess of spring. easter Day is teh Sunday after the first full moon after the first day of spring (21st March). It is different every year , but always between 22nd March and 25th April."

Jackie Maguire - Seasons and Celebrations. Osforf: University Press, 1997, p. 6.