Winter Holidays Around the World
Nareissa Smith, Esq.
Law Professor, Author, Justice Seeker
About Nareissa Smith, Esq.
Nareissa Smith is a law professor-turned-journalist who teaches and writes about racial and gender justice issues. She is a graduate of Spelman College and Howard University School of Law. She is the creator and teacher of the popular Black History Basics class series in the Varsity Tutors Social Conscience Series and regularly teaches classes on the topics of culture, history, diversity, and law.
About the class
The holiday season is upon us. Both around the world and in your very own neighborhood, people will be celebrating in many ways for many reasons. Explore the traditions and histories behind Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and New Year’s in this interactive celebration of winter holidays. Students will learn the different ways that cultures observe the same holidays, similarities between different holidays, ways that holidays find their places on the calendar and much, much more in this festive investigation of the celebrations taking place this season.
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