Throughout history, humans have celebrated the rebirth of sunlight after the darkest period of the year – The Winter Solstice.

The Longest Night is a poetic celebration of this seasonal phenomena.

For additional study of the Winter Solstice access this informative link from Education World or this one from National Geographic News.

For further study of the Winter Solstice download a bar graphing activity here.    Winter Solstice Sunrise Bar Graphing Activity

“And with the song

of one small bird

and the sun’s answering smile

the journey toward spring

begins.”