By Chrissy Shore

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1st grade
Holidays

• By Chrissy Shore
• Megan Mosley
• ED 417

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Table of Contents

• History. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  . . . 3-4
• People in Societies . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  6-7
• Geography. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  . .9-10
• Economics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  . .12-13
• Government. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
  15-16
• Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities.18-19
• Social Skills and Methods. . . . . . . . .21-22

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History

• Activity 1 We will look at the various roles
  that men, women, and children play in each of the
  five holidays, (Divali, Kwanzaa, Ramadan, Loy
  Krathong, and Chanukah) and watch a video on how
  certain cultures celebrate certain holidays.
• Activity 2 Students will create driedels,
  traditional Chanukah toys, from common materials
  and play the driedel game. Students will learn
  about the history of the driedel.

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History

• Activity 3 Children will listen to holiday
  songs about Divali, Kwanzaa, Ramadan, Loy
  Krathong, and Chanukah. Then we will make up our
  own holiday song trying to include words from
  other cultures.
• Activity 4 Students will look up information on
  the internet about Laksmi (goddess of wealth)
  from the holiday Divali, and report back to the
  class one thing they learned about her.
• Activity 5 We will look at pictures and
  artifacts from each culture that represents each
  of the five holidays.

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Websites

• http//tiwestport.org/chanukah/songs.html
• http//www.webonautics.com/mythology/avataar_laksh
  mi.html
• http//www.kidsdomain.com/craft/dre-card.html
• http//welcome-to.chiangmai-chiangrai.com/lk-fest.
  htm
• www.lessonplansearch.com

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People in Societies

• Activity 1 The students will participate in a
  teacher lead Venn Diagram activity which
  emphasizes the similarities and differences among
  people who celebrate Kwanzaa, Ramadan, Divali,
  Chanukah, and Loy Krothong.
• Activity 2 The students will come to school
  dressed up in garments from one of the five
  holidays (Kwanzaa, Ramadan, Divali, Chanukah, and
  Loy Krothong) celebrated in other cultures.

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People in Societies

• Activity 3 The students will put on a play
  about how Jewish people celebrate Chanukah.
• Activity 4 The students will sing songs from
  the various five holidays that children would
  sing in that particular culture.
• Activity 5 During circle time, the students
  will learn five simple Swahili words from the
  African culture.

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Websites

• www.cloudnet.com/edrbsass/edholiday.htm
• http//www.thaistudents.com/festivals/loykrathong.
  html
• http//submission.org/YES/child2.html
• http//kidsdomain.com/holiday/chanukah/
• http//www3.kumc.edu/diversity/ethnic_relig/diwali
  .html

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Geography

• Activity 1 Each child will look at a map to see
  how far Africa is from the United States and then
  they will create a map of their own showing how
  far their house is from school.
• Activity 2 Students will watch a video about
  the releasing of the Krathongs into the river.
  Then we will see if we can find the river on the
  map and see if we can figure out the symbol for a
  river.

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Geography

• Activity 3 Children will compare the
  communities where Divali, Kwanzaa, Ramadan, Loy
  Krathong, and Chanukah are celebrated to identify
  similarities among them.
• Activity 4 The students will taste different
  foods that each culture eats during the
  celebrations of the five holidays.
• Activity 5 A guest speaker will come and speak
  to the students about Kwanzaa and about their
  country and what it is like to live there. The
  students will then discuss some similarities and
  differences they learned from the speaker.

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Websites

• http//www.chabad.org/holidays/chanukah/
• http//www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/
• www.lessonplanet.com
• http//kidsdomain.com/craft/dre-card.html
• www.lessonplansearch.com

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Economics

• Activity 1 Students will watch a video on how
  to make Loy Krathongs, and look to see if the
  children have access to the same materials as we
  do here in the United States.
• Activity 2 Children will make Loy Krathongs
  using the same materials as the children used in
  the video. Children will learn that not all
  countries have access to the same resources as
  other countries.

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Economics

• Activity 3 Children will make a dessert from
  the Hindu culture which celebrates Divali. The
  students will learn about the different foods in
  the Hindu culture and learn how they produce such
  goods to create the dessert.
• Activity 4 Students will watch a video about
  how people in the African culture who celebrate
  Kwanzaa, get their food (ie. grocery, market,
  etc.). Then the class will go on a field trip to
  our local grocery and learn about our way of
  producing and exchanging goods and services.
• Activity 5 When the class returns from the
  grocery, we will make a compare and contrast
  chart of our markets to African markets.

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Websites

• http//welcome-to.chiangmai-chiangrai.com/lk-fest.
  htm
• http//www.raintreelibrary.com/products/series.asp
  ?id0739832662
• http//uk.searchengine.com/directory/294/29424.htm
  
• http//edhelper.com
• http//www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/symbols.html
  

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Government

• Activity 1 The students will learn about
  different symbols associated with the five
  holidays and then create some out of construction
  paper.
• Activity 2 The children will learn about the
  different rules and laws in the other countries
  where these holidays are celebrated. Then, as a
  class, we will make a compare and contrast chart
  of all five countries.
• Activity 3 Children will learn about the rules
  associated with fasting during Ramadan and then
  create a rule chart and share with class.

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Government

• Activity 4 Students will learn about how people
  in Africa vote (Kwanzaa). Then the children will
  create their own kids voting. They will vote on
  which holiday they think they would enjoy the
  most and give reasons to support their decision.
• Activity 5 Students will create a picture book
  and write one sentence about if they were an
  authority figure, how would they provide safety
  and security to individuals during holidays.

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Websites

• http//teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/indep
  th/holidays/lesson_helpers.asp
• http//www.submission.org/ramadan.html
• http//www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/symbols.html
  
• www.lessonplansearch.com
• www.kidsdomain.com

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

• Activity 1 Children will make a clay figure of
  Laksmi (goddess of wealth). Then we will discuss
  what the peoples responsibilities are regarding
  the worshipping of Laksmi.
• Activity 2 Children will get into seven groups
  (representing the seven basic symbols of
  Kwanzaa). They will put on a skit for the class
  regarding each symbols importance.

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Citizenship Rights and Responsibilities

• Activity 3 Each student will design a mosque
  craft mobile. They will each then share with the
  class one of the responsibilities of the mosque.
• Activity 4 The children will watch a virtual
  tour of the releasing of the Krathongs. We will
  have a discussion about who they saw releasing
  the Krathongs (are all people allowed to
  participate in this celebration?).
• Activity 5 The students will write a letter to
  a Rabi and ask what his responsibilities are in
  his country.

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Websites

• www.lessonplanet.com
• http//edhelper.com
• http//google.com
• www.educationworld.com/holidays/
• www.cloudnet.com/edrbsass/edholiday.htm

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Social Studies Skills and Methods

• Activity 1 The teacher will take the children
  through a picture walk of a story about the
  holiday Divali. The children will make
  predictions before the teacher reads the book
  aloud.
• Activity 2 A parent will come in to speak to
  the class about Kwanzaa. The children will write
  a thank you letter to the parent.
• Activity 3 The children will watch a video
  about Loy Krathong. Then we will discuss other
  things that we could make to bring us good luck.

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Social Studies Skills and Methods

• Activity 4 The children will listen to a tape
  about Ramadan. They will draw a picture of
  something they would be willing to give up during
  this holiday.
• Activity 5 A guest speaker will come in to
  speak with the students about the holiday
  Chanukah. Then we will make a compare and
  contrast chart between Chanukah and Christmas.

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Websites

• www.doverpublications.com/teacher
• www.lessonplanet.com
• http//falcon.jmu.edu/ramseyil/holidays.htm
• www.cloudnet.com/edrbsass/edholiday.htm
• www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chanukah/

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The End!