Table Of Contents. Introduction Kinds of Holidays Teaching Strategies Making It Work in Your Classroom... 11

Transcription

1 Table Of Contents Introduction Kinds of Holidays Teaching Strategies Making It Work in Your Classroom Student-to-Student Learning Contracts Fall Holidays Fall Holiday Contracts Labor Day Grandparents Day Mexican Independence Day Citizenship Day Native American Powwow Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival Chu-Sok, the Korean Harvest Moon Festival Tet Trung Thu, the Vietnamese Autumn Moon Festival Jewish High Holy Days: Rosh Hashanah to Yom Kippur Sukkot, the Jewish Harvest Festival Oktoberfest Columbus Day United Nations Day Halloween All Saints Day and All Souls Day Los Dias de Los Muertos, the Days of the Dead Divali, the Hindu New Year Veterans Day/Remembrance Day Thanksgiving Winter Holidays Winter Holiday Contracts Advent, the Coming of Jesus Christ Hanukkah or Chanukah, the Jewish Festival of Lights St. Nicholas Day Bodhi Day or Buddha s Enlightenment #615 Multicultural Holidays 2 Teacher Created Resources, Inc.

2 Table of Contents (cont.) St. Lucia s Day Las Posadas, Mary and Joseph s Search for Shelter Winter Solstice Christmas, the Birth of Jesus Christ Kwanzaa, the African-American Celebration of Ancestry New Year s Eve New Year s Day Twelfth Night and Epiphany, the Coming of the Magi Pongal, the Indian Rice Harvest Festival Sol-Nal, the Korean New Year Sun Nin, the Chinese New Year Tet, the Vietnamese New Year Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Black History Month Groundhog Day Lincoln s Birthday Valentine s Day Nirvana Day or Buddha s Death Washington s Birthday Leap Year Day Purim, the Jewish Feast of Lots Spring Holidays Spring Holiday Contracts International Women s Day Mardi Gras or Carnival Ash Wednesday and Lent, the Christian Penitential Season Saint Patrick s Day Noruz to Sizdar-Bedah, the Middle Eastern New Year Holi, the Indian Spring Festival Easter, the Resurrection of Jesus Christ Passover, the Jewish Festival of Freedom April Fool s Day Hana Matsuri or Buddha s Birthday Arbor Day Solar New Year in Southeast Asia Earth Day May Day Cinco de Mayo, the Fifth of May Mexican Victory Children s Day Mother s Day Vesak: Buddha s Birth, Enlightenment, and Death Memorial Day Teacher Created Resources, Inc. 3 #615 Multicultural Holidays

3 Table of Contents (cont.) Summer Holidays Summer Holiday Contracts Summer Festivals Native American Ceremonial Dances Flag Day Juneteenth, the Emancipation of Slaves in Texas Summer Solstice Father s Day Canada Day Fourth of July or Independence Day Bastille Day Obon, Buddhist Respect for the Deceased Hiroshima Day Movable and Personal Holidays Different Calendars Muslim Special Days Ramadan, the Ninth Month or the Month of Fasting Eid al-fitr, the end of the Ramadan Fast Eid al-adha, the Festival of Sacrifice Milad-an-Nabi, the Birthday of the Prophet Muhammad Celebrating the Historical Events of Islam Personal Holidays Culminating Activities Multicultural Fair School Olympics Bibliography Answer Key Index #615 Multicultural Holidays 4 Teacher Created Resources, Inc.

4 Winter Holidays Christmas Christmas Trees from Germany The Christmas tree began as a custom in Germany. There are many legends that tell from where the first tree came. See how many different legends you can find. Then, make the special Christmas trees below. Materials: black construction paper green or red tissue paper scissors glue transparent tape Directions: 1. Fold black paper in half. 2. Cut out tree pattern and place it along the fold as shown. 3. Trace the pattern both inside and outside onto the paper. 4. Cut out the tree frame. 5. Glue the frame on top of red or green tissue. 6. Trim the tissue around the outer edges so that it doesn t go beyond the frame. 7. Hang on the windows using transparent tape. The light will shine through giving them a stained-glass effect. 8. You can repeat this process using other shapes as well, such as stars and snowmen. Teacher Created Resources, Inc. 109 #615 Multicultural Holidays

5 Children s Day Spring Holidays Making a Japanese Carp Kite Materials: large paper cup (plain or waxed) markers or crayons colored paper crepe paper for streamers glue or stapler string Directions: 1. Draw the head of a carp on the paper cup, or design the head of a carp using colored paper and attach it to a paper cup. Include eyes and mouth. (The mouth should be near the bottom of the cup.) Use any colors that you like. 2. Cut a dozen streamers from crepe paper. Glue or staple them to the open end of the cup. 3. Poke four tiny holes around the bottom of the cup as shown. 4. Cut four 12 pieces of string, and make a knot in one end of each. Pull the strings through the four holes in the cup from the inside out. Tie the four ends together to make the kite s bridle. Attach a longer string to the bridle to hold. #615 Multicultural Holidays 208 Teacher Created Resources, Inc.