Curated OER
December
Students create snowflake similes, Kwanzaa plaques, menorah banners, and more for the month of December. In this December activities lesson plan, students also analyze characters in How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Curated OER
An Academic, Economic, Cultural, and Political Lesson Plan
Students reflect on how many board games they've played have African Americans, their culture or history incorporated within. They identify four street games and three card games that appeal to African Americans. They play the...
Missouri Department of Elementary
Family Traditions
Honor family traditions with a lesson that examines the variety of winter celebrations. Class members discuss their family's traditions then complete a cut-and-paste practice page in which they match a picture to the name of a holiday....
Curated OER
Researching and Writing About Another Country's Holiday: Documenting and Communicating Information
This lesson is a culminating lesson which follows students researching, collecting citations, evaluating and selecting text, graphic materials and visual aids. In this concluding lesson, 5th graders discuss the assessment task and how to...
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Researching Another country's Holiday: Organizing and Recording Information
Prior to this instructional activity, 5th graders will have collected notes from several sources. Students extend their note taking to include at least one example each of summarizing and paraphrasing. They record bibliographic...
Curated OER
Waking Up, Stepping Out
Students focus on a rich and colorful description of a culture unfamiliar to most of them. They compare the similarities and differences they find between Nepali culture and their own and determine our similarities as people can bridge...
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Multicultural Holidays
Students create a cube exploring different holiday traditions. In this multicultural appreciation lesson, students research Christian, Jewish, Muslim and Kwanzaa holiday traditions. This lesson encourages the use of an individual...
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Kente Cloth
Students attempt to research the history of using the kente cloth for its cultural purposes. They comment in discussion about the highly visual appeal of the cloths while going through the process of creating their own. The importance of...
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Idea Generator
Second graders listen to a story about gift giving and letter writing and generate a class list of presents they have received.
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Christmas Around the World
Students demonstrate an understanding of how different cultures celebrate Christmas by participating in artistic, musical, culinary and role play activities.
Curated OER
Eat and Be Merry - Planning a Mexican Posada
Students plan their own fiesta. They study information about a "posada"
and explain the significance of a pi??ata. Afterwards, they construct a pi??ata to be used for end-of-unit party. in addition, they read a story and answer questions...
Crayola
Crayola: Kwanzaa Symbol Strips (Lesson Plan)
Use this activity from Crayola as part of your Kwanzaa celebration. The lesson plan incorporates social studies and visual arts as students learn to create the traditional Adinkra weaving patterns used on Kente cloth. Combine several...
Lin and Don Donn
Lin and Don Donn: u.s. History Lessons: Holidays: Kwanzaa
Site provides brief background information about Kwanzaa but is primarily a repository of lesson plan ideas, games and clip art.