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December Holidays. Amanda Cress Chris Bennett Kristen Limpert. December Holidays. Grade Level : 1 st. Unit :. Social Studies. OBJECTIVES:. The children will understand that there are several December holidays celebrated in different cultures around the world.
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December Holidays Amanda CressChris BennettKristen Limpert
December Holidays Grade Level : 1st Unit : Social Studies
OBJECTIVES: • The children will understand that there are several December holidays celebrated in different cultures around the world. • The children will be able to name some of the different December holidays. • The children will participate in activities from different cultures.
Materials Needed Please check presentation web sites.
Christmas December 25
Christmas as we know it today is a Victorian invention of the 1860s. http://www.historychannel.com/cgibin/frameit.cgi?p=http%3A//www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/christmas/
How "Merry Christmas" is said ..... http://urbanlegends.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.santas.net%2Faroundtheworld.htm
Holidays and Holy days (What every Christian should know about Santa Claus, elves and more. . .) http://www.got.net/~seasons/christmas.html
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8004/Luke2.html Angel Footprint Craft
Websites #1 http://www.historychannel.com/cgibin/frameit.cgi?p=http%3A//www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/christmas/ #2 http://urbanlegends.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.santas.net%2Faroundtheworld.htm #3 http://www.got.net/~seasons/christmas.html #4 http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8004/Luke2.html
December 26th through January 1st http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/kwanzaa/index.html
African-American Celebration of heritage http://www.tike.com/celeb-kw.htm
Naguzo Saba- 7 principles Cooperative Economics Purpose Unity Faith Creativity Collective Work and Responsibility Self-determination
http://www.freekidscrafts.com/links_frame.asp?cat=index.htm&link=http://search.family.go.com/family/query.html?qt=kwanza&col=family&adtype=defaulthttp://www.freekidscrafts.com/links_frame.asp?cat=index.htm&link=http://search.family.go.com/family/query.html?qt=kwanza&col=family&adtype=default Kwanza Crafts
“The Festival of Lights” Chanukah
What is Chanukah? Chanukah is a Jewish December Holiday http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chanukah/about.html
Chanukah begins on the 25th day of the month of Kislev in the Jewish calendar (Nov./Dec.) http://www.benjerry.com/yule/hannukah-ws-easy.html
What is a Menorah? A Menorah is a very special arrangement of nine candles. Eight of the candles are for each night of Chanukah, and the highest candle is used to light the other candles. On the first night of Chanukah one light is lit and this continues for eight days.
What is a Dreidel?This is a four-sided spinning top with a Hebrew letter on each side.The letters mean “A Miracle Happened Here.” The game is played with coins or candy pieces. http://judaism.about.com/library/holidays/chanukah/bl_chanukah_games.htm
Web Sites: http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/chanukah/about.html http://www.benjerry.com/yule/hannukah-ws-easy.html http://judaism.about.com/library/holidays/chanukah/bl_chanukah_games.htm