Holiday’s Around the World

A- To begin the lesson, students will watch 2 short videos on the different types of holidays that are celebrated in each continent. This video will give a short example of a major holiday from each country. Since there are students from various religious backgrounds, it is important to incorporate those.Videos used:

https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=K9KGHPFCgd8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Burc- fCcajI

S- My students will discover different holiday traditions by discussion based on videos of other holiday’s traditions, reading a book that has children discussing the holidays (Children Just Like Me; Celebration), bringing in three holidays/ festivals to share with the class, incorporating traditions into art lessons by making crafts for a holiday/ festival that is in the week we begin, making a class calendar with the holidays/ festivals we find, illustrating postcards with a scene representing a holiday they found interesting and then creating a short presentation on that holiday the end of the 2 month with a 95% accuracy.

S- The technology that will be used throughout this lesson will be the television, computers, and overhead projectors. Students will also receive a

blank postcard that will be used for them to create a scene from the holiday that they choose.

U- Prep time will be given to the students before presentations to make sure everything is working properly. The video will be on before the class enters on the first day of this lesson.

R- There will be many opportunities for students to become involved in classroom participation. The post cards will allow students to really analyze the holiday/ festival characteristics so they can illustrate it properly. Throughout the year, there will be discussions and hands on activities that correlate with the calendar. In those activities we will try/ discuss the food, making more crafts, and then having a lesson that integrates that holiday.

E- Evaluations will be made through observing group discussions, making the class calendar, the scene drawn on the postcard, and the material in their short presentation of the holiday they find interesting.