CUXX-10

CU PKK K-1:10 Winter Holidays celebrated by Folkshul Families Goal: Students will describe which holidays are celebrated this time of year in America in their families. Materials – pages with comic strip, and crayons, a menorah, a dreidel, menorah pages, nine coins in a bag for each person 1. ** Gain attention of the learner ** Ask the students to list the names of the holidays celebrated during the winter. Students should describe what they know about each holiday. 2. ** Review relevant past learning: ** People in the Folkshul celebrate lots of different types of holidays. Some holidays are from our cultural heritage. Some holidays are based in American Heritage. 3. ** Present new material ** Ask students to describe what and how they celebrate during this time of year with their families. 4. ** Provide guided practice ** In our Folkshul we celebrate Hanukah as a reminder that Jews must continue to stand up to oppression and that the formerly oppressed should not become the oppressors. This holiday is full of many symbols and rituals. The menorah (Hanukiah), the dreidel, and special foods and songs are shared with families in our homes and in the Folkshul. 5.    ** Provide independent practice ** Before class section a piece of paper into fourths so that students draw four different scenes in a comic strip format depicting our their families celebrates in the winter. (Bring some comics from the newspaper to help explain how to set up their picture stories.) 6. ** Close the lesson ** Share the pictures and add them to the “Me” books. Distribute a paper to each child with a picture of a Hanukiah(9 candle menorah specific to Hanukkah) on it. Distribute a bag with eight coins in it. 7. Divide the class into groups of four each person takes turn flipping a coin. If the coin lands heads up they get to place it on the top to light the candle. The first person to light the menorah wins.