Amanda CressChris Bennett

Kristen Limpert

Unit :

Social Studies

GradeLevel :

1st

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.

Please check presentation

web sites.

December 25

Merry Christmas

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

http://www.historychannel.com/cgibin/frameit.cgi?p=http%3A//www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays/christmas/

http://urbanlegends.about.com/gi/dynamic/offsite.htm?site=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.santas.net%2Faroundtheworld.htm

http://www.got.net/~seasons/christmas.html

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Valley/8004/Luke2.html

Kwanzaa

December 26th through January 1st

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/kwanzaa/index.html

http://www.tike.com/celeb-kw.htm

Unity

Self-determination

CollectiveWork and

Responsibility

Cooperative Economics

Purpose

Creativity

Faith

Naguzo Saba- 7 principles

http://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”

What is Chanukah?Chanukah is a Jewish December

Holidayhttp://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