Winter Holidays Around the World
* Mexico: Students will make pinatas to burst during their reenactment of the traditional Posadas party.
* Sweden: Students will role-play Santa Lucia Day while wearing self made wreaths with candles.
* Africa: Students will eat their homemade Kinaras on self-made woven placemats, which they made out of traditional Kwanzaa colors.
* Israel: Students will make and play a game with their self-made dreydls. Students will make Latkes.
* America:Students will decorate a Christmas tree, make Christmas cards, and go Christmas caroling.
More about this lesson plan:
Materials Needed: * Mexico: Balloons, newspaper, glue, candy
* Sweden: sweet roll recipe, hot chocolate,and materials to make a wreath with candles
* Africa: red, green, and black construction paper, bread, cream cheese, carrots and raisins
* Israel: Dreydl pattern, potatoes and grater to make Latkes.
* American: Christmas tree, construction paper for cards, Christmas songs for caroling
Author: Denise Todd
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