Lesson Plan II

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Lesson Plan II

• Teacher Asher Mandel
• Subject Area Social Studies
• Grade Level 4
• Unit Title Cultural Contributions
• Lesson Title Multi-Cultural Calendar

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Things to Think About?

• Where is your family from?
• What kind of holidays does your family celebrate?
• Can you find where your family comes from?

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Our World Map
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Some More things to think about

• What is a Multi-Cultural Calendar?
• What do you know about other cultures holidays
  and how they celebrate them?
• What do you think you will get out of this
  project?

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Daily Outline

• Sponge Activity World Map Activity
• Anticipatory Set What is a Mult-Cultural
  Calendar?
• Lecture Different Cultural Holidays
• Multi-Cultural Calendar
• Review
• Closure

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Objectives

• Students must describe the holiday of their
  different countries and explain the significance
  in forming a national heritage
• Students must describe the ceremonies of their
  different countries and explain the significance
  in forming a national heritage.
• Students must describe the traditions of their
  different countries and explain the significance
  in forming a national heritage.

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Mexican National Holidays

• Carnaval - is an official Mexican holiday that
  kicks off a five-day celebration of the libido
  before the Catholic lent. Beginning the weekend
  before Lent, Carnaval is celebrated exuberantly
  with parades, floats and dancing in the streets.
  Port towns such as Ensenada, La Paz, and Veracruz
  are excellent places to watch Carnaval
  festivities.
• Dia de la Constitucion - an official holiday
  that commemorates Mexico's Constitution.
• The Birthday of Benito Juez - a famous Mexican
  president and national hero, this is an official
  Mexican holiday.
• Primero de Mayo - is the Mexican national holiday
  that is equivalent to the U.S. Labor Day.
• Cinco de Mayo - is the Mexican national holiday
  that honors the Mexican victory over the French
  army at Puebla de los Angeles in 1862.
• Dia de la Raza - This day celebrates Columbus'
  arrival to the Americas, and the historical
  origins of the Mexican race.
• Mexican Revolution Day - This official Mexican
  holiday celebrates the Mexican Revolution of 1910.

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Mexican Religious Holiday

• Feast Day of de San Antonio de Abad is a
  religious holiday during which the Catholic
  Church allows animals to enter the church for
  blessing.
• Dia de la Candelaria or Candlemas, is a religious
  holiday that is celebrated with processions,
  dancing, bullfights in certain cities, and the
  blessing of the seeds and candles. The
  festivities are best seen in San Juan de los
  Lagos, Jalapa Talpa de Allende, Jalisco and
  Santa Maria del Tuxla, Oaxaca.
• Saint John the Baptist Day is celebrated with
  religious festivities, fairs, and popular jokes
  connected to getting dunked in water.
• Dia de los Muertos - is an important Mexican
  holiday that merges Pre-Columbian beliefs and
  modern Catholocism. Europe's All Saints' Day and
  the Aztec worship of the dead contribute to these
  two days that honor Mexico's dead.
• Dia de Nuestea Senora de Guadalupe, or the day of
  the Virgin of Guadalupe is celebrated with a
  feast honoring Mexico's patron saint.
• Las Posades - celebrates Joseph and Mary's search
  for shelter in Bethlehem with candlelight
  processions that end at various nativity scenes.
  Las Posadas continues through January 6.

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Buddhist Holidays

• New Years Day - Buddhist celebrate the New Year
  by renewing commitments to live the Dharma in the
  new year and vow to renounce the 108 Bon-No (or
  108 ways one can transgress against ones fellow
  creatures).
• Nirvana Day - Usually observed the second Sunday
  in February, is the date, according to Mahayana
  tradition, of Shakyamuni Buddhas death and
  passing into Mahaparinirvana (complete extinction
  of ego-self and reunification with the universe).
• O-Higan - Usually observed on the Sunday on or
  immediately preceding the Spring and Fall
  equinoxes, the change in seasons from extreme
  cold or heat to moderate temperatures is symbolic
  of crossing from the shore of illusion (extreme
  beliefs held in ignorance) to the other shore of
  enlightenment (the middle path of recognizing and
  continuously overcoming ones ignorance)
• Hanamatsuri or Wesak--Usually the Sunday on or
  before April 8, the observance of the birth of
  Siddhartha Gautama, who would eventually become
  the historical Buddha.
• Hatsumairi or Parents Day--This is the first
  formal visit by a child to the Temple. The child
  and parents participate in a brief ceremony
  including the Three Treasures. Each child
  receives a certificate of Hatsumairi (First
  Presentation) and an o-juzu (meditation beads).

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Buddhist Holidays

• Bon Odori or O-Bon - is the annual memorial
  dance to commemorate the lives of loved ones who
  have passed away during the previous 12 months.
  Over a two day period, many Japanese-American
  communities celebrate the Bon Odori Festival.
  This Buddhist dance festival is celebrated on
  the Saturday as a reminder of the gratitude we
  feel toward our ancestors.
• Ho-on-koor Shinran Shonins Memorial (usually the
  fourth Sunday in November)--is devoted to
  recalling the founder of Jodo Shinshu Buddhism,
  how he brought the Buddhadharma down--from the
  mountaintop monastery where he was a monk--to the
  rest of Japan, and what that has meant for the
  ordinary working people of the world.
• Bohid Day - This the day were modern Buddhism
  began. This is when The prince, Siddhartha
  Gautama, was known as the Buddha, the Enlightened
  One.

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Christian Holidays

• Palm Sunday - Christian celebration of the entry
  of Jesus into Jerusalem. The day begins Holy
  Week. It is observed by worship celebrations and
  parades using palm branches.
• Good Friday - Christian remembrance of the
  crucifixion of Jesus and related events.
• Holy Saturday - Christian observance of the
  Saturday before Easter - a time meditation on the
  mystery of Jesus Christ.
• Easter - The most holy of Christian sacred days.
  The day commemorates the resurrection of Jesus
  Christ from his death by crucifixion. Observances
  include worship services beginning at sunrise,
  special music, feasting, and parades.
• All Hallows Eve - Christian celebration of
  mystery combining prayers and merriment involving
  children and families. It is a prelude to All
  Saint's Day.
• All Saints' Day - Christian day for honoring
  saints, known and unknown.In general, saints are
  persons with reputation for unusual lives of
  holiness and devotion to God. A Holy Day of
  Obligation in the Roman Catholic Church where
  saints have special formal status.
• Christmas Eve - Christian celebration of the
  arrival of Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem for for
  the birth of Jesus. It is observed with worship,
  candle lighting, manger scenes and festive
  meals.

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Jewish Holiday

• Rosh Hashanah - The Jewish New Year. The
  Beginning of the High Holy days.
• Yom Kippur - The Day of Atonement.This is when
  G-d judges his people and places them in the Book
  of Life or the Book of Death.
• Chanukah - The Festival of Light. This holiday
  lasts for 8 days to commemorate the amount of oil
  lasted to light the old temple.
• Passover - This 8 day festival dedicates the
  Jewish people being saved form Egypt.
• Shavuot - This holiday commemorates the receiving
  of the Torah at Mount Sinai. It is also known as
  the spring harvest festival of first fruits.

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Irish Holiday St. Patricks Day

• This Holiday is the feast of Saint Patrick, the
  patron saint of Ireland.
• One of the biggest saints to convert the Irish
  into Christianity.
• In the U.S, it is a National Holiday but in
  Ireland it is a religious holiday to honor Saint
  Patrick.
• Irish people celebrate by attending religious
  services, enjoying family and friends, and
  wearing Shamrocks.
• Saint Patrick used the Shamrock to explain the
  idea of the Trinity to the Irish.

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Vietnamese Holiday Tet Nguyen-Dan

• Vietnamese believe the first day and the first
  week of the new year will determine the fortunes
  or misfortunes for the rest of the year.
• It is a time to pay debts, forgive others,
  correct one's faults, and start the new year
  with a clean slate.
• During Tet, all actions should be pure and
  beautiful as the attitude of the first few days
  of the new year sets the tone for the remainder
  of the year.
• The first signs of the impending holiday show up
  a month before Tet. Workmen start building
  stalls near the markets to sell holiday items
  such as New Year's greeting cards, candied
  fruits and decorations.
• Prices for everything begin to rise. Houses and
  buildings get a coat of new paint. People buy new
  clothes, exchange greeting cards, wish each
  other Happy New Year (Chuc Mung Nam Moi).
• It is auspicious if the branches bloom on the
  first morning of Tet apricot blossoms are
  reputed to keep demons out of the homes at this
  time.

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Activity
Multi - Cultural Calendar
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Review Outline

• Mapping out our countries and remembering
  cultural holidays
• Our questions
• Did we achieve our goals and objectives for today
• Our cultural lecture
• Multi-Cultural Calendar

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Review Objectives

• Students must describe the holiday of their
  different countries and explain the significance
  in forming a national heritage
• Students must describe the ceremonies of their
  different countries and explain the significance
  in forming a national heritage.
• Students must describe the traditions of their
  different countries and explain the significance
  in forming a national heritage.

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Homework

• Write 3 paragraphs telling me something about
  your own cultures holidays, your groups culture,
  and another culture that your classmates did.