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Hanukkah Lesson Plans
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Learners explore Hanukkah and its origins. In this Hanukkah lesson, learners discover the history of Hanukkah and its traditions. Learners locate Israel on map, hear the story of the menorah and create their own dreidel. Learners sing traditional Hanukkah songs.
Students research the history of Hanukkah. In this holiday lesson, students design a Hanukkah party where the students dance to Hanukkah songs, taste Jewish food, and make Hanukkah hats.
1st graders actively participate in Hanukkah activities and lessons. They verbally share the traditions of Hanukkah with others.
This lesson has students develop an understanding of how Jewish people all over the world celebrate. They identify Israel on a world map and four Hebrew symbols and their meaning. This lesson has students then listen to the story of Hanukkah and create a dreidel of their own. Finally, students play the game of dreidel and sing the song "I have a Little Dreidel."
Students create dreidels, traditional Hanukkah toys, from common materials and play the dreidel game! students explore the history of the dreidel, follow directions to create dreidels from common materials and play the dreidel game.
Students participate in Hanukkah celebrations. In this Hannukah lesson, students read the book My Hanukkah Alphabet and practice spinning dreidels. Students discuss Hanukkah vocabulary from the text.
Students follow a Hanukkah picture book by using the specially created table. The table shows each of the eight days, the appropriate number of candles for each night, and a written and picture representation of an activity for each night. After the book is read, the students spin dreidles, and the candles on the menorah are lit, the class make potato lakes.
Learners explore the meaning of Hanukkah and other holidays. They research how Jews have lived over the centuries.
Students use the internet to gather information on the holiday of Hanukkah. They research its origins and traditions as well as the meaning of the menorah. They design a stamp highlighting the holiday.
In this lesson learners learn about the holiday of Hanukkah by making a milk box dreidel, playing the dreidel game, and lighting a menorah. In this Hanukkah lesson plan, learners also read Hanukkah books.
