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Holidays & Special Days

Holidays & Special Days

This section offers teachers resources for special days and holidays such as Hanukkah, Christmas ,Ramadan and other occasions.

It includes various engaging activities such as games, worksheets and videos. 

Activities about the Birth of the Prophet Muhammad

Follow His Footsteps
In this activity ,students are asked to write down the ways they follow the prophet’s footsteps (on footsteps templates). Their work can be displayed in class under the title “Follow His Footsteps!”
It’s Sunnah Activity
In this activity the students create a shared booklet about the actions done by the prophet Muhammad PBUH. Find out different suggestions to activate your students’ creativity and writing
Get Inspired
Create a fun and engaging day under the title “WE LOVE THE PROPHET”
“The Teacher” Song
In this listening activity, the students listen to a song about the prophet and fill in the missing words
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Channuka Activities

Channuka Activities
Check out these ideas for Channuka Activities to do with your high school classes
The Story of Hannuka
History of the Holiday
Chanukah Flash Mob-Temple Isaiah
Make a Hannuka flash mob! Figure out the lyrics, work up a dance, surprise the school on the first day of Hannuka!
Nefesh B'Nefesh Hanukkah Flash Mob
Make a Hannuka flash mob! Figure out the lyrics, work up a dance, surprise the school on the first day of Hannuka!
Nefesh B'Nefesh Hanukkah
Nefesh B'Nefesh: The Making of the Nefesh B'Nefesh Jerusalem Flash Mob

Channuka YouTubes and Mash-ups

December Holidays

An Experiential Hanuka Lesson
An EFL lesson adapted from a science lesson by Gabriel Malach, Ulpenat Shapira
The Story of Santa Claus
Why do people hang stockings at Christmas?
Winter Holiday Activities
One way to teach about December holidays in differenct cultures, is to celebrate customs and holidays from around the world using a variety of activities
December Holidays Lessons & Resources
Look through this site to find a variety of activities for different levels on the topic of winter holidays in different cultures
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Passover

Passover, the Jewish Festival of Freedom from TeacherVision
Teach children about the meaning of Passover with these activities
Passover Seder Word Scramble from TeacherVision
Review Passover vocabulary with this word scramble. Students unscramble the letters to correctly spell each Passover Seder ingredient. Then, they use the words to wri...

Passover You Tubes & Mash ups

Digital Tools

OurBoox
Using any of the simplified articles in Landmarks (or any other source) have your student...
Flipsnack
Using any of the simplified articles in Landmarks (or any other source) have your student...
Kahoot
Using any of the simplified articles in Landmarks (or any other source) make activities ...
Quizlet
Using any of the simplified articles in Landmarks (or any other source) make activities ...
Discovery Education
Using any of the simplified articles in Landmarks (or any other source) make activities ...
Google Slides

Using Google Slides for Digital Story Telling.

Magisto
Take pictures and use Magisto to make them into a movie.
Chanukah Flash Mob-Temple Isaiah
Make a Hannuka flash mob! Figure out the lyrics, work up a dance, surprise the school on ...
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Blogs and Vlogs

Activities - Jerusalem Day

Jerusalem Day
Collaborating for Jerusalem Day! Have an activity to share? Here's the place to do it!
Jerusalem Day Kahoot
How much do YOU know about Jerusalem?

Rabin Memorial Day

Rabin Biography
A short biography of Yitzhak Rabin on the Nobel Prize site
Virtual Tour of the Knesset
Google Streetview of the Kenesset
Knesset Biography
The official biography of Yizhak Rabin on the Knesset site
Yitzhak Rabin Center
The Yitzhak Rabin Center is the national institute that advances the legacy of the late I...

Activities - Rabin Memorial Day

Hatred
Bring this activity to your class, and discuss it within the context of Rabin Memorial Day
Trigger-happy fingers on the keyboard
A unit of work written to commemorate 21st anniversary of Rabin's assassination

Clips - Rabin Memorial Day

What is Democracy?
A short definition of democracy. Pupils should pick out a sentence that has relevance to the assassination of Yitzhak Rabin
Democracy is...
An animation to stimulate discussion about democratic values
Rabin Video Clip
A biography of Yitzhak Rabin with English subtitles

Lag B'Omer

Activities for Lag Ba'Omer
Activities for Lag B'Omer, by Israeli educator Bev Stock. Written for the ELL classroom
Activities for Lag Ba'Omer from the Jewish Agency
Activities and discussions for Lag Ba'Omer
Who by Fire: Discussion Activity
Use Leondard Cohen's Song "Who by Fire" as a springboard for discussion about Lag Ba'Omer
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