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Create a Holiday for Your Favorite Hero
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Subject: | Arts & Humanities
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Grade: | K-2, 3-5,
6-8, 9-12
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Brief Description
Students create a holiday for a hero. The person may be someone in history who is not currently honored with a holiday, another famous person, a family member, a friend, or someone else they admire.
Objectives
Students demonstrate creative- thinking and creative-writing skills to develop a holiday for a person they admire as a hero.
Keywords
hero, holiday, create, creative thinking, creative writing
Materials Needed
paper or computer(s) with a word processing program, pens and pencils, chalkboard, chalk
Lesson Plan
Complete this activity in at least two lessons.
Lesson 1
- Ask students to list holidays that are dedicated to individuals or special people, such as Columbus Day or Explorers Day, Martin Luther King Day, or Presidents Day.
- Ask students to think about someone they admire who is not honored with a holiday. Students might work in cooperative groups to brainstorm some possible names. List students' responses on the board.
- Ask students to imagine that they have been asked to create a holiday for one of the people on the list. Have each student develop a plan for the holiday. Tell students their plans must include the following information:
Name of the person to be honored.
A title for the holiday.
Date(s) for the holiday
Songs or music for the holiday
Specific foods for the holiday
Holiday colors.
Special clothing to be worn
Special decorations
At least one other way to celebrate the holiday
Give students 1 to 2 days to complete their plans, including any needed research.
Lesson 2
Let students share their plans with the class. Let the class choose which holidays they would like to celebrate. Ask students to explain their choices.
Extension: Celebrate one or more of the students' holiday choices in class.
Variation for younger students: Complete the activity as a class.
Assessment
Evaluate students' completed holiday plans.
Lesson Plan Source
Education World
Submitted By
Lois Lewis
National Standards
Language Arts:
NL-ENG.K-12.4
NL-ENG.K-12.5
NL-ENG.K-12.12
Visual Arts:
NA-VA.K-4.1
NA-VA.5-8.1
NA-VA.9-12.1
01/08/2001
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