This document outlines a lesson plan to teach 4th grade students about various holiday traditions. There are 20 students from different backgrounds, including Muslims, Jews, and African Americans. The lesson will break students into groups to research Kwanzaa, Eid, Christmas, or Hanukkah. Each group will learn about the history and celebrations of their assigned holiday through videos, stories, songs, crafts and other activities. At the end of the unit, students will present what they learned to the class and take a quiz to evaluate their understanding.

1. Ashley Porter
Assure Assignment
A- Analyze Learners
Teaching Holiday Traditions to 4th graders. There are 20 students 11 girls, and 9 boys.
There are 2 Muslims, 3 Jewish, and 2 African Americans.
S- State Objectives
The objective of this is to teach 4th graders Holiday Traditions. My focus for the students
to learn about is American Christmas, African American Kwanzaa, Jewish Hanukkah,
Muslim Eid Ul Fir and Eid Ul Adha. I want the class to know and understand the
different activities and history of these holidays. The groups will be broken the following
ways. There will be 4 groups of 5. Group one will have 3 American students, 1 Muslim, 1
Jewish they will be researching Kwanzaa. Group two will have 3 American students , 1
African American, 1 Jewish student they will have the Eid Ul Fir and Eid Ul Adha. Group
three will have 3 American Students, 2 Jewish student and they will have Christmas.
Group four will be 3 American students, 1 Muslim student, 1 African American student
they will have Hanukkah. They will know how it came about and is celebrated. They will
also understand why these are holidays. By the end of the lesson they will be able to tell
the classroom in groups of 4 about the specific holiday they have been assigned. The
groups will all have different cultured holidays to learn about. The outcome of the
lesson will be based on utilization of websites, youtube videos, songs, storytelling,
webquests, podcasts, and activities in the classroom. They will know Holiday Traditions
by the end of the month with 80% accuracy.
S- Select Methods, Media, and Materials
Youtube
Storytellinge
Podcasts
Webquest
Hands on Activities
Crafts

2. Songs
Websites
Powerpoint
Quiz
U- Utilize Media and Materials
They will watch videos on the history of the holiday they are assigned. They will learn songs for
the culture they are assigned that tells information about holiday traditions. They will watch and
listen to people tell stories of traditions on the internet. They will be making crafts in the
classroom for hands on activities. They will learn and perform a play as a whole class. It will be
an around the world play. The students will complete a webquest. They will listen to podcasts.
They will use websites to research the holiday.
R- Require Learner Participation
The kids will be completing a webquest. The will also be in a play about different holiday culture.
They will have to present what information they have found on the holiday each group was
assigned to the rest of the classroom at the end of the unit. They will have a quiz at the
beginning of the unit on the different holiday cultures.
E- Evaluate and Revise
Before the unit I will give a quiz about all four holiday traditions to see how much they
know about each. During the unit each culture of students will get together to tell
traditions of their own holiday they celebrate to the rest of the class. They will verbally
quiz they class after each have presented about their culture. After the lesson they will
have learned all about the different traditions and be able to present about them with
their group. They will get to decide how they want to present it. To revise they will then
have to collectively help write a play about all four cultures holiday. They will perform it
after practice to the school.