Kwanzaa

Student Name: Jillian Dougherty School Name:

Grade Level: Kindergarten Host Teacher’s Name:

Book: My Family Celebrates Kwanzaa

Guiding and/or Essential Questions:

Why is it important to understand other cultures?

How can we appreciate other cultures through the celebrations and traditions?

Pre-lesson Assignments and/or Student Prior Knowledge (ex. background knowledge,

possible misconceptions, prior lesson content)

Students may have background knowledge of Kwanzaa from their family traditions

Students have an understanding of Harvest

Standards:

6.1.2.CivicsDP.3: Explain how historical symbols, monuments, and holidays reflect the shared

values, principles, and beliefs of the American identity.

.6.1.2.HistoryUP.2: Use evidence to demonstrate how an individual’s beliefs, values, and

traditions may change and/or reflect more than one cultures

SL.K.2. Confirm understanding of a text read aloud or information presented orally or through

other media by asking and answering questions about key details and requesting clarification if

something is not understood.

Learning Objectives and Assessments:

Learning Objectives Assessment

Students will be able to identify the Students will contribute to a fruit

traditions of Kwanzaa through the salad based on the 7 principles.

celebration and understanding of the Students will be assessed through a

7 principles. guided exit ticket.

Students will be able to identify Students will be assessed through

key features of Kwanzaa and the a guided exit ticket.

reason for celebration.

Materials/Resources: (List materials, include any online or book references and resources)

7 Different Fruits- Representing 7 Principles

Tongs

Trays

Bowls

Plan for set-up/distribution/cleanup of materials:

Fruits will be prepared on trays for the students and pre placed on tables

Step by Step plan (numbered):

1. Lesson beginning

a. Reading of My Family Celebrates Kwanzaa

 2. Activity

a. Students will prepare a fruit salad to celebrate traditions of Kwanzaa

b. 7 Principles of Kwanzaa will be discussed with anchor chart

c. The 7 Principles of Kwanzaa

d. 7 Fruits will represent one of the 7 principles

e. The fruits will be prepared and placed in a bowl to create unity

3. Closure

a. The children will eat their fruit salad as we discuss the harvest and review the 7

principles

b. Students will complete a guided exit ticket to conclude Kwanzaa

Key Questions (that you will ask):

What traditions are associated with Kwanzaa?

What are some of the Principles of Kwanzaa?

Key Vocabulary

Kwanzaa- a secular festival observed by many African Americans from December 26 to January

1 as a celebration of their cultural heritage and traditional values

Tradition-customs passed from generation to generation

Celebration- an important event or occasion by engaging in enjoyable, typically social, activity.

Culture-customs of a particular nation or group of people

Logistics:
 Timing: 30 Minutes

Beginning- 10 Minutes

Activity- 15 Minutes

Closure- 5 Minutes

Transitions:

Students will throw away their food trays as they complete their work or will be called by

table (depending on timing)

Students will be called by table color

Classroom Management:

Behavioral concerns will be addressed as necessary

Table colors will be used to call students to where they need to be

Differentiation Notes

Content:

Developmentally appropriate definitions will be used to express the concepts

Images and words will be used to show/describe pictures

Process:

Students will have the opportunity for teacher to model lesson and model activity for them

Translation will be provided as needed

Product:

Students will be guided in their exit ticket