Step 1: Making a Holiday Choice
The first step in this project is to pick a holiday from the following list.
There is a brief description of the holiday beside each one to help you make
your choice.
Christmas - A Christian holiday celebrating the Birth of Jesus
Christ, who Christians believe is the son of God.
Hanukkah - A Jewish holiday also known as the Festival of Lights,
celebrating the triumph of the Jewish faith over religious
supression.
Kwanzaa - An African-American holiday celebrating traditional African
values of family, community responsibility, commerce and
self-improvement.
Lunar New Year - Also known as Chinese New Year, is a Chinese, Korean
and Vietnamese holiday celebrating family and
community, as well as the New Year.
Eid-Al-Adha - A Muslim holiday that is also known as The Festival of
the Sacrifice commemorates the God's gift of the ram in
place of the biblical patriarch Ibrahim's (Abraham's)
son Isma'il(Ishmael).
Japanese New Year - also known as Shogatsu or Oshogatsu, it is a
Japanese holiday celebrating the ending of the
old year and the begining of a new one.
Bodhi Day - A Buddhist holiday celebrating the day that Siddhartha
Gautama(the historical Buddha) achieved enlightenment.
Step 2: Researching Your Holiday
Use the links listed beneath your holiday to answer the following questions:
- Who celebrates the holiday?
- How is the holiday celebrated?
- What does the holiday celebrate?
- When is the holiday celebrated?
- Where is the holiday celebrated?
- What are some symbols of that holiday?
You will use the answers you find in your research to give you ideas for how
to draw your poster.
Christmas
Fact Monster:
Christmas
Christmas
Symbols and Traditions
How to:
Celebrate Christmas
Whychristmas.com
hanukkah
Fact Monster:
Hanukkah
Akhlah:
Holidays for Children
The Jewish
Outreach Institute: How We Celebrate Hanukkah
Wikihow.com: How to
Celebrate Hanukkah
Kwanzaa
Fact Monster:
Kwanzaa
The Official
Kwanzaa website
Ehow.com: How
to Celebrate Kwanzaa
Netglimse.com: Symbols of Kwanzaa
Lunar New Year
Fact
Monster: Chinese New Year
Asian
American Books: Lunar New Year Across Asia
San Fransisco Chronicle: Lunar New
year A Multi-Cultural Celebration
123 Chinese New Year:
Symbols
Eid-Al-Adha
Fact
Monster: Islamic Holidays
Social Studies for Kids: Eid-Al-Adha
Islamonline.com: Eid-Al-Adha
Japanese New Year
Familyculture.com: Japanese New year
About:
Shogatsu
Shogatsu: Japanese New Year
Holiday Celebrations: Japan
Bodhi Day
Family Dharma
Connections: Bodhi Day
Bodhi Day
Edmonton Plus: Bodhi Day
Step 3: Getting started on your Poster
There are two requirements for your hand-drawn poster; that you use depth
and shading. In the following links there is a Quicktime music video about
depth, and a tutorial about different types of shading. Look through both
and use the techniques in your poster.
Deep Space: Depth Music Video
Learning How to Draw: Methods of Shading
Step 4: Drawing and Coloring Your Poster
Now is the time when you get to put all that you've learned together into a
creative, interesting poster! remember to have the name of the holiday
somewhere on the poster, and to use depth and shading techniques!
