Signs of the Season

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Visit the TeacherWeb® videos to learn about the features, modifications, and customizations available on your website. Click here to learn more. Process small medium large <b>Step 1: Making a Holiday Choice</b> 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. <b>Christmas</b> - A Christian holiday celebrating the Birth of Jesus Christ, who Christians believe is the son of God. <b>Hanukkah</b> - A Jewish holiday also known as the Festival of Lights, celebrating the triumph of the Jewish faith over religious supression. <b>Kwanzaa</b> - An African-American holiday celebrating traditional African values of family, community responsibility, commerce and self-improvement. <b>Lunar New Year</b> - Also known as Chinese New Year, is a Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese holiday celebrating family and community, as well as the New Year. <b>Eid-Al-Adha</b> - 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). <b>Japanese New Year</b> - 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. <b>Bodhi Day</b> - A Buddhist holiday celebrating the day that Siddhartha Gautama(the historical Buddha) achieved enlightenment. <b>Step 2: Researching Your Holiday </b> 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. <b> Christmas </b> <a href="http://www.factmonster.com/ce6/society/A0812112.html">Fact Monster: Christmas</a> <a href="http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/chr/symbols.html"> Christmas Symbols and Traditions </a> <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_11617_celebrate-christmas.html"> How to: Celebrate Christmas </a> <a href="http://whychristmas.com/"> Whychristmas.com </a> <b> hanukkah</b> <a href="http://www.factmonster.com/spot/hanukkah.html">Fact Monster: Hanukkah</a> <a href="http://www.akhlah.com/holidays/hanukkah/hanukkah.php"> Akhlah: Holidays for Children </a> <a href="http://www.joi.org/celebrate/hanuk/index.shtml"> The Jewish Outreach Institute: How We Celebrate Hanukkah</a> <a href="http://www.wikihow.com/Celebrate-Hanukkah"> Wikihow.com: How to Celebrate Hanukkah </a> <b> Kwanzaa</b> <a href="http://www.factmonster.com/spot/kwanzaa1.html">Fact Monster: Kwanzaa</a> <a href="http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml"> The Official Kwanzaa website</a> <a href="http://www.ehow.com/how_6171_celebrate-kwanzaa.html"> Ehow.com: How to Celebrate Kwanzaa</a> <a href="http://netglimse.com/holidays/kwanzaa/symbols_of_kwanzaa.shtml"> Netglimse.com: Symbols of Kwanzaa</a> <b> Lunar New Year </b> <a href="http://www.factmonster.com/spot/chinesenewyear1.html"> Fact Monster: Chinese New Year</a> <a href="http://www.asianamericanbooks.com/lny_ch_a.htm#general"> Asian American Books: Lunar New Year Across Asia</a> <a href="http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi? file=/c/a/2004/01/22/MNGD64F7DO1.DTL"> San Fransisco Chronicle: Lunar New year A Multi-Cultural Celebration</a> <a href="http://www.123chinesenewyear.com/symbols/"> 123 Chinese New Year: Symbols</a> <b>Eid-Al-Adha</b> <a href="http://www.factmonster.com/spot/islamicholidays.html"> Fact Monster: Islamic Holidays </a> <a href="http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/holidays/eidaladha.htm"> Social Studies for Kids: Eid-Al-Adha </a> <a href="http://www.islamonline.net/english/hajj/2002/01/ayadna/index.shtml"> Islamonline.com: Eid-Al-Adha</a> <b> Japanese New Year </b> <a href="http://www.familyculture.com/holidays/japanese_new_year.htm"> Familyculture.com: Japanese New year</a> <a href="http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa123099.htm"> About: Shogatsu</a> <a href="http://home.att.ne.jp/wind/marcy/vicky/gallery/shogatsu/shogatsu.html"> Shogatsu: Japanese New Year</a> <a href="http://www.zuzu.org/japan.html"> Holiday Celebrations: Japan</a> <b>Bodhi Day</b> <a href="http://familydharma.pulelehuadesign.com/bodhi.htm">Family Dharma Connections: Bodhi Day</a> <a href="http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1507934">Bodhi Day</a> <a href= "http://www.edmontonplus.ca/feature/christmas/60067/around_the_world.jsp#bodh i">Edmonton Plus: Bodhi Day</a> <b>Step 3: Getting started on your Poster</b> 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. <a href= "http://www.ahsd25.k12.il.us/~TriciaFuglestad/VisualArt/page14/page15/page31/ page31.html"> Deep Space: Depth Music Video</a> <a href="http://www.geocities.com/~jlhagan/K9-14/part_two_shading.htm"> Learning How to Draw: Methods of Shading</a> <b>Step 4: Drawing and Coloring Your Poster </b> 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! Or, would you like to view and optionally restore one of these previous versions? Password: Forgot your password?

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