Grades 4-6
Presented by:
Nicole Munroe, Kristin Hill, &
Laura Walters
Introduction
• Look around you…What do you notice? Our
world is made up of many different people who
believe and celebrate holidays in a variety of
ways.
• To help celebrate the many diverse holidays of
our world, Hallmark is creating a new line of
greeting cards written and created by
elementary students around the world.
Are you up for the challenge?
Your mission is to research, with a partner, one
of the holidays celebrated around the world and
together you will create a Hallmark greeting
card.
In addition, you and your partner will be required
to give an oral presentation which consists of a
report of your chosen holiday and the
showcasing of your holiday greeting card.
***CLICK ON THE HIGHLIGHTED WORDS***
Step One: Find out who your partner is
Step Two: Select a holiday from the list
provided.
To Step Three…
Partner List
• Joey and Bobby
• Clare and Karen
• Sarah and Bobby
Joe
• Carlee and
Stephanie
• Devon and Doug
• Shawn and Nicole
• Mackenzie and
Sophia
• Michael and
Jessica
• Laura and Mark
• Steven and Sean
• Luke and Dave
Holidays
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Kwanzaa
Hanukkah
Chinese New Year
Cinco de Mayo
Mardi Gras
Dia de los Muertos
(Day of the Dead)
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Rosh Hashana
Christmas
Easter
Ramadan
Halloween
Purim
Yom Kippur
** Check with your teacher about your choice before beginning! **
Step Three
Using the worksheet your teacher provided,
research your holiday thoroughly.
** Use ONLY the provided websites to conduct
your research **
• Kwanzaa
– http://www.officialkwanzaawebsite.org/index.shtml
– http://www.history.com/minisites/kwanzaa
– http://www.holidays.net/kwanzaa/
• Hanukkah
– http://www.history.com/minisites/hanukkah
– http://www.holidays.net/chanukah/
– http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday7.htm
• Chinese New Year
– http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/chinese_new_ye
ar.html
– http://www.chinese.new-year.co.uk/history.htm
• Cinco de Mayo
– http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/demo/cinco.html
– http://www.nacnet.org/assunta/spa5may.htm
• Mardi Gras
– http://www.mardigras.com/
– http://www.mardigrasunmasked.com/mardigras/history.htm
– http://home.att.net/~magnoliaholidays/mardigrasnew.html
• Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead)
– http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/about/html/holidays/ddead_kid
s.html
– http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/muertos.html
– http://www.dayofthedead.com/
• Rosh Hashana
– http://www.torahtots.com/holidays/rosh/rosh.htm
– http://web.buddyproject.org/web009/web009/infostation.html#a
nchor21750
• Christmas
– http://www.cycnet.com/englishcorner/background/hol
iday/christmas.htm
– http://www.wintersteel.com/What_is_Christmas.html
• Easter
– http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Holidays/Easter/
– http://www.angelfire.com/hi2/easter/index.html
• Ramadan
– http://www.submission.org/YES/YES-2.html
– http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/ramadan.html
– http://www.ramadankids.com/
• Halloween
– http://www.apples4theteacher.com/holidays/hallowee
n/index.html#abouthalloween
– http://www.theholidayspot.com/halloween/history.htm
• Purim
– http://www.jewfaq.org/holiday9.htm
– http://www.holidays.net/purim/
• Yom Kippur
– http://www.infoplease.com/spot/yomkippur1.html
– http://www.torahtots.com/holidays/yomkipur/yomkstr.h
tm
• If you can’t find certain facts on the provided
websites, feel free to search around on the
following sites:
– http://www.internet-atwork.com/hos_mcgrane/holidays/
– http://falcon.jmu.edu/~ramseyil/holidays.htm
– http://www.holidays.net/
– http://www.worldbook.com/wb/Students?content_spot
light/holidays
To Step Four…
Step Four
Using the research you collected on your holiday,
create a greeting card that is:
☺Free of Spelling and Grammar Mistakes
☺ Respectful
☺ Informative
☺ Colorful
☺ Creative
THINK OUT OF THE BOX!!!!!
☺ Accurate
If you need IDEAS feel free to look at the
greeting cards displayed in the front of
the room on the chalkboard.
To Step Five…
Step Five
Prepare to present an oral report on your holiday
and your greeting card to the class.
– You will be presenting:
A brief introduction of your holiday (i.e. what it celebrates)
and why you chose that holiday.
Your greeting card. Make sure you show how your research
has been incorporated into your card. Be sure you can
provide an explanation for all details in your card.
Tell us three interesting facts you discovered about your
holiday.
How will I be graded?
• For this project, you can earn a total of 100
points.
• Participation and Cooperation = 5 pts
• Question Worksheet = 15 pts
• Greeting Card = 50 pts Total
– Grammar, Spelling & Punctuation = 10pts
– Creativity and Design = 15 pts
– Accuracy and Informative= 25 pts
• Oral Presentation = 30 pts Total
– Presentation = 10 pts
– Introduction = 5 pts
– Research and Explanation on Greeting Card = 15 pts
Congratulations!!!!
Hallmark is lucky to have a designer like you! Since our
world is full of diversity, your knowledge of the different
holidays will help you relate to others all around the
world.
All cards will be displayed throughout the school to show
your new found knowledge of the diverse holidays
celebrated throughout the world. Who knows…
Hallmark might even select your card for their new
holiday greeting line.