Hanukkah
Subject: Religious education
Age range: 7-11
Resource type: Unit of work
This resource contains:
A fully editable and informative 36 slide lesson PowerPoint presentation on the Jewish Festival of Hanukkah (also known as the Festival of Lights) which is celebrated for eight days, between the end of November and the end of December.
A set of six texts and comprehensions, three cloze exercises and a key-word worksheet on Hanukkah.
Hanukkah commemorates the re-dedication of the second Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and the miracle of the menorah lights. The PowerPoint explains what Hanukkah is and why and how it is celebrated.
The PowerPoint focuses on:
Why Hanukkah is commemorated - the story of King Antiochus IV, Mattathias , Judah and the Maccabees.
The restoration and rededication of the Second Temple.
The miracle of the menorah and its significance.
Hanukkah food - fried food cooked in oil eg latkes and doughnuts
Hanukkah Games - the dreidel, gelt (chocolate coins)
The PowerPoint contains a hyperlink to a short and lively 5-minute video about Hanukkah.
The resource also contains:
A set of six texts and comprehension (with answers) on the Jewish festival of Hanukkah (Festival of Lights).
Three cloze exercises on the story of Hanukkah and how it is celebrated today.
Matching objects with Hanukkah key-words worksheet
This resource will help to contribute to the pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural learning (SMSC) and will help to actively promote the British Values of mutual respect and tolerance of those with different faiths and beliefs.
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