Cinco de Mayo and the start of Ramadan in the U.S. fall on the same day this year, May 5th. That provides educators with a great opportunity to teach about tolerance, understanding, immigration, and the benefits of diversity in America!
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| Photo from Flickr |
Teaching Tolerance has this short article that explains the origin of Cinco de Mayo and offers some ideas on how to celebrate the holiday appropriately. We Are Teachers has a more in-depth article
designed to get educators thinking about what they want to accomplish by celebrating the holiday with their students and has some excellent questions you can ask yourself when thinking about observing Cinco de Mayo and any cultural holiday in your classroom.
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| Moon and stars illustration from: Storyblocks |
My TpT resource for Ramadan includes a reading passage that explains what the holiday is all about, along with 4 other classroom activities. Since I have lived and worked in 2 Muslim-majority countries (Sierra Leone and Indonesia) and traveled in others with large Muslim populations (Turkey, India and China), I created this resource to dispel some of the misconceptions people have about Muslims.
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| Click HERE for more info; source: The ESL Nexus
HAPPY HOLIDAYS! |
