Diwali Festival Activities – Diwali Readings and Rangoli Craft

Here are some ways teachers have used this resource:
✔ Explore the lunar versus solar (Gregorian) calendars with a fun activity
✔ Integrate world holidays and world cultures into your Fall lessons
✔ Explore the meaning behind special Diwali traditions
✔ Create spectacular rangoli designs as a team

The Diwali Festival Lesson is perfect for any elementary teacher no matter what curriculum you use.

Product Details
✦ Comprehensive Lesson Plan
✦ Engaging article about Diwali Festival
✦ Bonus Reading and Activity on the Lunar Calendar
✦ Activities based on the reading
✦ The Meaning of Diwali Traditions Activity
✦ Write a Diwali Comic Activity
✦ Reading on rangoli designs along with a fun rangoli competition
✦ Recommended Resources
✦ Answer Keys

Students will practice skills such as:
✅ Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. (CCRA.R.3)
✅ Prepare for and participate effectively in a range of conversations and collaborations with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly and persuasively. (CCRA.SL.1)
✅ Explore and describe similarities and differences in the ways groups, societies, and cultures address similar human needs and concerns
✅ Compare ways in which people from different cultures experience their environment and social conditions