Activity Overview
Holidays are incredibly significant in religion, and highlight stories, seasons, or other significant aspects of a religion. In this activity, students will create a spider map highlighting the major holidays celebrated by Hindus. They should describe the significance of each holiday and create an illustration to help summarize what it is and how it is practiced.
Template and Class Instructions
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Objective: Create a spider map focusing on 3-5 different major holidays in Hinduism.
Student Instructions:
- Click "Start Assignment".
- Identify at least three major Hindu holidays and write their name in the title box.
- For each cell write 1-3 sentence descriptions about each holiday explaining its significance.
- Create an illustration that represents each holiday using appropriate scenes, characters, symbols, or items.
Requirements: Minimum of 3 cells showcasing different major holidays celebrated by Hindus. Appropriate scenes to illustrate each cell. 1-3 sentence description for each cell demonstrating your understanding.
Lesson Plan Reference
Rubric
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| Proficient | Emerging | Beginning | Needs Improvement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Identification of Holiday | All holidays are correctly identified and are significant to the religion. | Most holidays are correctly identified. | Most significant holidays are missing, incomplete, or incorrect. | No holidays are correctly identified. |
| Descriptions | Descriptions accurately explain the holiday and highlight its significance. | Descriptions mostly accurately and explain the holidays' significance. | Descriptions contain inaccuracies in their explanations, or do not highlight the holidays' significance. | Descriptions are missing or too minimal to score. |
| Illustrations | Illustrations include appropriate scenes, characters and items that accurately represent the holiday and reflect time, effort, thought, and care. | Illustrations are mostly accurate and reflect time and effort. | Illustrations are somewhat inaccurate and show minimal effort, time, and care. | Illustrations are inaccurate or inappropriate and are missing too many elements or are too minimal to score. |
| English Conventions | There are no errors in spelling, grammar, or mechanics throughout the storyboard. All writing portions reflect careful proofreading. | There are a few errors in spelling, grammar, and mechanics throughout the storyboard. All writing portions show accuracy and some proofreading. | There are several errors in spelling, grammar, and mechanics throughout the storyboard. Most writing portions do not reflect proofreading or accuracy. | Errors in spelling, grammar, and mechanics in writing portions of the storyboard seriously interfere with communication. |
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