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REACH: Lighting The Kwanzaa Candles Note This service is best done between kwanzaa and Martin Luther King Day a lot that the candles of kwanzaa have to teach us. The kwanzaa candles are seven three http://www.uua.org/re/reach/worship/kwanzaa.html
Extractions: This is the time of the year when Kwanzaa comes, followed closely by the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. The message spoken quietly in African American homes at Kwanzaa is shouted to the world two weeks later at the birthday of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King. Even if we are not African American, there is a lot that the candles of Kwanzaa have to teach us. The Kwanzaa candles are seven - three red, a black, and three green. The black candle is a celebration of being black, of the unique and special qualities each person brings to the whole family or community. It is a candle of the present, of today. The green candles are vision candles - candles of hopes, dreams, and promises for the future. The red candles are struggle candles, past candles, candles the color of blood, candles the color of courage. All seven candles help African Americans to remember a long struggle against injustice, against unfairness, and to promise each other that they will continue to work together against injustice. As a white person, I can't be a part of the remembering or the promise. I will not light the candles, for they are not mine to light. I will, however, honor the struggle for justice by speaking a history - the story of a people which is not often enough told in our society.
Kwanzaa 4 Kids And Family Written to teach kids the meaning of kwanzaa. Includes crafts, games, and African recipes. http://members.cox.net/in2vabeach/kwanzaa4kids/welcome.htm
Program Will Teach First-graders About Kwanzaa Program will teach firstgraders about kwanzaa. by Karlie Dunsky to learn about the values celebrated by kwanzaa in the annual program 'K is for kwanzaa' Tuesday from 10 a http://thepost.baker.ohiou.edu/archives3/nov02/111802/n10.html
Extractions: Staff Writer First graders from East Elementary will listen to stories, have their faces painted, work on group beading projects, and play games to learn about the values celebrated by Kwanzaa in the annual program 'K is for Kwanzaa' Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Lindley Cultural Center. The program will consist of stations with arts and crafts and other activities, including stories told by Ayanna Jordan. Jordan is the assistant director of Upward Bound, a program at Ohio University that works to matriculate high school students in southeast Ohio into post-secondary education. She participated in 'K is for Kwanzaa' two years ago as a storyteller. Jordan will be telling stories with morals that emphasize the values celebrated by Kwanzaa. Many of the stories will be African and African-American folktales, such as the Brer Rabbit and Anansi stories. Jordan said these stories are interactive and fun for small children. Jordan said Kwanzaa is a holiday that is a reminder for people to live the principles they value throughout the year and throughout their lives. The principles celebrated at Kwanzaa are unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith. The seven days of Kwanzaa, from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, each celebrate one principle.
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Kwanzaa - Activities Recipes History kwanzaa Crafts teach kids the meaning and history of kwanzaa with these quick andeasy crafts. ChildFun.com teach your children the meaning behind kwanzaa. http://www.homeandfamilynetwork.com/holidays/kwanzaa.html
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Extractions: Downloads ... Professional Development Enter your email address for FREE weekly teaching tips! Home Teacher Resources Lesson Plans Holidays ... Habari Gani? What's the News? - Learn about Kwanzaa, the world's fastest growing holiday, with these activities and Internet links. Kwanzaaa Activities - A series of lessons applicable to many December Holidays. Kwanzza: An African-American Celebration - A thorough exploration of this holiday. Kwanzaa Information Center - An online guide to the Kwanzaa celebration, including information about its principles and purpose. Kwanzaa Mini Unit - Students will recognize that families can be strengthened as a result of a holiday. Kwanzaa Mini Unit 2 - Students will identify similarities and differences between the celebrations: Hanukkah, Christmas and Kwanzaa. Kwanzaaa, What Is It?
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Extractions: Home > Holidays Teach your children about the seven days of Kwanzaa with this fun craft project. Steps: Trim a 9-inch-by-12-inch piece of white construction paper to 7 inches by 10.5 inches. Turn the paper sideways, and then use a ruler and pencil to mark off six vertical lines at 1.5-inch intervals. Trace over the lines with a black pen. This will create seven spaces for the seven days of Kwanzaa. Write "26" at the top center of the far left space to represent December 26, the first day of Kwanzaa, which starts on a Sunday this year (1999). Continue numbering the spaces, ending with "1" on the final space, to represent January 1, the last day of Kwanzaa. Write the Swahili word "Umoja" under the date in the far left space. Write its English translation, "Unity," at the bottom of the space. This represents the first of the seven principles of Kwanzaa. Write in this space how you and your family will celebrate Kwanzaa that day and how you will recognize the principle of umoja. Draw pictures or use magazine cutouts to illustrate.
Extractions: Welcome to "A Girl's World" Holiday Happening! Up Close and Personal: Christmas Traditions A Classic Story, The Bird's Christmas Carol Holiday Activities Christmas on the Web Miriam's Festival of Lights Kwanzaa: My Celebration Have a Cool Yule A time of prayer and family: Ramadan Click the arrow for a drop-down list of holiday fun. Pick an area, then click go!! Kwanzaa Kwanzaa starts the day after Christmas December 26 and goes until January 1st. The word, Kwanzaa, means "first fruits" in Swahili. Dad says that means we're celebrating the fruit of our hands and spirits. So, every night of Kwanzaa, after dinner, we do something special to celebrate one of the seven principles of Kwanzaa. My older brother, Mike, does wood work. He's an architect. So he made us a kinara. That's a wooden candle holder with seven candles in it one for each day of Kwanzaa. There's a black candle in the middle, and three red ones on the left and three green ones on the right. Every night, Lauren starts the celebration by lighting one of the candles. We let her do it because she's the youngest.
African Americans - Kwanzaa - What Is It? virtual treasure trove of ideas and activities in this full unit on kwanzaa. of resourcesand key curriculum ideas for teachers wishing to teach about Africa http://www.africanamericans.com/Kwanzaa.htm
Extractions: Dr. Maulana Karenga introduced the festival in 1966 to the United States as a ritual to welcome the first harvests to the home. Dr. Karenga created this festival for African Americans as a response to the commercialism of Christmas. In fact one might say that Kwanzaa has similarities with Thanksgiving in the United States or the Yam Festival in Ghana and Nigeria. The word "kwanza" is a KiSwahili (Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania) word meaning "first." Five common sets of values are central to the activities of the week: ingathering, reverence, commemoration, recommitment, and celebration. The seven principles (nguzo saba) of Kwanzaa utilize Kiswahili words: unity (umoja), self-determination (kujichagulia), collective work and responsibility (ujima), cooperative economics (ujamaa), purpose (nia), creativity (kuumba), and faith (imani). Each of the seven candles signify the principles. Like the Jewish Hannakah, candles are used to represent concepts of the holiday. The symbols of Kwanzaa includes crops (mzao) which represents the historical roots of African Americans in agriculture and also the reward for collective labor. The mat (mkeka) lays the foundation for self-actualization. The candle holder (kinara) reminds believers in the ancestral origins in one of 55 African countries. Corn/maize (muhindi) signifies children and the hope associated in the younger generation. Gifts (Zawadi) represent commitments of the parents for the children. The unity cup (Kkimbe cha Umoja) is used to pour libations to the ancestors. Finally, the seven candles (mishumaa saba) remind participants of the several principles and the colors in flags of African liberation movements 3 red, 1 black, and 3 green.
Kwanzaa Celebrations On the second day of kwanzaa, parents might teach their children about making responsibledecisions for themselves by allowing them to plan their activities http://www.twilightbridge.com/hobbies/festivals/kwanzaa/principles.htm
Extractions: A principle is a rule or law that governs conduct in a given situation. The Nguzo Saba are the set of principles/values by which Black Americans must order their relations and live their lives, if they are to make decisions about their lives and begin to build a new world and a new people to develop it. As a product of tradition and reason of history, the Nguzo Saba responds to current needs which can be the method used by Blacks to solve the problems on every level which confronts us as a people. Thus, the Nguzo Saba are social and spiritual principles, dealing with ways for us to relate to each other and rebuild our lives in our own images. Nguzo Saba (social and spiritual principles) and the Seven Days of Kwanzaa: UMOJA (UNITY) (oo-MOE-jah) - To strive for and maintain unity in the family, community, nation and race. The first day of Kwanza is shaped by the first principle of the festival, Umoja (oo-MOH-ja), or unity. Emphasis is given on finding unity in the family, community, nation and race. Children can practice this principle by making an effort to get along with one another all day. KUJICHAGULIA (SELF DETERMINATION) (koo-jee-cha-goo-LEE-ah) - To define ourselves, name ourselves, create for ourselves and speak for ourselves.
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Kwanzaa Celebrations buying gifts. If gifts are purchased, they are intended to teach thereceiver about kwanzaa, or symbolize some aspect of the holiday. http://www.twilightbridge.com/hobbies/festivals/kwanzaa/history.htm
Extractions: to the Festivities of Kwanzaa Kwanzaa (KWAN-za) is a seven-day African-American cultural festival that is observed from December 26 to January 1. It is the only nationally celebrated, indigenous, non-heroic African-American holiday in the United States. During this time, families explore, share and celebrate the African-American community, their culture and their history. It's a time for black Americans to recognize their African roots, and honor the achievements of their people throughout history. People across the globe have observed Kwanzaa since 1966, when Dr. Maulana Karenga founded the cultural event. Dr. Karenga, then a professor at California State University at Long Beach, wanted to create a holiday about bringing black Americans together and strengthening the bonds between black people. When visualizing a holiday for the African-American community, Dr. Karenga was inspired by Kiswahili, the African language commonly known as Swahili. As the most regularly spoken language in Africa, Swahili represented a cultural and historical bond between African-Americans. Dr. Karenga named the holiday Kwanzaa after the Swahili phrase matunda ya kwanza, meaning "first fruits of the harvest." The extra "a" was added to the name in order to give the word greater impact.
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Program Will Teach First-graders About Kwanzaa Program will teach firstgraders about kwanzaa. by Karlie Dunsky StaffWriter. First graders from East Elementary will listen to stories http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/archives3/nov02/111802/n10.html
Extractions: Staff Writer First graders from East Elementary will listen to stories, have their faces painted, work on group beading projects, and play games to learn about the values celebrated by Kwanzaa in the annual program 'K is for Kwanzaa' Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in Lindley Cultural Center. The program will consist of stations with arts and crafts and other activities, including stories told by Ayanna Jordan. Jordan is the assistant director of Upward Bound, a program at Ohio University that works to matriculate high school students in southeast Ohio into post-secondary education. She participated in 'K is for Kwanzaa' two years ago as a storyteller. Jordan will be telling stories with morals that emphasize the values celebrated by Kwanzaa. Many of the stories will be African and African-American folktales, such as the Brer Rabbit and Anansi stories. Jordan said these stories are interactive and fun for small children. Jordan said Kwanzaa is a holiday that is a reminder for people to live the principles they value throughout the year and throughout their lives. The principles celebrated at Kwanzaa are unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility, cooperative economics, purpose, creativity and faith. The seven days of Kwanzaa, from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, each celebrate one principle.
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Kwanzaa Resources - Educational Resources For Kwanzaa Very useful site. The International kwanzaa Exchange. kwanzaa Colorfulsite with great resources to help teach about and celebrate kwanzaa. http://7-12educators.about.com/cs/kwanzaa/
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