Purpose: To support teachers in understanding the importance of teaching and acknowledging as a part of celebration of cultures in our schools. January
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Eid al-Adha [1]
National Indigenous Hispanic People's Day Heritage Month [2]
Day of the Dead Holidays .
Multicultural Diversity Day Rosh Hashanah 3rd Monday of (Jewish)* the month
Thanksgiving
Follow this link for the "month" of the cultural celebrations. Add a new document for each one listed below. Passover (Jewish)
Asian-Pacific American History Month
New Year's
Women's Groundhog's Day History Month
Martin Luther King Day
Black History Month
St. Patrick's Day (Irish American Heritage Month) Lao New Year
Jewish American History Month
Tu B'Shevat (Jewish)
Valentine's Day
St. Urho Day
Cinco de Mayo
Ethopian New Year (9/11)
Budda's Birthday
May Day
Chinense MidAutumn Festival Diwali (Hindu)
African-American Parent Engagement
Hindu Celebration of Birthday of Rama (Hindu)
Shavuot (Jewish)
Fenkil Day (Eritrea)
Days of Rememberance of the Victims of the Holocaust (US) Memorial Day
Halloween/All Hallow's Eve [6]
President's Day
Gathering of the Nations (Native American) Syttendemai
Chung Yeung [7]
Lunar New Year Korean New Year
FAHM [9]
Spanish
All the Colors We Are (book)
Tigriniya (East African)
Sukkot [5]
Italian-American Heritage Month
Is this for teaching about holidays/celebra tions? And/or teaching for multiple perspectives?
Amharic (Ethopian)
LGBTQ Coming Out Day [3] Diwali
Purim (Jewish)
https://www. 66 languages in geteduca. District 833 com/blog/sharing Top 6 listed -diverse-culturesbelow early-learning/
Somali
Ramadan *
July 4th Independence Day
Easter *
* indicate cyclical celebration
Vietnamese
Eid *
Lunar New Year Chinese New Year
Lunar New Year Vietnamese New Year
Hmong
Juneteenth
*** Consider adding "hover" feature over calendar with add'l links- see examples in Oct & Dec
Hmong New Year
Kwanzaa [4]
Latino Holidays
Questions for American Indian lessons on Heritage Month celebrations
Hanukkah (Jewish) [8]
[1] Eid al-Adha (Arabic: ﻋﯾد اﻷﺿﺣﻰ, translit. ʿīd al-ʾaḍḥā, lit. 'Feast of the Sacrifice', IPA: [ʕiːd ælˈʔɑdˤħæː]), also called the "Festival of Sacrifice", is the second of two Islamic holidays celebrated worldwide each year (the other being Eid al-Fitr), and considered the holier of the two. It honors the willingness of Ibrahim (Abraham) to sacrifice his son as an act of obedience to God’s command. [2] A City of Saint Paul resolution that honors Native American culture. [3] Thursday, Oct 11, 2018 Description Every year, on National Coming Out Day, people celebrate coming out as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ) or as an ally. [4] African American 7-day spiritual festival dedicated to 7 principles: Unity, self-determination, collective work and responsibility and faith. The American celebration is related to the spirit and rituals of the harvest festivals of Africa. [5] Feast of Tabernacles, Jewish festival of thanksgiving, harvest and the remembrance of the Jews who wandered in the wilderness after their exodus from Egypt. [6] Evening before All Saints or All Hallows Day, Traditionally an occasion for masquerading and pumpkin carving and for children to play pranks. [7] Ahttps://www.officeholidays.com/countries/china/chung_yeung.phputumn [8] Begins at sundown on December 2nd and ends at sundown of December 10th. Jewish holiday commemorating rededication of the Temple by the Maccabees. It is a time for fun, songs, games and gift-giving. It starts on the 25th day of the Jewish calendar month of Kislev and lasts for 8 days and nights. [9] Filipino American History Month (FAHM) is celebrated in the United States during the month of October. In 1991, Filipino American National Historical Society (FANHS) board of trustees proposed the first annual Filipino American History Month to commence in October 1992.