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Holi, also known as the Festival of Colors, is a Hindu festival that celebrates love, spring, and the triumph of good over evil. To help your students welcome spring and learn more about this cultural event, we’ve curated a group of resources to make it easier to add Holi activities to your ELA and social studies lessons:
Use informational texts to teach students about the Hindu festival of colors, symbolism, and spring:
Explore the traditional Hindu festival that commemorates the victory of Vishnu over Hiranyakashipu and build students’ background knowledge of the holiday:
Now, with just a search you can add additional skills practice to any Newsela lesson! Our updated skills search filter for Newsela ELA lets you select which skills you want to teach in the classroom and find articles that match! Plus, with skill labels on each article, you get an overview of which ones fit your lesson best, right from the search page. Ready to give it a try? Log into your Newsela account to see how it works!
Teach students about the Muslim holiday of Ramadan with ELA and social studies activities for all grade bands.
Create engaging classroom lessons for Passover, a Jewish holiday, by exploring content and activities. Start a free Newsela trial today.
Create engaging classroom lessons for the Christian holiday of Easter, and learn about its history and traditions. Sign up for a free trial today.
East Orange School District filled curriculum gaps and engaged K-12 students using Newsela Social Studies, providing vetted, accessible content.
Using Formative assessments improves high school math scores, especially for low-SES and Hispanic students, meeting ESSA Tier III standards.
We’ve identified 12 areas where your schools and districts may benefit when transitioning to standards-based grading.
