Hello,
The site by Sue LeBeau says Ramadan (Nov, Dec, or Jan).
Just to clarify, Ramadan this year was from October 15 to November 14,
2004. Since Islam uses a lunar calendar (254 days), each month is about
11 days earlier every year. Next year, Ramadan will start around
October 4, the next year in September, and so on...
By the time December comes, we will begin the month of Dhul-Qa'dah, two
months after Ramadan. After that is Dhul-Hijjah, which is the month of
Hajj (pilgrimage to Makkah). The tenth of Dhul-Hijjah is the holiday of
Eid-al-Adha (which should be around January 21, 2005), marking the end
of the Hajj. It is considered a greater festival than Eid-al-Fitr,
which marks the end of Ramadan. Perhaps it would benefit your students
to know about both of these holidays and their significance.
My 2 cents...
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Tavis Hampton
Media Specialist
H.W. Longfellow Middle School
Indianapolis., IN
tel: (317) 226-4228
e-mail: hamptont@ips.k12.in.us
blog: http://www.lanterntorch.org
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>>> Josephine Dervan <rderva@INFIONLINE.NET> 11/29/2004 5:49:30 AM >>>
Christine and all,
I came across this site from the Kathy Schrock Site of the School Day
(SOS)
and it has many sites for all the December holidays including Ramadan,
Hanukkah and Kwanzaa.
http://www.suelebeau.com/december.htm
She has sites for each month's holidays listed at:
http://www.suelebeau.com/months.htm
Jo
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Josephine G. Dervan, Library Media Specialist
Strathmore Elementary School, Aberdeen, NJ
home:rderva@infionline.net
school:jdervan@marsd.k12.nj.us
He who has a garden and a library, wants for nothing- Cicero
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine H. Lopez" <clopez@SCILS.RUTGERS.EDU>
To: <LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU>
Sent: Monday, November 29, 2004 4:53 AM
Subject: [LM_NET] Target: Web sites for December, especially Chanukah
and/or
Kwanzaa
> LMNET
>
> I often post sites for my students about holidays and events during
the
> month. A savy 7th Grader (who happens to be my own daughter)
mentioned
> that while I had some good stuff for December, I was really lacking
in the
> Chanukah and/or Kwanzaa area. Can anyone provide any favorites or
> recommends for December?
>
>
> --
> Christine H. Lopez
> Iselin Middle School
> Iselin, NJ
> clopez@scils.rutgers.edu
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