Cinco de Mayo and the start of Ramadan in the U.S. fall on the same day
this year, May 5th. That provides educators with a great opportunity to
teach about tolerance, understanding, immigration, and the benefits of
diversity in America!
Teaching Tolerance has
this short article that explains the origin of Cinco de Mayo and offers some ideas on how to celebrate the holiday appropriately.
We Are Teachers has
a more in-depth article
designed to get educators thinking about what they want to accomplish
by celebrating the holiday with their students and has some excellent
questions you can ask yourself when thinking about observing Cinco de Mayo and any
cultural holiday in your classroom.
My
TpT resource for Ramadan includes a reading passage that explains what the holiday is all about, along with 4 other classroom activities. Since I have lived and worked in 2 Muslim-majority countries (Sierra Leone and Indonesia) and traveled in others with large Muslim populations (Turkey, India and China), I created this resource to dispel some of the misconceptions people have about Muslims.
