subject	Occasions
topic	Eid-ul-Fitr
grade	Two
time	30 minutes
objective	To enable students to see how Muslims celebrate the Eid-ul-Fitr, and it’s religious significance.
instructional material	“The three Muslim Festivals”, by Aldin Hadzic

 

INTRODUCTION

 

SIYAM (Fasting) is an Islamic activity which is devoted to God alone.

        From dawn to sunset every day for thirty consecutive days (the whole

        month of Ramadhan, the 9th month in the Muslim calendar) a Muslim

        volutarily gives up eating, drinking and sex and undergoes a deliberate

        training programme of self-discipline and moral upgrading-all for the

        one single aim of invoking the pleasure and the grace of God.

        Improvement in the state of society as a whole. There is a night of

        special significance in Ramadhan known as LAYLAT UL QADR (Night of

        power). It occurs in one of the odd numbered nights of the last ten days

        of the month of Ramadhan. The Quran mentions it as a night "better than

        thousand months".

EID UL FITR is observed at the end of the month of Ramadan. On this day

        after the month of fasting, Muslims express their joy and happiness by

        offering congregational prayer preferably in an open field. they express

        their gratitude to Allah for enabling them to observe fasting which is a

        training programme designed to prepare them to live as practising

        Muslims. Special dishes are prepared and it is customary to visit

        friends and relatives and to give presents to children to make the

        occasion lively and a special one for them.

 

DEVELOPMENT

 

Read “The Three Muslim Festivals” by Aldin Hadzic

 

REINFORCING ACTIVITIES

 

Craft project : Eid lanterns.

 

CRAFT PROJECT:  EID LANTERNS

 

 

Eid lanterns are fun to make, and you can design them any way you like. 

 

Materials needed:    1 piece of construction paper

                                    Scotch tape

                                    Scissors

                                    Markers/crayons/stickers (for decorating the lantern)

                                    String

 

How to do it:

1.      If you want the lantern plain, then just go to the next step.  Otherwise, decorate one side of the construction paper with designs of your choice.  If you want to put stickers on it, only put them along the shorter ends of the paper.

2.      Fold the construction paper in half.

3.      Cut from the fold to the edges, leaving about one inch from the edges.

4.      Unfold the paper.

5.      Roll the paper along the short edges, and tape the edges together (decorated side out).

Tape a piece of string to it, and hang them from the ceiling of the classroom.