Passover Picture Game

What’s in the Passover picture? Celebrate this Jewish festival of freedom with a game to identify holiday words, objects, names, and customs.

• 1.

  Many objects, places, characters, and words are associated with the Jewish celebration of Passover. Find out about the history and traditions surrounding this festival of freedom. Come up with as many ideas as you can for your game. Write a list with Crayola® Erasable Colored Pencils.

• 2.

  To make game pictures, draw rectangles in the middle as many sheets of paper as you have words. Draw a picture of one Passover object, person, or place in each rectangle. Color pictures with Crayola Twistables. Use lots of colors to fill in the space outside the rectangle. To give your pictures holiday sparkles, accent them with Crayola Glitter Glue. Air-dry flat.

• 3.

  To play, tape a picture on one player’s back. This player must figure out who or what is in the picture by asking the other players yes or no questions, such as "Am I a place?" "Will I be found on a Passover Seder table?" Have fun!

Benefits

• Students learn the history of the Passover celebration.
• Students understand the preparations that go on in Jewish households to get ready for Passover, including the Passover Seder table.
• Students demonstrate their knowledge of the holiday by creating pictures for a game that highlights objects, words, and characters that are part of Passover celebrations.

Adaptations

• Students with special needs may prefer to use photographs or Passover objects to guide their recall or drawing.
• Students write and act out a play telling the story of Passover. It could be performed at their Passover Seder dinner.
• Students research songs are sung during Passover such as "An Only Kid." Create masks to act out the song.