Hanukkah - Teacher Resources

Themed Packets

Perfect for 1st through 3rd grade, this choice board features a group of activities that will help elementary students learn about and celebrate Hanukkah.

• Hanukkah Choice Board and Activities for Elementary Students

Educational Videos

View our short videos about Hanukkah and extend your students' knowledge with the extension activities prepared for each video, such as games, art projects, reading passages, and writing prompts.

• The Story of Hanukkah Videos & Activities

Printables

Teach your students about Hanukkah with these printables. Includes a mini-book with celebrations around the world, a story describing Jewish traditions, foods, and holidays, and an art project making Hanukkah cards.

• Celebrations Around the World
• Rabbi Benjamin's Buttons Educator's Guide
• Happy Holidays
• Hanukkah (or Chanukah), the Jewish Festival of Lights
• Making a Hanukkah Card
• More Hanukkah Printables

Lesson Plans

Our Lesson Plans will help students understand Hanukkah with activities such as writing acrostic poems about Hanukkah or other holidays, singing and comparing Israeli and American songs, and more.

• Winter Holidays
• Holiday Poems
• Potato Print Wrapping Paper
• Israeli Children's Songs
• Holiday Paper Chains
• Clay Hanukkah Menorah
• Create a Menorah Gallery
• More Hanukkah Lessons

Hanukkah Art & Music Activities

Incorporate Hanukkah activities into art and music classes by creating potato print wrapping paper, singing Israeli songs, making paper chains with Hanukkah symbols, and making Menorah galleries.

• Potato Print Wrapping Paper
• Holiday Paper Chains
• Clay Hanukkah Menorah
• Create a Menorah Gallery
• More Hanukkah Art & Music Activities

Hanukkah Reading & Language Arts Activities

Expand your students' knowledge and understanding about the Jewish holiday Hanukkah by having them write an acrostic poem.

• Holiday Poems

Clip Art Images

Choose from our Clip Art Images to expand your teaching strategies about the Jewish holiday Hanukkah and help students understand the holiday better.

• Menorah
• Menorah 2

Hanukkah Social Studies Activities

Explore Hanukkah connections using these social studies resources. Includes videos which are great for introducing Hanukkah, a chart of Jewish holidays, and a reading passage about the history of Hanukkah.

• The Story of Hanukkah Videos & Activities
• Winter Holidays
• Holiday Poems
• Potato Print Wrapping Paper
• Holiday Paper Chains
• Clay Hanukkah Menorah
• Jewish Holidays, 2015-2020
• Create a Menorah Gallery
• Winter Holidays Chart
• Hanukkah History
• More Hanukkah Social Studies Activities

Slideshows

Browse our collection of slideshows to find resources to enhance your curriculum by introducing your students to Hanukkah and other winter holidays with these slideshows which include fun learning activities.

• Favorite December Holiday Printables Slideshow, Grades K-4
• Hanukkah Classroom Activities Gallery
• Favorite Hanukkah Activities Slideshow, Grades K-4

More December Holidays

If you enjoyed these resources for Hanukkah, click the links below on our resources for other December holidays.

• Christmas Teacher Resources
• December Holidays Resources for Teachers
• Kwanzaa Teacher Resources
• New Year's Teacher Resources