Kwanzaa - African-American Celebration Accents and posters

Includes:

• Reproducible badge & bookmark patterns
• Large kinara with 7 removable candles approx 45.5cm x 13.5cm
• 7 Principles & 1 Kwaanza saying with Englich translation
• 8 Art pieces, each with it's own separate label & definition
• Small chart listing the 7 principles
• Happy Kwaanza header
• Resource guide

Suggested uses:

• Create a display focusing on multicultural histories and traditions
• Teach Character qualities through the 7 principles of Kwaanza
• Matching games with art, labels and definitions

The 7 principles of Kwaanza or Nguzo Saba:

• Umoja (oo-MOH-jah): Unity Success starts with Unity. Unity of family, community, nation and race.
• Kujichagulia (koo-jee-chah-goo-LEE-ah): Self-Determination To be responsible for ourselves. To create your own destiny.
• Ujima(oo-JEE-mah): Collective work and responsibility To build and maintain your community together. To work together to help one another within your community.
• Ujamaa(oo-jah-MAH): Collective economics To build, maintain, and support our own stores, establishments, and businesses.
• Nia (NEE-ah): Purpose To restore African American people to their traditional greatness. To be responsible to Those Who Came Before (our ancestors) and to Those Who Will Follow (our descendants).
• Kuumba(koo-OOM-bah): Creativity Using creativity and imagination to make your communities better than what you inherited.
• Imani(ee-MAH-nee): Faith - Believing in our people, our families, our educators, our leaders, and the righteousness of the African American struggle.