As educators, these micro lessons prompt us to think reflectively. We ask ourselves: “What is dangerous about children only having a “snapshot” about some holidays and cultures?”

Watch this thought provoking interactive video to reveal why connecting surface expressions of culture to deeper meaning of holidays can help classrooms avoid superficial understandings of culture and holidays.

When children are more mindful of the importance of the holidays celebrated by their peers, it sets them on track to be more considerate, curious and conscious. They also can begin to comprehend the vastness of the world and how it holds many peoples with a diversity of practices, languages, cultures and systems of belief.