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Chanukah Fun & Trivia

Early Childhood

http://www.jafi-ed.org.il/child/israel/chagim/hanukkah/page_index.asp

Hebrew Songs

Hebrew and Yiddish Chanukah songs with English transliteration, as well as modern English songs, on the site, or via links to online songbooks, and to online sales of songbooks and sheet music
http://www.hebrewsongs.com/chanukah.htm

Quick quiz on Chanukah

Chanukah Plays

Online

Hannah and her Seven Sons, a short puppet play
http://www.etni.org.il/holidays/happening.html#play

E-chinuch Downloads (one play in each web list below:
- Chanukah play for elementary school by Tamara and Amihai Bennett
http://www.clponline.org/features/results.php3?Topic1=Chanukah
- A play for boys
http://www.clponline.org/features/results.php3?search=&val=&total=122&start=10&Topic1=Chanukah
- Characterization and narration play (mixed)
http://www.clponline.org/features/results.php3?search=&val=&total=122&start=20&Topic1=Chanukah
- Play for 13 students, K5-K8
http://www.clponline.org/features/results.php3?search=&val=&total=122&start=40&Topic1=Chanukah
- Dramatic reading
http://www.clponline.org/features/results.php3?search=&val=&total=122&start=50&Topic1=Chanukah
- Hebrew play
http://www.clponline.org/features/results.php3?search=&val=&total=122&start=70&Topic1=Chanukah
- Historical play
http://www.clponline.org/features/results.php3?search=&val=&total=122&start=80&Topic1=Chanukah

For Purchase:
Singing plays
http://www.singlishps.org/Purim.htm

Offline

From Libraries:
Dramatics the Year Round. Selected and Edited by Samuel J. Citron.
United Synagogue Commission on Jewish Education, New York, 1956-5717

Chanukah Quizzes

Macam
Short background, with collection of word searches, English songs, text/story and code games for Israeli grade 6, suitable for grade 5 native English speakers. http://web.macam.ac.il/~bev/Book/2%20hanukkah.htm

Interactive Chanukah quiz online
http://www.chanukah99.com/lights/games/chanukah_quiz.asp
or same quiz on
http://www.virtualchanukah.com/lights/games/chanukah_quiz.asp

Excellent short, visual and interactive quiz
http://www.mehalev.org.il/zipori/english/hnuka/strt.htm

Grade 3 quiz interactive
http://www.sbernsteinonline.com/gimel/chanukah_quiz/chanukah_quiz4D.htm

Humourous quiz - just text
http://www.jr.co.il/humor/chanuk15.txt

Chanukah quiz (not interactive)
http://ick.macam.ac.il/ic/en/en_dept_site/special_events/chanukah/oshrit/chanukah%20quiz.doc

Chanukah quiz (no answers, not interactive)
http://www.templeemanuelmd.org/RS/UngarQuiz.html

3 levels of interactive Chanukah quizzes (middle school to adult)
http://www.ou.org/chagim/chanukah/quizzes/enter.htm

Interactive online quiz, with description of level as "average" :- for adults
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizdetails.cfm?id=55074

Eagle site for public schools and general RE classes
http://www.eagle1.american.edu/~st8755a/chanquiz.htm

Links to Chanukah work pages, web quests (NB: not all working, or suitable), games, crafts, recipes
http://teachers.teach-nology.com/themes/holidays/hanuk/

More games here
http://www.kidsdomain.com/games/chan.html

Several games and quizzes, interactive, graphics
http://blackdog.net/holiday/chanukah/index.html

Interactive quiz, with/without music - but lots of advertisements;
NB: some other quizzes are not suitable for children!
http://www.quizland.com/hanukkah.htm

You need a password from Lubavitch to get into this site, but there are lots of quizzes
http://www.shluchimexchange.com/chanukah.htm

More Festival Quizzes & Fun

For all the festivals and kids
http://www.torahtots.com/fungames.htm

Links to colouring, story books, crafts for different festivals
http://members.tripod.com/~ProudMommy/holidays.html

Short quizzes on a few chagim
http://www.eagle1.american.edu/~st8755a/roshquiz.htm

Kids Corner from JTS/Melton
http://learn.jtsa.edu/topics/kids/index.shtml

Test your Jewish IQ - 3 levels of interactive quizzes for each Festival topic
(11 quizzes on chagim, shabbat)
http://www.ou.org/jewishiq/default.htm

Fun Trivia - Judaism [levels are marked in the index]
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizlistgold.cfm?cat=325

Fun Trivia - Tanach
http://www.funtrivia.com/quizlistgold.cfm?cat=1892