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Your Mission: Investigate the customs of another country and report back.

Webquest: How is Christmas Celebrated in Around the World?. Your Mission: Investigate the customs of another country and report back.

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Your Mission: Investigate the customs of another country and report back.

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  1. Webquest: How is Christmas Celebrated in Around the World? Your Mission: Investigate the customs of another country and report back. Objective: Upon completion of the webquest students will be able describe the celebration of Christmas in other cultures and will create a power point presentation to share with the class. Teacher’s Resource

  2. Traditions are an important part of the culture of a group of people. One of our traditions is the way we celebrate holidays, such as Christmas.

  3. Do other countries celebrate the way we do? Do their celebrations include gifts, decorations, special music and food?

  4. Task: • Your mission is to find the following information for the country you are sent to: • Location (on a map) • Flag • Date and Name of celebration • Reason for celebration • Gifts (including who brings them) • Decorations • Special Food &/or Music

  5. When you have explored these traditions create a power point to share with the class.

  6. To Solve the Case: Step 1: Follow the links provided to learn the traditions of the country you have been sent to. Step 2: Take notes about the customs you will need to report on. Step 3: Create a power point to share with the class which explains each of the areas listed. Step 4: Your power point should have at lease 8 slides: a title slide, an introductory slide, five or more slides describing the customs and a concluding slide. Step 5: You will need to include at least 4 graphics and a transition between the slides. Sound and animation are not required but may be included.

  7. Step 1 & 2 : Use the links below to begin your travels. Maps & Flags Traditions More Traditions Clipart

  8. Step 3 : Congratulations! Now that you are a world traveler and have completed a power point, share your findings with the rest of the class.

  9. How Did You Do?

  10. Teacher’s Resources The students will click on links related to the Christmas traditions in other countries. The students will then create a power point presentation containing their findings. After all projects are completed the students will present their findings to the class.

  11. Teacher’s Resources Resources Continued: Maps and Flags Website: http://www.merriam-webster.com/maps/moremapsnyt.html Traditions Website: http://christmas.howstuffworks.com/traditions/christmas-traditions-around-the-world-ga.htm More Traditions Website: http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/worldxmas/

  12. Resources Continued: Clipart website: http://www.clipart-free.com/Christmas_clipart.shtml Rubristar – Rubric ID#1213259 http://rubistar.4teachers.org/

  13. Teacher’s Resources - Evaluation Home

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