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At this time of
year most of us are celebrating one or more holidays. Since we are experts on
what we already know, let’s learn about celebrations around the world!
In this WebQuest
you will learn about other cultures and how they celebrate their winter
holidays. With a partner you will be
“visiting” countries all over the world. You will discover their different
traditions, legends, songs and stories.
Task
You will
be matched with a partner and your job will be to
research a winter celebration. Your partner and you
will
work together to investigate a winter celebration. At the
end of the unit, you will present your findings to the
class.
You
need to find out:
In which country or countries is the holiday
celebrated?
What are some of the holiday’s traditions?
Are there any songs or stories shared during
this holiday celebration?
Are special foods eaten?
Is special clothing worn?
What decorations are used?
After
answering these questions, you will put together the information you have
gathered into a poster. You will then share it with the class.
~ Each team will be assigned a
winter celebration to research.
~ After the teacher has divided you
into teams of two, print out the list of questions and divide them up. You
should have three questions each.
~ Click on the appropriate
celebration, on the Resources
page, to find the information on your assigned winter celebration.
~ After you have answered all of
the questions you will create a poster. The poster should have pictures and
facts about your winter celebration.
~ You will present this poster
to the class and share what you have learned about this winter
celebration.
Print the
list of Questions.
Winter Holidays:
Christmas
in the United States
Christmas
in the United Kingdom
New
Year's Day in the United States
Your names____________________________________________
Name of your winter celebration_________________________________________
1. In which country or countries
is the holiday celebrated?
2. What are some of the
holiday’s traditions?
3. Are there any songs or
stories shared during this holiday celebration?
4. Are special foods eaten?
5. Is special clothing worn?
6. What decorations are used?
1. The name of the holiday and the country in which it is celebrated
2. Answers to every question in complete, descriptive
sentences with punctuation and capitalization.
3.
Pictures (either from the internet sites or drawn.)
4. The names of both partners.
The presentation will be assessed by the class,
you and your partner and the teacher using this rubric. Please print it out. This is what you will be looking
for as each group presents their winter celebration. Print out the
following evaluation form to write down your grades and comments for each group. You
will need one form for every group.
Rubric for Winter
Celebrations
Back to Evaluation
Evaluation Form
Group members names________________________________
Name of winter celebration____________________________
Appearance
2
3 4 5
Content
2 3
4 5
Presentation
2 3 4
5
Creativity
2
3 4
5
Comments:
This WebQuest was adapted, from a pre-existing
WebQuest developed as part of the Job Embedded Training project for the Challenge Grant 1998 at the
The resulting WebQuest was designed by Mrs.
Kathleen Waytowich, Mrs. Lisa Nilsson, Mrs. Kim Ullrich, and Mrs. Lyssa
Benincaso of
The following websites were used in this
WebQuest:
www.kidsdomain.com
www.yahooligans.com
www.worldbook.com
www.kulturezone.com
www.tike.com
www.zuzu.com
Midis were provided by www.saintnick.org
Graphics were
provided by www.animfactory.com and www.graphicgarden.nu