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Subject: Social Studies |
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Date: ___________________ |
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New Years Webquest
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All over the world, people welcome in the new year in different ways. Many New Year celebrations are celebrated with the focus upon family and friends. It is a time to reflect on the past and celebrate the future.
In Australia we celebrate the New Year on the first day of January but not all New Year celebrations take place on the same day or in the same way!
Wouldn't it be fun to travel around the world and celebrate the New Year all year long?
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It's party time! Our class will have a New Year's celebration to learn about the cultural and religious differences and similarities between ourselves and other diverse cultures. Each of you will be required to present the New Year traditions from a different country or culture to the class (see list below), complete a chart (see Evaluation) for comparisons, and then plan a trip around the world to experience as many of the New Year celebrations as possible in the year 2011.
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| Process: |
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Choose a partner and select one of the countries or cultures below for your research.
With the teacher's approval, you may also select a different country than the ones listed.
Yuan Tan (Chinese)
Shougatsu (Japanese)
Hogmanay (Scottish)
Tet Nguryen Dan (Vietnamese)
Festival of Saint Basil(Greek)
New Year (Australia)
Diwali (India)
Once you have selected one of the countries or cultures from the list above, you will form a partnership in the Rhythm Travel Agency. As partners, you will begin to research the New Year traditions of your country to include (but you are not limited to) the following:
Continent/Location
New Year Date
Origins
Traditions or Customs
Food
Clothing and Gifts
Working together, you will plan an oral presentation for the rest of the class. As travel agents, you will want to persuade as many customers as possible to visit your country for its New Year's celebration. (Remember, several countries may celebrate the New Year at the same time.) During your presentation, you may want to include music, costumes, literature or stories, language phrases or vocabulary, related crafts or activities, charts or displays, decorations, and/or traditional foods and recipes.
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General Information and Multicultural Sites
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Parthenon/1502/newyrleg.html
wysiwyg://2/http://www.alltel.net/~wildrose/NewYears/ny.html
http://home.talkcity.com/BlabWay/^hera^/newyears.html
http://www.coe.wayne.edu/~mpettap/lesson/newyr.htm
http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Plains/7214/newyear.htm
http://wilstar.com/holidays/newyear.htm
http://www.celebrate.Y2K.com/
http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/world/newyear_1230/
http://members.tripod.com/~christmasangel_2/newyears.html
http://mealtime.org/news/fact_newyears.html
Jewish New Year
http://www.chabadcenters.com/high/tishrei-home.asp
http://www.new-year.co.uk/jewish/history.htm
Vietnamese Tet
http://www.web-holidays.com/tet
http://www.destinationvietname.com/dv/dv15/dv15e.htm
htttp://www.saigon.com/~nguyent/tet.html
http://familyculture.com/tet/htm
Scottish New Year
http://www.alltel.net/~wildrose/NewYears/hogmanay.html
http://www.caithness-mm.co.uk/discover/essential/esshogm.html
http://www.britannia.com/wales/culture2.html
Persian New Year
http://www.payvand.com/ny/massoume.html
http://persianoutpost.com/htdocs/nowrooz.html
http:www.abadan.com/nowrouz.html
http://Persia.ORG/Culture/nowruz.html
http://farsinet.com/norooz/
Chinese New Year
http://www.new-year.co.uk/chinese/
http://www.brokersys.com/~kcyong/cny.html
http://www.alltel.net/~wildrose/NewYears/Chinese.html
http://jasono.hypermart.net/main.htm
http://www.indiana.edu/~chasso/newyear.html
http://education-world.com/a_curr/curr116.shtml
http://www.gio.gov.tw/info/festival_c/html_/spring.htm
Japanese New Year
http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2064.html
http://jcult.com/festindex.html
http://tanutech.com/japan/newyear.html
http://www.geocities.com/Tokyo/Towers/2060/culture2.html
http://www.zuzu.org/japan.html
http://leahi.kcc.hawaii.edu/~jclub/festival/newyear.htm
American New Year
http://recipes.wenzel.net/t/traditional_hopping_john.html
http://wilstar.com/holidays/newyear.htm
http://www4.district125.k12.il.us/faculty/mplank/newyear.html
Islamic New Year
http://www.indonet.com/HolidaysandFestivals.html
http://www.indiatimes.com/festival/baisakhi.html
http://enquirer.com/editions/1999/11/05/loc_hindus_to_light_up.htm
http://noblenet.org/year/Hy10diw.htm
Austrian New Year
http://www.serve.com/shea/germusa/silvestr.htm
Hispanic New Year
http://ipanema.com/pictours/newyears1.htm#ny
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During the presentations, all students will complete the following chart.
You may use notebook paper to record additional information.
After you have heard all the presentations and have completed the chart, you will create a travel itinerary indicating the dates and locations of your travel during the year 2011. Try to include as many New Year celebrations as you can. An itinerary calendar can be found in the front of your passport.
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| Conclusion: |
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What a trip you have planned for the dawn of the new millennium! Grab your laptop with with suitcases and passport!
Go online and blog to all of your friends about your exciting adventure!
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This Web Quest is available at www.teach-nology.com |
