This WebQuest deals with celebrations around the world. Four of the most known celebrations will be compared and contrasted so that in the end the students could create their own celebration.

1. WEBQUEST
“Traditions around the World”
INTRODUCTION:
There are some traditions and celebrations which are common and celebrated in most of the countries in some specific dates.
However, costumes, clothes, dances, and typical activities vary from one country to another. To illustrate the foregoing, one may
wonder if Chile and the USA share the same practices to celebrate Christmas. What about the New Year’s celebrations between
Japan and Mexico? Well, now you have the opportunity to research about celebrations around the world.
Then, can you think in a special celebration for you? Which would be the most important elements of this celebration?
Now, you can create your own special celebration. You will choose the date, the reason and the most important elements.
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2. TASK:
Your group will create your own celebration of a special moment, including origin, traditions, music, food, dancing, and clothing.
You will present it to the class using a PowerPoint presentation.
PROCESS:
1. You will form groups of four.
2. You will be given a list of 5 countries. You will choose three of them.
The countries are: Brazil, Australia, France, China and South Africa.
3. You will be given a list of 4 celebrations: Christmas, Independence Day, Halloween and Easter.
4. Each student will be assigned one topic to research about it in each country on the Internet using the resources provided.
Student 1: Origin
Student 2: Traditions
Student 3: Food
Student 4: Clothing
5. You will write the information you find on the chart in the research worksheet
6. Now, you are an expert on celebrations, so you can create your own celebration considering the same aspects given in the
previous activity. You will present your celebration orally and using a PowerPoint presentation to the class.
RESOURCES:
Why do people celebrate?
http://www.skwirk.com/p-c_s-17_u-290_t-725_c-2714/SA/3/Why-do-we-celebrate/Celebrating/Living-in-communities/SOSE/
http://www.ask.com/question/why-do-people-celebrate-occasions
Origin of Halloween
http://www.halloweenhistory.org/
http://www.history.com/topics/halloween
http://www.albany.edu/~dp1252/isp523/halloween.html
http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/origin-of-Halloween.html
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3. Origin of Christmas
http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org/tracts/tract3.html
http://www.simpletoremember.com/vitals/Christmas_TheRealStory.htm
http://realtruth.org/articles/169-ttooc.html
http://www.britannica.com/blogs/2011/12/origin-christmas-december/
Origin of Easter
http://rcg.org/books/ttooe.html
http://www.lasttrumpetministries.org/tracts/tract1.html
http://www.religioustolerance.org/easter1.htm
http://www.allaboutjesuschrist.org/origin-of-easter.htm
Independence Day in Brazil
http://www.calendarlabs.com/holidays/brazil/independence-day.php
http://gosouthamerica.about.com/od/brahistory/qt/IndependenceDay.htm
http://www.123independenceday.com/brazil/
Independence Day in Australia
http://www.123independenceday.com/australia/
http://www.australiangeographic.com.au/blogs/on-this-day/2011/09/on-this-day-png-gains-independence/
http://www.australia.com/about/culture-history/history.aspx
Independence Day in China
http://www.chinatravel.com/facts/china-national-day.htm
http://www.123independenceday.com/china/history.html
http://www.history.com/news/fireworks-vibrant-history
Independence Day in France
http://www.123independenceday.com/france/independence/history/
http://french.about.com/od/culture/a/bastille-day.htm
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/holidays/bastilleday.htm
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4. Independence Day in South Africa
http://www.123independenceday.com/south-africa/history.html
http://africanhistory.about.com/od/southafrica/a/UnionSA.htm
http://www.sahistory.org.za/topic/history-africa-day-25-may
Traditions of Halloween
www.novareinna.com/festive/world.html
http://www.pumpkinpatchesandmore.org/halloweenglobal.php
http://www.jackolanterns.net/traditions.htm
http://www.rd.com/culture/halloween-around-the-world/
Traditions of Easter
http://www.womansday.com/life/easter-traditions-from-around-the-world-105074
http://festivals.iloveindia.com/easter/traditions/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/12/top-5-easter-traditions-a_n_185687.html
http://www.thejournal.ie/easter-fascinating-traditions-around-the-world-405263-Apr2012/
Traditions of Christmas
http://www.novareinna.com/festive/xmas.html
http://www.allthingschristmas.com/traditions.html
http://www.holidayinsights.com/xmas/tradition.htm
http://www.traditionsofchristmasnw.com/
Food for Halloween
http://www.foodtimeline.org/halloween.html
http://www.pbs.org/food/the-history-kitchen/halloween-a-foodie-history/
http://projectquinn.com/traditional-halloween-food/
http://www.schooloftheseasons.com/newletters/news103103.html
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5. Food for Christmas
http://www.foodtimeline.org/christmasfood.html
http://www.wisegeek.org/what-are-some-traditional-christmas-foods.htm#slideshow
http://busycooks.about.com/cs/seasonalcooking/a/Christmasdinner.htm
http://secretrecipes.co/search/typical%20christmas%20food/?ads=8060912114&gclid=CNy0mOvD4LsCFcQDOgodXjUABw
Food for Easter
http://www.foodtimeline.org/easter.html
http://homecooking.about.com/od/foodhistory/a/easterfoodhist.htm
http://projectbritain.com/easter/foods.html
http://www.food.com/easter-entertaining/home/package
Clothing for Christmas.
http://english.cntv.cn/20111128/108323.shtml
http://www.post-journal.com/page/content.detail/id/546427/Swedish-Christmas-Makes-Way-To-JCC--Area-Merchants.html
http://julieanderson.myadventures.org/?filename=christmas-in-swaziland
http://m.wnu-ukraine.com/news/culture-lifestyle/?id=1243
Clothing for Easter
http://www.knoxnews.com/photos/galleries/2011/apr/22/easter-celebrations-around-world/31970/
http://www.villageviewpost.com/2010/04/easter-fasika-in-ethiopia.html
http://www.fotomage.com/traditional-easter-parade-in-ny-2/
http://listsoplenty.com/blog/?p=8033
Clothing for Halloween
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
http://www.nvcc.edu/depts/loudoun/loudounnews/articles/Lifestyle/CarminaR_9_28_13_CostumesforCheap.html
http://flycatcher.squidoo.com/group-halloween-costumes-ideas
http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/product-reviews/research-institute/tips-for-choosing-safe-halloween-costumes
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6. EVALUATION:
This rubric has been created in order to fulfill the role of self, peer to peer and teacher assessment.
4
3
2
1
Research
The student researches his
or her topic completely
including all the information
given. Uses the references
provided and presents it on
time, also completes the
chart successfully.
The student researches his
or
her
topic
almost
completely including most of
the information given. Uses
the references provided and
presents it on time, also
completes
the
chart
successfully
The student researches
his or her topic in an
incomplete way, includes
only a piece of the
information given. Uses a
few of the references
provided and presents it
late also delivers an
incomplete chart.
The student does not
research his or her topic.
Does not include the
information given. Does
not use the references
provided and does not
present the research.
Does not complete the
chart.
PowerPoint
presentation
The student creates an
adequate PPT using all the
information
required,
following a logical order;
each slide contains a limited
number of talking points as
opposed
to
complete
paragraphs
or
lengthy
sentences. Slides display
elements of effective design.
Fonts, colors, backgrounds,
etc. are effective, consistent
and appropriate to the topic
and audience. Text is clear
and easy for the audience to
see.
The student creates an
adequate PPT using most of
the information required,
following most of the time a
logical order; each slide
contains some talking points
and a few paragraphs or
lengthy sentences. Slides
display elements of effective
design.
Fonts,
colors,
backgrounds,
etc.
are
effective, consistent and
appropriate to the topic and
audience. Text is clear and
easy for the audience to see.
The students creates an
inadequate PPT using
few of the information
required, not following a
logical order; each slide
contains
lengthy
sentences
or
paragraphs. Slides do
not show too much
design. Text is not clear
and
easy
for
the
audience to see.
The student does not
create a PPT.
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Total
Score

7. Teamwork
The work is carried out by all
the members. The amount of
work developed by each one
is fair. The working meetings
are always registered and
the contributions of each one
are identified.
Language
Skills
His or her pronunciation is
comprehensible
to
the
audience. The grammatical
structures present minimal
errors (comprehension is not
affected). Uses rich and
varied vocabulary.
The work is carried out by
two or three of the members.
The
amount
of
work
developed by each one is
almost fair. A good number
of the working meetings
were registered and the
contributions of each one
were most of the time
identified.
His or her pronunciation is
most
of
the
time
comprehensible
to
the
audience. The grammatical
structures present some
errors (comprehension is
affected sometimes). Uses a
correct vocabulary.
The work is carried out by
one or two members. The
amount
of
work
developed by each one is
not fair. Any working
meeting was registered.
The contributions of each
one were not identified.
The work was not carried
out by anyone in the
group.
Any
working
meeting was carried out.
His or her pronunciation
is
not
very
comprehensible to the
audience.
The
grammatical structures
present
errors
that
affects
the
comprehension. Uses a
limited vocabulary.
His or her pronunciation is
not comprehensible to the
audience.
The
grammatical
structures
present a lot of errors that
affects
the
comprehension.
The
vocabulary is not enough
to communicate his or her
ideas.
Presentation The student is familiar with The students is quite familiar The student is not very The student is not very
the material and does not
read from slides or rely on
notes. It is evident that the
presentation was rehearsed.
The student speaks clearly
and slowly enough to be
heard by the audience. The
student shows enthusiasm
for the subject matter and
encourages
audience
interest.
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with the material and only a
few times read from the
slides or rely on notes. It is
evident that the presentation
was rehearsed. The student
speaks clearly and slowly
enough to be heard by most
of the audience. The student
shows interest for the
subject matter but does not
encourage
audience
interest.
familiar with the material
and reads from the slides
and relies on notes. It is
evident
that
the
presentation was not
rehearsed. The students
speaks with difficulty and
cannot be heard by the
audience. The student
does not show interest
for the subject matter and
does not encourage
audience interest.
familiar with the material
and reads from slides all
the time and relies on
notes. It is evident that the
presentation was never
rehearsed. The student
does not speak very well
and the audience cannot
understand
him
or
her. The student does not
show interest for the
subject matter and does
not encourage audience
interest.

8. CONCLUSION:
CONGRATULATIONS!
You have done a great job!
Now, you know more about traditions around the world. If you want to know even more, you can continue searching on the
Internet by your own.
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