Thanks for the many varied replies. Several asked for a hit---so here it is.
Joan Baird
Ballinger High School Librarian
Ballinger, TX 76821
joan.baird@ballingerisd.net
Last year I did a display on Christmas customs around the world - I chose
something about how they celebrated and a traditional food served.
Toni Koontz
Librarian
St.Charles Preparatory School
Columbus,Ohio
akoontz@cdeducation.org
Carpe Diem
Our AP history students are decorating a small Christmas tree to reflect the
different eras-such as "Gold Rush." They had to read a diary of that era,
and then are decorating the tree with things appropriate to that era.
Perhaps the geography teacher could have students decorate a tree portraying
the culture of a country.
Marla Barnett
Librarian
Deweyville ISD
From: Laurie Mitchell [mailto:lmitchell@stmes.org]
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 2:25 PM
To: joan.baird@ballingerisd.net
Subject: RE: [tlc] TARGET: Christmas Around the World ideas
Kids of all ages like food. Each child or group could research a country
and make a Christmas dessert from that country to bring in to share with the
rest of the class.
Our geography teachers sometimes do a project where each student does
research in the library over Christmas celebrations in different countries
around the world. Sometimes it's an individual project, sometimes done in a
group. The project is presented to the class with a poster, power point
presentation, etc. and they frequently serve goodies from the country that
the report is from.
Hope this helps.
Cynthia Garrett, Librarian
China Spring High School
From: Susan Flippin [mailto:susan.flippin@plainview.k12.tx.us]
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 3:04 PM
To: joan.baird@ballingerisd.net
Subject: RE: [tlc] TARGET: Christmas Around the World ideas
http://dir.yahoo.com/society_and_culture/holidays_and_observances/christmas/
christmas_around_the_world/
I found several sites (attached) that have information about Christmas
around the World. Each student can choose a country and create a product
that illustrates the customs of different countries. Students could also
choose to prepare a dish from the country to have a "Christmas around the
World" feast.
Although this is not a formal lesson plan, it wouldn't be hard to come up
with one. Hope this helps.
Shannon
-----Original Message-----
From: Margaret Shaffer [mailto:mshaffer@tcps.k12.md.us]
Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2006 3:12 PM
To: joan.baird@ballingerisd.net
Subject: RE: [LM_NET] TARGET: Christmas Around the World ideas
Joan,
Years ago we did a cultural event in 10 English based around holidays.
Since I never get rid of anything here are the groups of topics that we used
in the winter:
1 - Winter Solstice in US, Mexico, Sweden, Italy, and other Western
traditions
2 - Winter Solstice in Pakistan, Tibet, Japan and other Eastern traditions
3 - Christian traditions of Christmas
4 - New Years in China, Scotland (Hogmanay), Persia (Norouz), and France
5 - New Years in US, Vietnam, and the traditions of the Arabic and Hebrew
6 - Mythological tradions of Christmas/legends/superstitions
7 - Kwanzaa
8 - Hanukkah
Don't forget that most encyclopedia articles on a country will have
information about customs. Also, many cookbooks based on countries will do
the same. I now have a great collection, I just wish we were still doing
the project.
The following sites were used both in the spring and winter and since we
haven't used them in many years I don't know how many of them still work,
but it might be a starting point:
All About Showers - http://allaboutshowers.com/ - This site covers all
the basics for throwing a baby or bridal shower. Ideas for shower games,
decorations, and themes are all included. It offers advice on who should
throw a shower, whom to invite, and what to include.
Ancient Origins: Solstice - http://www.candlegrove.com/solstice.html -
describes the holiday and contains images of related architecture.
A0K Teacher Stuff - http://www.a0kteacherstuff.com/ - "The purpose of this
site is to provide teachers, educators and parents with resources to work
with their students or children."
Birthday Traditions from Around the World - http://www.kidsparties.com/
traditions.htm - "did you ever wonder how the tradition of birthday parties
started?"
Calendary Zone - http://www.calendarzone.com/ - allows you to choose from
almost 20 categories of information that can be put in calendar form.
CHCP Virtual Museum & Library - http://www.chcp.org/Pvirtual.html - This
site provides a composite of Chinese customs, festivals, and arts.
Chinese New Year - http://www.educ.uvic.ca/faculty/mroth/438/CHINA/
chinese_new_year.html - Learn about how the Chinese celebrate this holiday,
traditional foods, decorations, and the superstitions and taboos.
Chinese New Year - http://www.brokersys.com/~kcyong/cny.html - Learn about
the origin of the holiday and its traditions. Hear the traditional New
Year's greeting in Chinese. Listen to firecrackers, view photos of the lion
dance, and try a recipe for Chinese rice cakes.
Festivals.com - http://www.festivals.com/ - What do juggling chefs, cowboy
poets, sandhill cranes, and Janis Joplin have in common? They're all part of
the festivities at Festivals.com, a searchable collection of events and
parties around the world.
Groundhog Day History - http://www.stormfax.com/ghogday.htm - everything you
wanted to know about the history of this unusual holiday.
Hogmanay, the Scottish New Year -
http://www.caithness-mm.co.uk/discover/essential/
esshogm.html - describes some of the traditions the Scotts follow at the New
Year.
The Holiday Zone - http://www.theholidayzone.com
<http://www.theholidayzone.com/> - pick from the holidays on the left.
Contains lots of activities, such as arts and crafts, language activities,
poetry, and songs.
Holidays on the Net - http://www.holidays.net/ - use the scroll bar to find
the holiday that you are interested in.
Juneteenth - World Wide Celebration - http://www.juneteenth.com/ -
"Juneteenth is the oldest known celebration of the ending of slavery. From
its Galveston, Texas origin in 1865, the observance of June 19th as the
African American Emancipation Day has spread across the United States and
beyond. Today Juneteenth commemorates African American freedom and
emphasizes education and achievement."
KIDPROJ's Multi-Cultural Calendar - http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/
- arranges links by month, holiday, and country. etiquette
Post, Emily, 1922 Etiquette in Society, in Business, in Politics and at Home
- http:// <http:///> www.bartleby.com/95/
<outbind://50/www.bartleby.com/95/> - "Post gives us pithy advice on the
preservation of American twentieth-century decorum as well as thousands of
tips on correspondence, wedding planning, party giving, and conduct in every
public or private setting." See how things were done in 1920's America.
Solstice Planning Guide - http://www.circlesanctuary.org/pholidays/
SolsticePlanningGuide.html - explains the holiday, its history, and its
symbols.
Web Holidays - http://www.web-holidays.com <http://www.web-holidays.com/> -
scroll down the page until you find the holiday that you need. Contains
recipes and crafts.
A Web Winter Wonderland - http://usacitylink.com/xmas - all Christmas.
Wedding, bridal gowns, wedding accessories - http://4wedding.4anything.com/
- includes customs and traditions, as well as tips on planning a wedding.
Worldwide Holiday & Festival Site - http://www.holidayfestival.com/ - allows
you to perform a keyword search.
Yahoo: Society & Culture: Death & Dying -
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/
Death_and_Dying/ - links to sites dealing with beliefs and practices
surrounding death.
Yahoo! Society and Culture: Holidays and Observances - http://dir.yahoo.com/
Society_and_Culture/Holidays_and_Observances/ - search by country or region,
or by the name of the holiday.
Yahoo: Society & Culture: Weddings -
http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/
Weddings/ - links to all types of information associated with being married.
I had a teacher do this for 6th grade - not high school - but what she did
was each student had to do a report on a country that celebrated Christmas,
and then at the end of the report they had to have a recipe from that
country in their report and then they had a day where every student brought
in the dish from their country and they had a meal. The dish was not
necessarily what that country might traditionally serve for Christmas, but
could be anything that came from that country. I guess they all LOVED it
and got a nice meal for lunch one day instead of school lunch.
Anyway, it's an idea!
Natalie Beaver
Isleton Branch Supervisor
412 Union Street
P.O. Box 517
Isleton, CA 95641
I created this years ago for middle schools. Don't know if any of the links
are any good anymore. Might help:
http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/holidays.htm
Jacquie
Hi,
I have a new Christmas book - in the stores now -- Christmas U.S.A.
HarperCollins
The book divides the US into regions - showing how immigrants influenced
traditions in that area.
The book also includes crafts, recipes, and a toy timeline.
Hope this helps.
Mary D. Lankford, Library Consultant
Hi Joan,
I'm not a High School Teacher-Librarian, however, The Christmas Around the
World series published by World Book are packed with wonderful ideas that
can be used at the high school level. Try and see if anyone in your
district (or your local public library has these). Traditions, recipes,
songs and craft projects are listed. Each book is a different country. ie.
Christmas Around the World: Poland, etc.
Hope this helps!
Libby Hamler-Dupras
Myers Teacher-Librarian
2160 Jewel St. NW
Salem, OR 97304
hamler-dupras_libby@salkeiz.k12.or.us
Here are a couple I have found:
http://www.foodieview.com/index.jsp
http://www.101cookbooks.com/
http://recipes.wuzzle.org/
The last one has recipes from all over the world.
Have fun
Toni Koontz
Librarian
St.Charles Preparatory School
Columbus,Ohio
akoontz@cdeducation.org
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>>> "Mary Ludwick" <mludwick@irvingisd.net> 11/16/06 10:24 AM >>>
Christmas around the world site
<http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/index.htm>
http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/index.htm
Australia
http://www.cvc.org/christmas/australia.htm
Christmas in China
http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/china.html
Christmas in Canada
http://www.algonet.se/~bernadot/christmas/17.html
Christmas in France and Canada
http://www.culture.fr/culture/noel/angl/noel.htm
Christmas in India
http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/india.html
Christmas in Mexico
http://www.demon.co.uk/mexuk/dic95/navidad.html
Canada and France
http://www.culture.gouv.fr/culture/noel/angl/noel.htm
in Sweden
http://www.luth.se/luth/present/sweden/history/folklore/christmas.html
Christmas in
Traditions
http://www.palmdps.act.edu.au/christmas/christmas03_main.htm
<http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm>
http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm
<http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/>
http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/
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