Christmas Around the World Multimedia Presentation 6R

On Christmas morning, boys and girls around the world will waken early and run
excitedly downstairs to see what Santa Claus has left for them...

Well, that's not exactly how it goes -- for around the world children celebrate the
Christmas holidays in many different ways.

Choose a country in the world to investigate how they celebrate Christmas.
Present the information in a PowerPoint presentation.
Use pictures as often as possible.
Your answers should not be lifted from your research directly but be presented in your own words.

Do a PowerPoint slide on each of the following topics: (Maintain the order given.)

1.	Name of your country, population (date), picture of its map, and flag.
2.	The date(s) Christmas is celebrated on.
3.	What is the main language spoken and how they say "Merry Christmas" in their language.
4.	Is there a tree? How is it decorated? Include a picture.
5.	What is their Santa Claus (or his replacement) called and what does he/she look like? Use a good description and a picture.
6.	Who are the important Christmas characters and give an explanation of each. (Try to find pictures)
7.	What is a traditional food that is eaten? Find a recipe for it. (Bonus points if you make a sample for each member of the class.)
8.	What, traditionally, do good boys and girls get? Bad ones?
9.	What are some unique things about how Christmas is celebrated there?
10.	Bibliography: an entry for each page or piece of data presented. (Tell where you found what.)

Rubric

Use the following websites:
Search engine question should be "Christmas in (name of your country)"

http://search.epnet.com userID: s1690186	password: password choose Searchasaurus
http://a1-bookmarks.com	Http://www.population.com/
http://www.ajkids.com	http://www.google.ca
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/geos	http://theodora.com/wfb/abc_fact_book.html try photos link

Christmas around the world	http://www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au/xmas/world1.htm
The North Pole, Christmas Around the World (30)	http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/
Northpole, Christmas Around the World (20)	http://www.northpole.net/world.htm
Kidsdomain, Christmas Around the World (10)	http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/xmas /around.html
Holidays around the world, Christmas	http://www.worldbook.com/features/holidays /html/world.htm
Christmas.com, WorldView	http://www.christmas.com/worldview
Christmas traditions around the world	http://www.portharbor.com/santa/xsatrad.php
Christmas around the world (10)	http://www.soon.org.uk/country/christmas.htm
Christmas celebrations world over	http://theholidayspot.com/christmas/worldxmas/
Christmas around the world (28)	http://www.jeannepasero.com/aroundtheworld.html
http://yahooligans.yahoo.com/school_bell/social_studies/religion/christianity/christmas /christmas_around_the_world/
world traditions	http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/holidays /christmas/world.html
Christmas around the world	http://www.crewsnest.vispa.com/journey.htm
holiday traditions, recipes	http://www.californiamall.com/holidaytraditions/
Scavenger Hunts, Christmas info online	http://www.henry.k12.ga.us/pges/xmas_around.htm
Christmas around the world	http://www.worldofchristmas.net/christmas-world/
the history of christmas	http://www.thehistoryofchristmas.com/traditions.htm

new:
http://www.santas.net/aroundtheworld.htm
http://www.soon.org.uk/country/christmas.htm
http://www.education-world.com/a_lesson/lesson041.shtml

http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/

http://www.theholidayspot.com/christmas/worldxmas/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_worldwide
http://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/philippines.shtml

the world factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/

http://www.saintnick.org/html/traditions.html

global.php

Images of Christmas in different countries around the world https://www.google.ca/search?q=christmas+in+different+countries&sa=N&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&ei=SKigUvDONsyMkAf2uIC4Ag&ved=0CEcQsAQ4Cg

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