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Subject(s):
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English/Language Arts, Social
Studies, Geography
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Grades P-K through 2
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Time: Two Weeks
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Needed: Plane Tickets, internet,
camera, flip camera, computer,
projector, songs, books,
internet resources (listed
below)
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Day 1
•Discuss Christmas and it's traditions &
customs.
•Begin the Around the world unit by giving
students passports and suitcases.
•Then give them their boarding pass to the
airplane. As the plane takes off hand out a
small drink and peanuts.
•Tell the children we are traveling to
Mexico to learn about their Christmas
customs.
•Have a pinata with christmas candy for the
children to get and sort out later in a math
center.
•Read a Christmas story, Legend of the
Poinsetta and discuss. Students will make a
poinsetta.
•Have students tell about their Christmas
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Day 2
•Discuss Christmas traditions in England.
•Children will make a Christmas Cornucopia.
( Like a reindeer - Rudolph)
•Students will learn some songs and drink
warn wassail. |
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Day 3
•Describe Christmas traditions in France.
•Discuss Christmas story Babar And Father
Christmas.
•Talk about door hangers and make the Noel
door hanger with snowman.
•Eat a chocolate log. (cake)
•Discuss the tradition of the Yule log cake.
•Discuss the Christmas customs in Germany.
•Discuss Christkind the angel that visits
each home with basket of presents.
•Make a hand print tree with green paint and
decorate with beads, buttons and other craft
supplies.
•Review what has been taught so far this
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Day 4
•Describe Christmas traditions in Italy.
•Discuss La Befana and read The Legend of
Old Befana.
•Have the children make cannolis with pastry
shells and vanilla pudding.
• Make broom with red bow if time permits. |
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Day 5
•Discuss the Christmas traditions in Sweden.
•Discuss Saint Lucia and make crowns of
candles and color the Christmas elf.
•Review all countries. |
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Day 6
•Discuss Christmas traditions in Africa.
•Discuss how Christmas in South Africa is a
summer holiday.
•Their Santa is called Father Christmas.
•Read A Kwanzaa Miracle and discuss then
make the Kinara.
•Discuss and ask questions on what we have
learned. |
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Day 7
•Discuss Christmas customs of the US and
what we got from other countries.
•We will fly back to the United States and
back to our rooms.
•Read Legend of the Candy Cane then make and
glitter the candy cane or make a reindeer
out of a candy cane for an ornament for the
tree.
•Teacher observation. |
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Days 8-9
•The teacher will assign three students each
a country.
•Each group of students will explain customs
of what they do to celebrate.
•Each can have a job. (Example: One will be
the speaker, one can hold the plane ticket
and the other can point to that country on a
map. (The teacher could use a projector to
project a global map. The third student
could point to the map on the white board.)
•As each group does their presentation, the
teacher (or other students) will film their
"report" to the class.
•Still photos should also be taken. The
teacher help put each group's photo in a
powerpoint with the information the students
share about that country. (Place a clip art
of each country with the group's picture and
the name of the country.)
•An extension would be for parents to help
with additional props, food, music for each
country. |
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Day 10
•Review all countries and give the children
their suitcase to take home.
•Watch PowerPoint
•Watch Video of their reports of Christmas
Around the World.
•Students can drink hot chocolate and eat
cookies for the movie. |
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