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 ** C **** h **** r **** i **** s **** t **** m **** a **** s **** a r o u n d t h e W o r l d  **  **__ A research project for Year 1 __**

Many countries around the world celebrate Christmas. Every country has their own way of celebrating, and these are their traditions. You are going to investigate how Christmas is celebrated in different countries. Then you are going to design your perfect Christmas celebration by using elements from different countries around the world.

Go the the school network and locate the page: HS09 – Christmas – Christmas research task or click on this link Use this page to record the information you find. When planning your perfect Christmas, be sure to include something from each area.

//**SUPER 3** // Plan your research using the Super 3. **Step 1 – Plan ** <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Look through the suggested resources and choose a country. Write down its traditions. Where else can you look to find out more information? Compare the information found in the book and on different websites. Is the information the same? If not, keep researching. Repeat for other countries. You need to research at least three countries but can do more if you want to.

**<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Step 2 – Do ** <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Look through the information gathered in each area for the different countries. Which community event, clothing or costumes, food etc do you like the most? Highlight them. Gather all the highlighted traditions and use these to plan your perfect Christmas. How are you going to present this to the class - poster, PowerPoint presentation, photostory, speech, KidPix slide show, flipchart?

**<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Step 3 – Review ** <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Go back over what you have done. Are you happy with the different traditions you have chosen? Are there any others you think you might like to include? Do you want to look for information about another country? Are the traditions you have chose similar to our Australian ones, or have you chosen some that are very different?

**//<span style="color: red; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt;">Key words and definitions //**

<span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">Advent - the four week period leading up to Christmas carols - religious songs sung at Christmas <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Christmas - a Christian feast celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">custom - the usual way of doing things or of celebrating an occasion <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">festival - a time of celebration in honour of a special occasion <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 14pt; line-height: normal; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt;">greeting - an expression of good wishes, a way to greet someone tradition - the handing down of beliefs or customs from one generation to another Xmas – an abbreviation or shortened form of the word Christmas