1. Winter Holidays Around the World
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Winter Holidays Around the World
Web Quest Presentation

2. Introduction
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Each year in December, people all over the world celebrate Christmas.  But this is not the only holiday observed at this time.  All over the world other holidays, such as Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, St. Nick’s Day and the Chinese New Year are observed and celebrated. 
While some holidays stem from religious origins, others are observed through government declaration as a national holiday.  Whatever the reason, people celebrate these holidays in many different ways.
Go ahead and get involved.

3. Process Complete the Planning Sheet
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Process
Complete the Planning Sheet
Read through and answer questions on Web Quest Data Sheet
Select an internet site and begin reading about one of the holidays offered
Choose the holiday you like best and begin to complete a planning form on it
You may write your answers on lined notebook paper and staple it to the planning form
Create an informational power point to present your findings

4. Kwanza Hanukkah Chinese New Year Saint Nicholas Day
Task
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Your job is to visit various websites to find out as much as you can about these other winter holidays.  You will choose the holiday you find most interesting and complete a planning form on it.  You will then use the information you gathered to create a power point to present your findings to the class.
Be sure to include (in your presentation) either a craft project or recipe associated with the holiday and the directions for making it. 
  Kwanza     Hanukkah     Chinese New Year    Saint Nicholas Day

5. Resources You will need the following items to complete this WebQuest:
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You will need the following items to complete this WebQuest:
Data Sheet
Planning Form (See Teacher)
Rubric
Computers with PowerPoint
Listed internet web sites

6. PowerPoint Guide Go to Microsoft Power Point 2010
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Go to Microsoft Power Point 2010
Create a new file and save as “Holiday Web Quest Project”
Create an informational power point of at least 8 slides:
Title – Name of holiday and your name and class
Data for question #1
Data for question #2
Data for question #3
Data for question #4
Data for question #5
Data for question #6
Craft or recipe information
“Sources” slide that lists web addresses used (copy and paste those used)

7. KWANZA http://www.tike.com/celeb-kw.htm
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8. HANUKKAH http://www.infoplease.com/spot/hanukkah.html
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9. CHINESE NEW YEAR
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10. SAINT NICHOLAS DAY
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11. Conclusion
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In conclusion, my hope is that you have learned three things from this project:  information on a winter holiday other than Christmas, how to create a project following the directions of a rubric, how to give a well-versed, informational and practiced power point presentation.

12. Evaluation See attached rubric.
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See attached rubric. 
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13. Teacher Notes
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Click here to view the format for the Data Sheet Questions
See teacher for Planning Form
Click here to view the Rubric needed to grade the final project