Global Holiday Celebrations Research Assignment | PDF and Digital Versions: Help students learn about different cultures, celebrations, and faiths with this holiday research assignment. Students will work in pairs to research 1 of the 16 suggested holiday and/or cultural celebrations. Students could also choose to research a local holiday or cultural celebration. This resource contains individual PDFs of student pages to assist with online learning i.e. Google Classroom.
To support the research process a graphic organizer is provided with prompting questions, and a space to record research. Students will present their research findings in a slideshow format to their classmates. This assignment is an informative and interesting way to cover the research, writing, and oral presentation curriculum expectations.
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Resource Includes:
- Teacher Instructions
- Student Assignment Sheet with 16 suggested holidays
- Standards-Based Rubric (Levels 1 – 4)
- Points Based Rubric (50 marks)
16 Suggested Holiday Options
- Bandi Chhor Divas
- Boxing Day
- Chinese New Year
- Christmas
- Diwali
- Eid al-Fitr: Feast of Breaking the Fast
- Eid al-Adha: Feast of the Sacrifice
- Hanukkah
- Holi
- Kwanzaa
- Leap Year
- New Year
- Omisoka
- Réveillon
- Rosh Hashanah
- Québec Winter Carnival
*space to add your own significant holiday or cultural event
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