Let's focus on a holiday from around the world! Young researchers choose a holiday from somewhere around the world, and conduct research to answer questions about the holiday. It can be used anytime during the year!

Concepts

research writing, countries, world holidays, world cultures

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Additional Tags

social studies

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Instructional Ideas

• Use during the winter to focus on winter holidays around the world
• Have learners choose a world holiday out of a hat to complete more research
• Practice organizing the research to compose a writing summary of the information they gathered

Classroom Considerations

• Reserve the computer lab for learners to do research
• Acquire books from the library for learners to do research
• Can be done collaboratively or independently

Pros

• The 12-page packet comes with several types of graphic organizers for organizing research
• Great for a winter study of holidays
• Reinforces research skills for beginners

Cons

• None

Common Core

W.3.7