Culture and Teaching: Christmas Presented By: Jenny Cheng

Our Goal and Purpose An opportunity for teachers who come from different backgrounds to share things about their culture and learn from others. Meanwhile, learn various activities to apply in the classroom.

Pre-Task Let’s begin by brainstorming Christmas-related words.

Pre-Task

Christmas Christmas is a holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus over 2000 years ago. It comes on December 25 th. Traditional Christmas includes four parts: 1) Pre Christmas: During Pre Christmas, people go shopping for presents, decorate their house, and have a big party with their colleagues. 2) Christmas Eve: It’s the day before Christmas. People normally begin to take off from their work and get together with their family. On Christmas Eve, people go to church, sing Christmas carols, and wish another a happy holiday. 3) Christmas Day: It’s the biggest day of the whole year. People get together, have their traditional Christmas Dinner and open the presents together. 4) Boxing Day: It’s the final day for the Christmas Festival. On that day, all the stuff is tax-free. Therefore, people can enjoy their shopping.

Christmas in New Zealand In New Zealand Christmas is combined with summer holidays, so as well as present-buying and parties, families are preparing for trips to the beach. In New Zealand the traditional Christmas dinner is roast turkey with vegetables and sauces. For dessert it is rich, fruity Christmas pudding with brandy sauce. Mince pies, pastry cases filled with a mixture of chopped dried fruit. Aotearoa Christmas

A Kiwi Christmas

A Christmas memory Share your favorite Christmas memory.

Ho ho ho let’s play some Christmas Bingo!

Western traditional Christmas VS Chinese New Year

Christmas vs. Chinese New Year The Chinese New Year is the major holiday celebrated in Taiwan, Hong Kong and China while Christmas is the most important red- letter day in the western world. Now, let’s compare western Christmas and Chinese New Year with the following titles. 1) Greetings 2) Atmosphere 3) Gifts 4) Leisure

Christmas vs. Chinese New Year 1) Greetings: Peace vs. Money 2) Atmosphere: Calmness vs. Bustling with noise and excitement 3) Gifts: Nicely wrapped presents vs. Money in a red packet 4) Leisure: TV vs. Gambling

Christmas vs. Chinese New Year – Activity/Task Making your own Venn Diagram Things that are in common Characteristics of the western traditional Christmas Characteristics of the Chinese New Year

Post-Task

Thank you for your time!