1. Teacher Guide This lesson is designed to teach kids to ask a critical thinking question that you can’t just put into a search box to solve. To do that, we encourage them with smaller questions that search can help them answer. Make sure that you read the notes for each slide: they not only give you teaching tips but also provide answers and hints so you can help the kids if they are having trouble. Remember, you can always send feedback to the Bing in the Classroom team at BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.com. You can learn more about the program at bing.com/classroom and follow the daily lessons on our Partners In Learning site. BingInTheClassroom@Microsoft.combing.com/classroomPartners In Learning site Want to extend today’s lesson? Consider using Skype in the Classroom to arrange for your class to chat with another class in today’s location. And if you are using Windows 8, you can also use the Bing apps to learn more about this location and topic; the Travel and News apps in particular make great teaching tools.Skype in the Classroom Ja'Dell Davis is a Los Angeles native who currently divides her time between New York City and Madison, Wisconsin. She is currently a graduate student at the University of Wisconsin at Madison, pursing a PhD in Sociology. Ja’Dell previously taught high school in Philadelphia public schools, and implemented college access and academic enrichment programming in Chester, Pennsylvania and New York City in Manhattan’s Lower East Side neighborhood. Ja’Dell received her B.A. from Swarthmore College with a special major in History and Educational Studies, and a minor in Black Studies. She completed her M.S.Ed in Secondary School Education at the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to her studies and work in the education field, Ja’Dell is a dancer, musician, avid people watcher, and Scrabble enthusiast. This lesson is designed to teach the Common Core State Standard: Reading: Informational Text CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.1CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.1Cite textual evidence to support analysis of what the text says explicitly as well as inferences drawn from the text. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.2CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.2Determine a central idea of a text and how it is conveyed through particular details; provide a summary of the text distinct from personal opinions or judgments. CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.3CCSS.ELA-Literacy.RI.6.3Analyze in detail how a key individual, event, or idea is introduced, illustrated, and elaborated in a text (e.g., through examples or anecdotes).

2. What is it like to celebrate Christmas and the holiday season in the southern hemisphere? © sassphotos/Getty Images

3. This time of year, the pōhutukawa trees on the northern coasts of New Zealand’s North Island are in full bloom. The red and white flowers, contrasted against the plant’s green foliage, bloom just before Christmas, which comes during summer in the Southern Hemisphere. The colors, combined with the timing helped earn the pōhutukawa the nickname “New Zealand Christmas tree.” Between clearing land for farming, and the appetite of an invasive species of possum, naturally occurring pōhutukawa forests had been reduced by more than 90 percent by the 1990s. Conservation efforts are bringing the indigenous plant’s numbers back up. What is it like to celebrate Christmas and the holiday season in the southern hemisphere?

4. 1 Image Search Which areas of the earth are located in the southern hemisphere? 2 Web Search Why are seasons different between the northern and southern hemisphere? 3 Web SearchFind traditions observed in South Africa. 4 Web SearchFind traditions observed in Australia. 5 Web SearchFind traditions observed in South America. What is it like to celebrate Christmas and the holiday season in the southern hemisphere?

5. 5 Minutes What is it like to celebrate Christmas and the holiday season in the southern hemisphere?

6. 1 Image Search Which areas of the earth are located in the southern hemisphere? 2 Web Search Why are seasons different between the northern and southern hemisphere? 3 Web SearchFind traditions observed in South Africa. 4 Web SearchFind traditions observed in Australia. 5 Web SearchFind traditions observed in South America. What is it like to celebrate Christmas and the holiday season in the southern hemisphere?

7. 1 Image Search Which areas of the earth are located in the southern hemisphere? What is it like to celebrate Christmas and the holiday season in the southern hemisphere?

8. 2 Web Search Why are seasons different between the northern and southern hemisphere? What is it like to celebrate Christmas and the holiday season in the southern hemisphere?

9. 3 Web SearchFind traditions observed in South Africa. What is it like to celebrate Christmas and the holiday season in the southern hemisphere?

10. 4 Web SearchFind traditions observed in Australia. What is it like to celebrate Christmas and the holiday season in the southern hemisphere?

11. 5 Web SearchFind traditions observed in South America. What is it like to celebrate Christmas and the holiday season in the southern hemisphere?