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Saint Valentine
Halloween
Bonfire night
Christmas
April Fool’s day
Mother’s day
May Day
Saint Patrick’s day
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2. Perhaps you think that British or American people are serious and never have parties….
YOU’RE WRONG!!
They have got a lot of festivities and celebrations … some of them are traditional and some are quite new.
In this webquest you are going to discover some of them.
Are you ready?
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3. In this written project you will have to write information about different aspects of the British or American festivities.
You will have to stick the information and some photographs on ½ card and give the project to your teacher.
For this job, you will join in groups of 2 people, and each group will work on a topic.
In this way you will understand British and American festivities and celebrations better and you will be able to tell the differences and similarities between your culture and British or American culture.
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4. Choose your Topic and Let’s Start!
STEP 2:
Individual work. You’ll find useful links to find information on your topic. This step will take a session of 55 minutes and it will be developed in the computers’ room at school. If you need extra time, finish it at home. Your teacher will help you in everything you need.
STEP 1:
Form groups of 2. Each group will choose a topic of the 8 provided:
1. Halloween
2. Mother’s Day
3. Saint Patrick
4. May day
5. Christmas Day
6. Saint Valentine
7. Guy Fawkes night
8. April Fool’s day
STEP 3:
Group work. Share the information you have about your topic and decide what to include in the final project.
You will do this at home.
STEP 4:
Present your work to your teacher. She will evaluate it and stick in on the class wall.
Choose your Topic and Let’s Start!
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5. Click on the name of the festivity to go to the information

6. Your topic is Saint Valentine’s day
Your topic is Saint Valentine’s day. The following list of questions can help to decide what to include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the links provided below:
INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Photographs of Saint Valentine’s day.
Write a recipe and include pictures.
Draw a comic of Saint Valentine’s day history.
Write a love poem
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7. Your topic is Halloween
Your topic is Halloween. The following are the list of questions you have to include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the links provided below:
 INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Photographs or crafts of Halloween.
Where does the name Halloween come from?
Write a recipe and include pictures.
When is it celebrated?
What are the typical costumes?
What is the pumpkin’s name?
What is the sentence that all children say in Halloween?
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8. Your topic is Guy Fawkes Night
Your topic is Guy Fawkes Night. The following are some ideas on what you have to include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the links provided below.
INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Photographs of Guy Fawkes night
What was the gunpowder plot?
Who was Guy Fawkes?
Draw a comic of the history of the gunpowder plot
Write a rhyme about this night
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9. Your topic is CHRISTMAS
Your topic is CHRISTMAS. The following are some ideas on what you have to include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the links provided below.
INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Photographs of Christmas
What are the Christmas traditions? Talk about the stockings, the sleigh and reindeer, the candles, the mistletoe and the christmas cards.
Write a Christmas recipe with some photographs
Talk about some films we can see at Christmas (include picstures)
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10. Your Topic is APRIL FOOL’S DAY
Your Topic is APRIL FOOL’S DAY. The following are some ideas on what you have to include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the links provided below.
INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Stick pictures of April fool’s day
What is April fool’s day?
When did April fools celebrate the new year?
In what country did children often tape pictures of fish
on their friends’ backs?
Can you write a joke in English? Can you add some pictures?
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11. Your Topic is MOTHER’S DAY
Your Topic is MOTHER’S DAY. The following are some ideas on what you have to include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the links provided below.
INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
History of mother’s day. When was the first mother’s day?
Pictures of mother’s day
When is mother’s day celebrated in England?
Include a poem
What can you do to make your Mother's Day special?
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12. Your Topic is MAY DAY. The following are some ideas on what you have to include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the links provided below.
INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
When is May Day celebrated?
What is the maypole?
What is the Morris Dancing?
Who is the May Queen?
What is a bank holiday?
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13. Your Topic is SAINT PATRICK’S DAY
Your Topic is SAINT PATRICK’S DAY. The following are some ideas on what you have to include in the final project. You’ll find the information in the links provided below.
INCLUDE IN THE PAPER:
Where is Saint Patrick’s day celebrated? When?
What is the history of Saint Patrick’s day?
What are the symbols?
Include some pictures of this day
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15. After completing your tasks successfully you should have learnt:
To use the Internet as a useful tool to search information on festivities
To organise group work and share information to reach an agreement
To consider how important visual presentation is.
By now, you should already know something more about festivities and you have probably realised about the similarities and differences between our culture and British culture.
A language is a reflection of the culture where the language is spoken. So if you want to learn English you have to learn about its Culture. There many other things you can learn: legends, songs, history ….. Now it’s up to you.
CONGRATULATIONS ON FINISHING THIS WEBQUEST!
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16. Special thanks to the websites
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