1. Unusual New Year’s Customs
-Read the article “Unusual New Year’s Customs” in pairs
-highlight/underline each custom/tradition from around the world (use a different color for each one)
-On your world map, label and color each country that you found in the article. Use the same color you used to highlight them in the article, and draw a small sketch that represents that tradition
-using the website find New Year’s traditions for 2 other countries in the world
-label and color these two countries on your world map
-Compare and contrast these 2 celebrations answering the following questions: What do the different celebrations have in common? How are they different? How are symbols used, what do they represent, and why are these symbols components of cultural events?
-answer the following questions:
Research and EXPLAIN how any custom/tradition started.
2. Why do you think different places develop different traditions? EXPLAIN