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 LET'S BEGIN!!!! **Step 1:** Choose a Celebration Ramadan Halloween Tomatina Chinese New Year
 * Celebrations Around the World **[[image:Screen_shot_2010-10-25_at_1.58.49_PM.png]] Hi there!!! Welcome to hour home page for out cultural project! We will gather information about different celebrations around the world. Your job will be to chose a celebration, research it in the internet and to create a presentation to introduce that celebration to the rest of the class.

 Venetian Carnival Thanksgiving St. Patrick’s Day San Fermin

====**Step 2:** What information do you need? You need to find out: ==== **Step 3:** Information Resources
 * ====What the celebration is about and its history. ====
 * ====Where and where it is celebrated. ====
 * ====Who celebrate it. ====
 * ====How it is celebrated. ====
 * ====Any other particular characteristics ====
 * holidays.net
 * <span style="color: #0e0e8b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">search engines: [|altavista.com], kidsclick.org, [|askkids.com], [|search.com], and any other you may find.
 * <span style="color: #0e0e8b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">images: google images, flickr.
 * <span style="color: #0e0e8b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Once you know where the celebrations takes place, you can also research the cities’s official websites.

<span style="color: #0e0e8b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;"> Organizational Resources
 * <span style="color: #0e0e8b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Check the vocabulary bank for useful words.
 * <span style="color: #0e0e8b; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 110%;">Use the graphic organizer( [|GO.pdf] )to make sure you have all the information you need.

<span style="color: #651565; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;">**Step 4:** Presentation

<span style="color: #651565; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Use the information you found to create a presentation in which you will explain the celebration you chose to the rest of the class. You can chose to do it face to face in one of our classes, or you can use electronic media to publish the result of your research in this page.

<span style="color: #651565; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Non electronic formats: photograph album, poster, activities.

<span style="color: #651565; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 130%;"> Electronic devices: PPP, picture show, video, voicethread, wiki etc.