Christmas looks different around the world. In Australia it comes in summer, at the beach; in Iceland, 13 Yule Lads visit one night at a time; in Japan, families share a strawberry cake. These short texts cover customs only, such as food, decorations, markets and old stories, so they suit any classroom. A world map and a passport make it a trip.
Eight pages. Page 1 is a world map with the eight places numbered and named. Pages 2 to 5 have two places each, a short text and two questions for each place: Mexico and Germany, the United Kingdom and Australia, the Philippines and Italy, Japan and Iceland. Page 6 matches each place to its custom, page 7 is a passport with a stamp to draw for each place, and page 8 asks children to draw and write about a tradition their own family loves.
Travel to one or two places a day. Find the place on the map, read the text together and add a stamp to the passport. Ask children whose families come from other places to share a custom of their own.
Find each place on a globe or map, then read about it. Talk about which custom you would most like to try, and which ones your family has.
Short texts on how eight places keep Christmas, from Mexico’s piñatas to Iceland’s 13 Yule Lads, with a world map and a passport. Students find each place on the map, read and answer questions about its customs, match places to customs, stamp their passports and write about a tradition their own family loves.
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