Celebrations Inquiry Research

Imagine..

You have travelled to another country. You have timed your trip so you can experience one of the country's most important cultural celebrations. You find the celebration so fascinating that you want to write down all of your amazing experiences , so you can remember them in years to come.

Write a journal entry which recounts all of your (imaginary) experiences at an important cultural celebration.

Include drawings, lists, recipes, labelled diagrams and anyting that will help you to rememberthe details of your experiences.  

Step 1:

Choose a celebration we have discussed in class and write it into your graphic organiser sheet:

* Australia Day

* Basant Kite Festival

* Bastille Day

* Chinese New Year

* Independance Day

* St Patrick's Day

Step 2:

Read the fact sheets provided by Miss Rayner and record dot points in graphic organiser.

Step 3:

Locate any additional information from the internet using by clicking on the following

 webpages:

Australia Day -

http://www.australiaday.org.au/australia-day/about-our-national-day/

Basant Kite Festival -

https://globalkites.wikispaces.com/Pakistan+-+Basant?responseToken=092b80866aed97f013b12e8a2b57c6672

Bastille Day -

https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/france/bastille-day

Chinese New Year -

http://www.chinesenewyears.info/

 
St Patrick's Day -

http://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day

Step 4:

complete the five senses graphic organiser

Step 5:

Create a slide show for your journal entry