New Year's Eve Webquest
Introduction: How do you celebrate the New Year? Do you make a New Year's Resolution? Do you eat 12 grapes? Do you throw plates at your friends' houses? Do you wear yellow underwear? These are all ways that children from around the world ring in the New Year.
Task: You must plan a New Year's Eve party using traditions from around the world. Where will you meet? What will you do? What will you eat? You will use a Year's Eve Party Planner and the internet to plan your party. Then, you will design an invitation to your party.
Process:
1. Click here to print your New Year's Eve Party Planner.
2. Research New Year's traditions from around the world on the following websites.
3. Plan your party by filling out the New Year's Eve Party Planner.
4. Design an invitation.
5. The invitation must reflect the activities and cultures that your party represents. For example, you could draw pictures that represent New Year's celebrations from another country. You could also learn how to write "Happy New Year" in another language.
6. The invitation must also include all of the necessary information about your party, like the date, the time, and the place. You could also tell your guests what to wear (Will it be casual or dressy?) and what you will do or eat.
Evaluation: Your Party Planner and invitation will be evaluated using the following rubric. Click here to download an editable and printable rubric.
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Beginning |
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Developing |
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Good |
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Excellent |
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Is your Party Planner complete? |
Some parts of the Party Planner are complete. |
Half of the Party Planner is complete. |
Most of the Party Planner is complete. |
The Party Planner is totally complete. Nothing is left undone. |
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Is your Party Planner thoughtful? Does it use traditions from other cultures? |
Your planner does not use traditions from other cultures. |
Your planner uses 1 or 2 traditions from other cultures. |
Your planner uses three or four traditions from other cultures. It seems like a fun and interesting party! |
Traditions from other cultures are incorporated into most aspects of your party. Your guests will have a blast! |
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Is your invitation complete? |
Your invitation is missing important information about your party. Your guests may be a little confused when they get it in the mail! |
Your invitation has some of the necessary information. |
Your invitation is pretty clear. It has most of the necessary information. |
Your invitation has all of the necessary information: it lets your guests know where to go, when the party starts, and what they can expect at your party. |
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Does your invitation reflect the New Year's traditions from other countries? |
Your invitation does not reflect the traditions from other countries. |
Your invitation kind of reflects traditions from other countries. |
Your invitation reflects traditions from other countries pretty well. I can tell that you put thought into it. |
Your invitation reflects traditions from other countries very well. You definitely put some thought into it. |
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Is your invitation and Party Planner neat and attractive? |
If you spent more time on your invitation and Party Planner, they could be more neat and attractive. |
You spent a little time making your invitation and Party Planner neat and attractive. |
You definitely put effort into making your invitation and Party Planner neat and attractive. |
Both the invitation and the Party Planner are neat and attractive. This reflects your best work! |
Conclusion: Congratulations! You have planned an intercultural New Year's Eve party. In the process, you have learned about how people in other countries celebrate the New Year. Now it's time to have your fiesta!
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