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| PROJECT IDEAS |
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| Whether educating one child, a small group or a classroom, early introduction to a diversity of traditions and holidays around the world is an ideal way of providing the child with a rich cultural background, thus preparing him for the understanding, appreciation, respect and tolerance of different customs and cultural events. |
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| Presentation of traditional holidays for projects in individual curriculum areas or for general cultural units should bring about the awareness of a distinction between a religious, a national, an international cultural event. |
| Ex: Easter, Eid are religious holidays; St. Patrick's Day, Sakura are national holidays, May Day, Women's Day are international holidays. |
| Spring arrival and harvest time are cultural events celebrated in most countries, yet at different dates in spring and autumn according to tradition and the respective agrarian calendar.Usually they are related to spring and autumn equinoxes. |
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| Any cultural event can be approached both as an intellectual experience( arts, music, drama, books, documentaries) and as a participation act (observance of a religious holiday, attendence/activities in community festivals, carnivals, national holidays). A teacher, parent, school should use discretion in the way a holiday is approached in the education of young children. A cultural event can be presented in its educational aspect only. May Day, for instance, is a good occasion to introduce the children to the art of flower arrangement. |
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