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Introduction
| Religious festivals |
Family festivals |
National and cultural festivals
| All kinds of festivals
and celebrations
Introduction
Finding out about Celebrations around
the World helps you to understand the world you're part of. This Hotlist
explores celebrations on the Indian sub-continent - in India, Pakistan, Sri
Lanka, and Bangladesh. You can find out about religious and national
celebrations, family festivals and more. Enjoy!
Task
Decide on your topic question, or use the one
your teacher has given you.
Decide whether you are going to record the
information you find using paper and pencil, or using the word processor on
the computer.
Scroll through the hotlist below and decide
which sites would be most useful to you.
Browse through a few of them before you
decide which ones are the best.
Choose a site, browse through it carefully
and record useful information using key words. Do not copy whole
sentences or print out heaps of pages!
Record your information neatly so that you or
anyone else can read it. Use a note-taking sheet or template if you
have one.
If you find a site with information you need,
make sure you record the URL so that you can find it again if you need to.
You should also include all the website addresses you've used in any project
work you do about this topic.
- Raksha Bandhan - This
site tells you about the meaning and importance of Raksha Bandhan.
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Celebrations and Commemorations - The aim of this site is to develop
your understanding of your own cultural identity through the study of
national celebrations and commemorations in Australia and around the
world.
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Pushkar Camel Fair - This site has photos of the Camel Fair in Pushkar
in India, including beautifully decorated camels!
- Pushkar Fair
- Skip the first part, read the middle section about the Pushkar Fair.
This is a travel agent's page, so don't read all the tour details at the
bottom.
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Independence Day in Pakistan - This site has information about another
festival in Pakistan.
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Celebrations - This site has links to family celebrations, religious
celebrations, national celebrations and more.
- Taking It
Global - Click on the map to see how people celebrate New Year around
the world.
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Festivals in India - This site lists all the festivals that take place
in India throughout the year.
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Festivals of India - This site has lots of information but only one
picture.
- Festivals and
Fairs in India - A short introduction, with links at the bottom that
show all the festivals in India for each month of the year.
- Escape to
India - This travel agent's site has a whole list of Indian fairs and
festivals!
Evaluation
Describe to the learners how their performance will be
evaluated. Specify whether there will be a common grade for group work vs.
individual grades. You may want to have separate rubrics for individual and
group work.
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1 Excellent |
2 Very good |
3 OK |
4 Unsatisfactory, unfinished,
or not enough work done to tell. |
Score |
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ICT skills
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Able to log on, locate websites , browse and scroll
through sites independently. |
Able to log on, locate websites , browse and scroll
through sites with only occasional help. |
Able to log on, locate websites , browse and
scroll through sites only with regular help. |
Unable to log on, locate websites , browse and scroll
through sites without significant help or teacher intervention. |
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Research skills
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Able to browse and scroll through sites
to find information to answer the topic question independently |
Able to browse and scroll through sites
to find information to answer the topic question with only
occasional help. |
Able to browse and scroll through sites
to find information to answer the topic question only with
regular help. |
Unable to browse and scroll through sites
to find information to answer the topic question without
significant help or teacher intervention. |
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Presentation of Results
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Able to record information using relevant key words
on a note-taking sheet or template independently |
Able to record information using relevant key words
on a note-taking sheet or template with only occasional help. |
Able to record information using relevant key words
on a note-taking sheet or template only with regular help. |
Unable to record information using relevant key words
on a note-taking sheet or template without significant help or teacher
intervention. |
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Learning skills
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Able to listen to & read instructions, work
cooperatively, stay on task and complete the task on time. |
Able to listen to & read instructions, work
cooperatively, and stay on task most of the time and complete most of
the task on time. |
Able to listen to & read instructions, work
cooperatively, stay on task some of the time and complete at least
half of the task on time. |
Not able to listen to or read instructions,
work cooperatively, stay on task or complete the task on time. |
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Last updated 15.2.05. Based on a template from
The WebQuest Page |
