Week+4+November+1st

=Celebrations of Your Community or Country=

They allow the expression of the full range of emotions, from deep sorrow to great happiness.
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Ideas for the Classroom:
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 * ===What days do we celebrate as individuals, eg birthdays. In groups students list ways a birthday is celebrated, eg cake, presents, card. Children say birthdates going through the year month by month. []===
 *  **Brainstorm** **family celebrations, eg Weddings, Christmas, Easter, Religious occasions, Christenings, Funerals, Anniversaries.** []
 * ** Why do communities celebrate? **
 * **Study the cultural celebrations in your community****.**
 * **Things to think about:**
 * **Where or why** it originated?
 * **When** it is celebrated and / or commemorated?
 * The kinds of things **people do** at the celebration or commemoration?
 * Any **values or beliefs** that are important about the**celebration or commemoration?**
 * **Who** is involved in the particular celebration or commemoration?
 * **What feelings** do the students have about the celebration or commemoration?
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Resources:

 * [|How & Why do People Celebrate?]
 * [|Unit of Inquiry]
 * [|Celebrations]
 * [|Food and Celebrations]
 * [|Holidays]
 * [|Celebrations and Commerations]

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