Instructions

 We learned about different types of families over the past few weeks. Now we will visit different web sites on this page to learn how families in other countries celebrate special occasions.We will answer the questions below by using each Resource Link   once to answer one question. After finding all the answers, we will move to the Big Question to bring our ideas together in a broader understanding of the topic.

Questions:

Resources

• See how a French family celebrates a birthday: http://wfs.vub.ac.be/cis/festivals/France/LifeDeath/aniE.html
• See how a Japanese family eats: http://www.k111.k12.il.us/king/japan15.htm
•  Read about a Chinese family New Year celebration: http://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/mcc0674.html
•  Read about a family from Guatemala New Year's Celebrationhttp://www.kidlink.org/KIDPROJ/MCC/mcc0183.html

The Big Question

Look over all the questions above and your answers to them and state what you feel are the 3 - 5 main parts to the study of......

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Last updated Month, 199X.