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Christmas Around the World
Web Quest
Arkansas Frameworks: SPI (CMC.1.SI.8/9, CLT.4.SI.1/2/3, CLT.5.SI.1/2/3/4, CLT.6.SI.1/2/3, CNN.8.SI.1, CMP.10.SI.2)
SPII (CMC.1.SII.9, CLT.4.SII.2/3, CLT.5.SII.1/4, CLT.6.SII.1/2/3, CNN.8.SII.2, CMP.10.SII.2) SPIII (CNN.7.SIII.1,
CNN.8.SIII.2, CMP.10.SIII.1, CMP.10.SIII.2,
MEXICO: (go to: http://www.mexonline.com/christmas.htm)
1. What is the “posada”?
2. What is the “rosca”?
3. What is baked inside the “rosca”?
4. What is a “muñeca”? What happens if you get the “muñeca”?
PUERTO RICO: (go to: http://www.elboricua.com/pr_christmas.html)
5. What is a “pava”?
6. What are “parrandas” or “trullas navideñas”?
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7. Name three of the different instruments the “parranderos” play?
8. What are “aguinaldos” in Puerto Rico?
9. What is “lechón asao”?
Christmas time?
10. What are some other dishes Puerto Ricans eat at
11. What do the children put in boxes to receive gifts from the Three Kings?
COLOMBIA: (go to: http://www.hispanic-culture-online.com/christmas-incolombia.html)
12. What are “alumbrados”?
13. What does “parranda”
mean?
14. What is “el pesebre”?
15. When do Christmas celebrations begin in Colombia and what is celebrated
on that day?
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16. What are “empanadas”?
17. What is “la novena de
aguinaldos”?
18. What are “villancicos”?
19. Who do you write the letter to asking for Christmas gifts? Who brings the
gifts in Colombia?
20. What is the “cena de navidad”?
21. What is an “asado”? Where do they eat it?
22. What are “buñuelos”?
23. What does “elevar globos” mean?
24. Where do people go on Christmas Eve, the
24th?
25. What is “el año viejo”?
26. What are “agüeros”? Describe some that people do in New Year’s Eve?
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SPAIN: go to (http://www.santas.net/spanishchristmas.htm)
27. What is “la jota”?
28. Who brings the gifts in Spain and When?
29. Where are the gifts found and why?
30. When does the Christmas season
officially begin? Commemorating which
event?
31. What does “Noche Buena” mean?
32. What is a traditional Christmas treat? What is it made of?
Argentina: go to (http://www.hispanic-culture-online.com/christmas-inargentina.html)
33. What is the weather in Argentina like
this time of the year? Why? What
season is it?
34. Describe a unique tradition in
Argentina that no other Latin-American
country has?
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35. Look at the picture on the website and tell me what does “parrillada”
mean?
36. What are some savory (not sweet) foods they eat at
Christmas dinner?
37. What is “pan dulce”?
38. What does “quemar pólvora” mean?
39. What is the old tradition in Argentina about exchanging gifts?
40. What do they call Santa Clause in Argentina?
41-43. What was the most interesting or unusual thing that you learn while
completing this project?
44-45. If given the opportunity which of these countries would you like to spend
Christmas in and why?
Thanks and Merry Christmas!!!!
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