CHRISTMAS AROUND THE WORLD RESEARCH PROJECT | Winter December Report Writing

Easily incorporate THEMATICALLY RIGOROUS LEARNING into your classroom routine with this no-prep, print-and-go, 15-page Christmas Around the World Online Research Project for Middle Grades (Grades 4-8) Unit. In this Christmas Around the World Project, students will be assigned a country. They will research how that country celebrates Christmas using a variety of provided internet sources. They will use the information to complete an outline. They will also compare and contrast how that country celebrates Christmas to how their own family celebrates the holidays. The students will use the outline to create a research paper which will be taken through the writing process. They will then create a PowerPoint presentation that correlates with their report. They will present their completed project in a two-minute presentation.

Included in the Christmas Around the World Research Project:

•Explanation sheet

•List of countries to choose from

•Suggested research website links (in separate file so it is easy for you to upload to your Learning Management System (LMS like Canvas, Blackboard, Google, Webpage, etc.)

•Outline to complete with research (2 formats-with topics and without topics)

•Revising/editing checklists

•Color-coding chart

•PowerPoint Planning Sheet

•Presentation BINGO (to complete during presentations)

•Rubric

Skills

Text features; Paraphrasing, summarizing, quoting sources; Main idea and supporting details; References sources; skim and scan; Close reading strategies; research papers; outlines; organizing writing; creating multimedia that goes with

writing; selecting supportive graphics; writing process; presentation skills

How I Use In My Classroom

•I have successfully used this with 5th-8th graders. It can be used (with some modification) with 3rd or 4th graders as well as high school students.

•I have successfully used this to teach students both in person and virtually.

•This could work in a history class, World Geography class, ELA class, day, or for an enrichment class. I have used it in both my 5th grade ELA and 5-8th grade gifted pull-out classrooms.

Suggested Schedule

•Day 1: Introduce Project, Choose Countries, Explain Outline

•Day 2: Research country

•Day 3: Research country

•Day 4: Write report draft

•Day 5: Write report draft

•Day 6: Revise and edit report

•Day 7: Create PowerPoint

•Day 8: Create PowerPoint

•Day 9: Practice Presentation

•Day 10: Present Projects

•Day 11: Present Projects

Related Resources

Check out the “Christmas and Winter Holiday” section of the Megan Memories store for these related resources:

Christmas and Winter Holiday Resources:

• American Traditions Reading Comprehension
• Writing Bundle
• One Day Research
• ELA Bundle: Reading, Writing, Research
• Christmas Around the World Research Project
• Christmas Card Creation Stations
• STEM Bundle
• Activity Sheets
• MEGA Unit!

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