ACTIVITIES Winter Holidays
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Winter Holidays There are so many holidays in December it just might be easier to research them all at once. In this activity, you will take a closer look at the many traditions that take place during the cold winter months.
Using an Internet search engine, answer the questions below. In the space provided, list the URL address you visited to obtain each answer.
1. How long does it take for a Christmas tree to mature? Answer: URL:
2. During Hanukkah, how many days are candles lit? Answer: URL:
3. In Holland, what do they call Santa Claus? Answer: URL:
4. What is a dreidle? Answer: URL:
5. Who is responsible for starting Kwanzaa? Answer: URL:
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Winter Holidays 6. What does Hanukkah commemorate? Answer:
.
URL:
7. What does the word Kwanzaa mean? Answer: URL:
8. Who originated the Salvation Army Christmas Collection? Answer: URL:
9. In what year did Toys for Tots start making the holidays a little happier for children? Answer: URL:
10. Why do we kiss under the mistletoe? Answer: URL:
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ACTIVITIES
Answer Key NAME
Date
e.4
Winter Holidays There are so many holidays in December it just might be easier to research them all at once. In this activity, you will take a closer look at the many traditions that take place during the cold winter months.
Using an Internet search engine, answer the questions below. In the space provided, list the URL address you visited to obtain each answer.
1. How long does it take for a Christmas tree to mature? Answer: See
student’s work as answers may vary.
URL:
2. During Hanukkah, how many days are candles lit? Answer: Eight
days
URL:
3. In Holland, what do they call Santa Claus? Answer: Sinterklaas
or Sinter Klaas
URL:
4. What is a dreidle? Answer: A four-sided
top with a Hebrew letter on each side
URL:
5. Who is responsible for starting Kwanzaa? Answer: Dr.
Maulana Ron Karenga
URL:
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Winter Holidays 6. What does Hanukkah commemorate? Answer: The
triumph of Judaism’s spiritual values as embodied in its Torah and the victory of the Jews over the armies of Antiochus IV.
URL:
7. What does the word Kwanzaa mean? Answer: See
student’s work as answers will vary.
URL:
8. Who originated the Salvation Army Christmas Collection? Answer: Captain
Joseph McFee
URL:
9. In what year did Toys for Tots start making the holidays a little happier for children? Answer: 1947 URL:
10. Why do we kiss under the mistletoe? Answer: See
student’s work as answers will vary.
URL:
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ACTIVITIES
Answer Key NAME
Date
e.4
Winter Holidays There are so many holidays in December it just might be easier to research them all at once. In this activity, you will take a closer look at the many traditions that take place during the cold winter months.
Using an Internet search engine, answer the questions below. In the space provided, list the URL address you visited to obtain each answer.
1. How long does it take for a Christmas tree to mature? Answer: URL:
2. During Hanukkah, how many days are candles lit? Answer: URL:
3. In Holland, what do they call Santa Claus? Answer: URL:
4. What is a dreidle? Answer: URL:
5. Who is responsible for starting Kwanzaa? Answer: URL:
INTERNET SEARCH ACTIVITIES Workbook #2
55 e. Holidays and Seasons // 4. Winter Holidays
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ACTIVITIES
e.4
Winter Holidays 6. What does Hanukkah commemorate? Answer:
.
URL:
7. What does the word Kwanzaa mean? Answer: URL:
8. Who originated the Salvation Army Christmas Collection? Answer: URL:
9. In what year did Toys for Tots start making the holidays a little happier for children? Answer: URL:
10. Why do we kiss under the mistletoe? Answer: URL:
56 e. Holidays and Seasons // 4. Winter Holidays
INTERNET SEARCH ACTIVITIES Workbook #2
INTERNET SEARCH
ACTIVITIES
Answer Key NAME
Date
e.4
Winter Holidays There are so many holidays in December it just might be easier to research them all at once. In this activity, you will take a closer look at the many traditions that take place during the cold winter months.
Using an Internet search engine, answer the questions below. In the space provided, list the URL address you visited to obtain each answer.
1. How long does it take for a Christmas tree to mature? Answer: See
student’s work as answers may vary.
URL:
2. During Hanukkah, how many days are candles lit? Answer: Eight
days
URL:
3. In Holland, what do they call Santa Claus? Answer: Sinterklaas
or Sinter Klaas
URL:
4. What is a dreidle? Answer: A four-sided
top with a Hebrew letter on each side
URL:
5. Who is responsible for starting Kwanzaa? Answer: Dr.
Maulana Ron Karenga
URL:
INTERNET SEARCH ACTIVITIES Workbook #2
55 e. Holidays and Seasons // 4. Winter Holidays
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ACTIVITIES
e.4
Winter Holidays 6. What does Hanukkah commemorate? Answer: The
triumph of Judaism’s spiritual values as embodied in its Torah and the victory of the Jews over the armies of Antiochus IV.
URL:
7. What does the word Kwanzaa mean? Answer: See
student’s work as answers will vary.
URL:
8. Who originated the Salvation Army Christmas Collection? Answer: Captain
Joseph McFee
URL:
9. In what year did Toys for Tots start making the holidays a little happier for children? Answer: 1947 URL:
10. Why do we kiss under the mistletoe? Answer: See
student’s work as answers will vary.
URL:
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