St. Mark's Episcopal School, Ft. Students create a presentation about how Christmas is celebrated in the country of their choice, the class creates notes of 3-4 important facts for each country and the class completes a multiple choice exam. Students select a country based on their family background, friends, familiarity with the holiday traditions of a country, or their curiosity about a certain country's Christmas traditions. Students access Internet sites to collect information on their country.
Students create their report and presentation.
After each presentation, the class records in their Social Studies notebook 3-4 facts that they consider worth remembering about each report. The students complete a multiple choice exam custom-designed to the facts recorded by the class.