Christmas Around the World

How do you celebrate Christmas?  Do you think people celebrate differently in different parts of the world?  My third and fourth grade students decided to find out.  I found this great foldable activity from Teachers Pay Teachers Holidays Around the World.

All I needed was a few paper bags with the folded end snipped off.  Once folded in half it made a great book with pockets.

 I premade the books for my kids just to save some time.  The kids glued each page on to the book for each of the different countries.  Now it was time for some research.  The kids had their ipads equipped with QR Readers.  Each country had a QR code that once scanned, would take you to the different information about how they celebrated Christmas.  The kids would fill in the blanks from each page as they learned about how that country celebrated Christmas.  Each country was also equipped with an art activity.  These were small and easy but helped the kids remember what each country did to celebrate.  These art activities fit perfectly in the pockets for storage.