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Unit 3

The document outlines activities related to the history of New Year celebrations, including research questions about early celebrations, traditions, and customs from various cultures. It requires participants to gather information from the internet, provide sources, and compile their findings in a Word document. Additionally, it includes a section on Scottish New Year traditions, specifically Hogmanay, with true/false statements for verification.

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Unit 3

The document outlines activities related to the history of New Year celebrations, including research questions about early celebrations, traditions, and customs from various cultures. It requires participants to gather information from the internet, provide sources, and compile their findings in a Word document. Additionally, it includes a section on Scottish New Year traditions, specifically Hogmanay, with true/false statements for verification.

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Fien Vandenbroucke, Milà Dewitte en Noor Deflo

Activity 1: The history of New Year celebrations

This section contains some reading and watching, and each time
answering questions. Write the answers in a word-document; make sure
it has ALL your names on top of the word document and upload in
smartschool.

Look on the internet for ‘Early New Year’s celebrations’ and ‘January 1
becomes New Year’s Day’. For each answer you include the source!
Answers without source are invalid!

1. When were the earliest New Year celebrations and where did they take
place?

2. What name was given to the religious festivity and where did the name
come from?

3. How long did the original celebration last?

4. When people began to develop their own calendars, to what events did
they tie the beginning of a new year?

5. What event marked the beginning of the New Year in Egypt?

6. When was the city of Rome established?

7. Who added the first two months of the year to the calendar and what were
the names of the first two months?

8. Who instituted 1st January as the start of the New Year?

9. What changes did Christian leaders make in the Middle Ages?

[Link] was 1st January re-introduced as the beginning of the calendar year?

Activity 2: New Year’s traditions

1. What do Spanish people eat 12 of just before midnight on New Year’s Eve
and what do they symbolize?

2. Which countries eat legumes and what do they represent?

3. What do pigs represent in some cultures and where is pork eaten on New
Year’s Day?

4. Which countries eat ring-shaped cakes and pastries, and why?

5. What is hidden inside the rice pudding eaten in Sweden and Norway on
New Year's Eve? What will happen to the person who finds it?
6. Which people first made New Year’s resolutions?

7. What did they promise to do?

8. What’s the most famous symbol of the beginning of the New Year in the
USA?

9. How long has the event taken place?

[Link] alternative objects are dropped in other American cities?

Activity 3.

First try to answer, then check your answers for the two sections. After that, you
will get a summarizing exercise. Copy-paste the sections with your answers on
your word document!

Scottish New Year. Before you look at the web link, decide whether the
following statements are true (T) or false (F):

1. ‘Hogmanay’ means the first day of the year.

2. Scottish people used to celebrate Hogmanay more than Christmas.

3. Strangers are not allowed inside people’s houses during Hogmanay.

4. It is considered unlucky to enter a household without any gifts.

5. A lump of coal is a traditional gift.

Now, visit [Link] to check


your answers.

Now, with the information you found, you should be able to add the
most important things about each of these:

Scottish New Year

Name of celebration:

Customs:

Food and drink:

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