American Studies Geography Festivals Mr. Popovich Objective: Knowledge of cultural festivals from around the world. Background: The Geography Festivals Activity will be a 150-point assignment that will provide comprehension of different cultures form around the world! It will be done in groups of three to four people. You will be allowed to choose your own groups. Once you have met your group, exchange phone numbers with those people, because some work outside of class will be necessary. Remember: I reserve the right to change any member of your group or your entire group, if I think it is in the best interests of learning. The Process: You will have three full class days to work on this project in class. I will provide supplies such as colored pencils, glue sticks, markers, scissors, and rulers for you to work with in class. You will need one piece of white butcher paper (22” X 28”). You will receive a piece of paper from Mr. Popovich. You may buy a piece of poster board from the book store if you do not want to use butcher paper. Each group member’s name should be written neatly on the back of the butcher paper. Everything on your butcher paper should be neatly written and spelled correctly. The Research: First, you must find information and pictures for your festival. YOU MUST READ the handout given to you as a group. Then, more information may be found on the Internet, in the school library or public library. You will have to draw the pictures of find them on your own. Do not use this as an excuse for not being able to find pictures. Any Information can be found in outside books such as: atlases, encyclopedias, and magazines. Make copies of pictures that show the culture of your festival. Graphic Designer- Responsible for the overall look and organization of the banner. Lead discussion, takes notes, and contributes ideas during the brainstorming session. Make sure visuals accurately represent the festival. Leads in the production of the banner. You will also find additional information about the festival from textbooks or the library. Helps with answering questions. Illustrator- Creates or finds a copy of the map of where the festival is. Creates visuals for the banner. Helps brainstorm ideas for the project. Creates a rough sketch of the collage for the teacher to review. Assists in the final production. Paraphraser/Researcher- Helps the group understand the information given in the handout. Helps brainstorm ideas for the banner. Makes sure the most important ideas are included on the banner. Leads a discussion on how to restate the information about the festival so classmates can understand it. Assists in the final production of the collage. Celebrations around the world activity The Steps: Check off each step as it is finished. 1. You are going to create a banner for your celebration. The banner must have 10 pictures from the celebration (party), the name of the party, your answers on the poster, and an explanation of the celebration. There will be no computer time for this. You have three days to work on this. 2. Draw a map of where your celebration is held. Use the American Studies book map section to find the country. 3. Cut out at least 10 pictures from magazines, newspapers, travel brochures, or pictures you have copied from a book or the Internet. Your may draw all of the pictures yourself if desired. Glue them onto your poster surrounding your map. 4. All of these pictures should be about your celebration. 5. Number each picture. Write or type a description of each pricture on a piece of paper with the corresponding number from the front of the poster. Glue these on the back. 6. Next, you must think of something to make to pass out to the class so they can be a part of the celebration. You can make hats, bracelets, or anything else. If you pass out food you have to double check with me. You must also have something for them to do at your booth. For example you can create board games, puzzles, quiz games, or any other type of game that they think will be both fun and educational. We will not present but go around the room and share our celebrations. Answer the following questions on your poster: 1. Where does this celebration take place? Is it a countrywide celebration, or a regional or local event (such as Mardi Gras in New Orleans)? 2. How long does this celebration usually last, and how often does it take place? 3. Is this celebration new or old? What is its history? Is the festival held for a specific event? 4. What makes this celebration specific to its location? Could you find a celebration exactly like it in any other part of the world? Why or why not? 5. What traditions or customs are associated with this celebration? 6. Are there any songs, chants, or poems associated with this celebration? If so, what? 7. Do many visitors or tourists come to celebrate with the locals? Why or why not? Name ______________________________ Period ____ Celebrations Project Rubric CATEGORY POINTS Map of Celebration Locations 5 pts. ______ Questions Answered (3 pts each answer) 21 pts. ______ Pictures used and descriptions(Between colored/printed/2 pts each) 20 pts. ______ Game 24 pts ______ Neatness (30= very neat, 24= some erase marks and wrinkles, 18= 1/3rd wrinkled or sloppy, 12- 1/2 wrinkled or sloppy, 6= very sloppy) 30pts. ______ Extra Credit Food/Music/Costume ______ TOTAL GROUP POINTS ______ / 100 Contributed fair share of the workload to the team 25 pts. ______ Followed directions, worked quietly and cooperatively in class 25 pts. ______ TOTAL INDIVIDUAL POINTS ______ / 50 TOTAL POINTS ______ / 150 World Geography Name:_______________________________ Celebrations Notes Name of festival Definition or facts What is something new that you (List what they learned? passed out) Guy Fawkes Night Gaucho Carnival Crop Over Chinese New Year Basant Puck Fair Name of festival What did they Definition or facts What is something new that you give out? learned? Day of the Dead Songkran Holi Queen’s Day Australia Day What was your favorite festival? Why? Explain what a perfect festival would be like for you? Gaucho Portrait of a gaucho from Argentina. Photographed in Peru, 1868. Gaucho in ring lancing contest, Buenos Aires Province Gaucho (gaúcho in Portuguese, gaucho in Spanish) is a term commonly used to describe residents of the South American pampas, chacos, or Patagonian grasslands, found principally in parts of Argentina, Uruguay, Southern Chile, and Southwestern Rio Grande do Sul. In Brazil, written Gaúcho and pronounced differently, it is also used to designate people from the state of Rio Grande do Sul in general. The word gaucho could be described as a loose equivalent to the North American "cowboy" (vaquero, in Spanish). Like the North American word cowboy, Venezuelan or Colombian llanero, or Chilean huaso, or the Mexican charro, the term often connotes the 19th century more than the present day; then gauchos made up the majority of the rural population, herding cattle on the vast estancias, and practising hunting as their main economic activities. The word "gaucho" is sometimes used to refer to chimichurri, a steak sauce common to Argentina.[1] There are several conflicting hypotheses concerning the origin of the term. It may derive from the Mapuche cauchu ("vagabond") [2] or from the Quechua huachu ("orphan"), which gives also a different word in Spanish "guacho". The first recorded uses of the term date from around the time of Argentine independence in 1816. History Cattle were brought to the Pampas from Paraguay in 1580, by the colonial expedition of Juan de Garay.[3] In the 18th century, the gauderios, who lived by hunting wild cattle, were recorded, most famously by the travel writer Alonso Carrió de la Vandera, when he passed through what is now northern Argentina.[4] Commercial cattle ranching began in the second half of the 18th century. Gauchos were generally nomadic, and lived in the Pampas, the plain that extends north from Patagonia, bounded on the west by the Andes and extending on the east to Uruguay and the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. These skilled riders lived from the feral cattle. Most gauchos were of Spanish and/or Portuguese and/or Amerindian (native American) ancestry. There are also gauchos of largely African or part African ancestry as well. A Brazilian Gaúcho. Laçador Statue, Porto Alegre, Brazil. An inconclusive genetic study conducted by FAPESP (Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo) in 2007 detected a Amerindian with a, perhaps, stronger Spanish than Portuguese admixture in Brazilian gaúchos. A small African admixture was also found.[5] The area that is Rio Grande do Sul belonged to the Spanish Crown for over two centuries before it became a Portuguese possession in 1750 (Treaty of Madrid)[clarification needed]. The results of the study were not conclusive, and raised questions that will require further attention. The study clearly showed that their MtDNA has much stronger affinities with Amerindian MtDNA in Argentina and Uruguay than with Amerindian MtDNA from other parts of Brazil and suggests that this is probably due to genetic ancestry from the now extinct Pampean Indians (Charrúa, Minuano).[6][7] Dramatization of a fight between gauchos. Notice the ponchos wrapped around the arms, to function as shields against stabbing. Some gauchos were recorded as being in the Falkland Islands,[8] and have left a few Spanish words in the local dialect e.g. camp from campo.