Weaving It Together

UNIT 2
CD 1
Track 3
Chapter
3
22 Unit 2
Thanksgiving—
Hawaiian Style
The readings and activities in Chapter 3
focus on some interesting holiday and
festival customs in Hawaii and China.
Chapter 4 presents information about
some other holidays and describes a
frog-jumping contest that has become
a California tradition. Here are some
interesting facts about customs around
the world:
• As part of the New Year celebration
in Ecuador, families burn a toy fi gure
outside their house. The destruction of
the toy fi gure represents getting rid of
anything bad that happened during the
previous year.
• In Denmark, people save old dishes
all year long and throw them at their
friends’ houses on New Year’s Eve. Many
broken dishes show that a family has a
lot of friends.
Warm-Up
Customs
You may start the lesson in one of these
ways:
• Have students describe the clothing of
the woman in the photo on page 30.
Ask them what they think of dressing in
traditional clothes. Ask them to draw or
describe clothes from their own cultures
and traditions.
• Ask each student to name her or his
favorite holiday food. Group the students
according to their choices. Have the
groups discuss the different ways this
food can be prepared and present their
results to the class.
• Have students make a list of facts they
know about Hawaii. Compare lists and
see if there are contradictions. Then
have students write three questions
about things they would like to know
about Hawaii. If no one in the class can
answer these questions, assign them as a
homework task.
Reading
To help students get a general idea of
the information in the reading passage,
ask them to read the fi rst sentence in
each paragraph. Then ask the following
questions:
Which paragraphs describe holiday
celebrations in U.S. states other than
Hawaii? (paragraphs 1 and 2)
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