Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Cultural studies....

I am going to be leaving my laptop open here for today for my students to post information about our culture and ask questions of your students about your culture.

For our purposes, we are going to define culture as a way of life......

Here we go.......

Hi, my name is Alisha and I have a question about your culture. Do you have any traditions or fun events that your would like to share?

Hi my name is Rami,
I was wondering what are the celebrations that you celebrate?

hi my name is Gurmeen i wanted to know what your culture is all about

Hi my name is Megan and i have a question about your culture....... can you tell me one example of a culture in your school or even mexico city????

I'm charity and I have a question about your culture how do you celebrate christmas where i came from we used to visit our family and get gifts on the 26th.

Hi my name is Harina
I have two questions that I was very curious to ask you..... the first one is what is the most popular pop culture you have in your school or even mexico city?? and my second question was what is one of your school cultures???? hope to hear from you soon!! :)

Hi my name is Cole
how do you celebrate valentines day.

Hi my name is Monica
Are there any cultures at all that you do in your school or class in a certain way or is done simply?

We will be talking more about "ways of life" in Social Studies..... and hope to have more comments for you later on... We are aware of the fact that you are a few hours ahead of us, and hope that you have a chance to see our posts today......

Grade six
Chimney Hill

16 comments:

  1. Hello Alisha

    Yes, we are going to tell you that we have a funny event that is the Children´s Day we celebrate with a sharing with all the school we eat:
    hot dog, chips,and soda. In our event we have many games like: fishing, bowling, hit the target, beaty saloon, etc. In our classroom we also play many games with our teacher.

    We have a question:
    How do you celebrate Independence Day?

    Good Bye

    Fabiola and Dana
    JVS SIXTH GRADE

    ReplyDelete
  2. Hi, Rami:
    We have a tradicional day that is call "Dia de muertos" Day of the Dead, we celebrate it on November 1st, and 2nd.We go to were the dead people are burried, and we bring a present.
    We have a question: How you celebrate childrens'day?
    Obel and Jireh
    JVS SIXTH GRADE

    ReplyDelete
  3. Hi Megan:
    We celebrate Mother´s Day with an assembly so our mothers can see us how we act ,how we dance and how we sing.
    Megan, we have a question for you, How do you celebrate Mother's Day in Canada?
    We are Paola and Karla. See you later Megan.
    JVS SIXTH GRADE

    ReplyDelete
  4. Hi Harina
    We celebrate Thanksgiving with a picnic with all the group in the patio. Preschool does a beautiful show about the Indians and the Pilgrims and they sing.
    After the presentation all the primary eat and share together.
    Now we like to ask you one question ¿How do you celebrate Halloween?
    Nina and Reynier
    JVS SIXTH GRADE

    ReplyDelete
  5. Hello Cole!!!!

    We celebrate Valentines Day with a picnic in the patio were all of the students bring something to eat, We have a secret friend activity, and we have a very good time talking whith friends, eating and sharing toghether.
    We have a question for you, How do you celebrate Christmas in Canada?

    Matias and Daniel
    JVS SIXTH GRADE

    ReplyDelete
  6. Hello Monica ¡¡¡¡¡¡
    The last year,
    we went to the acuarela museum and we sang songs because it was the 25th aniversary of the school.
    our question is
    do you do a play in your school???
    our name is Miranda and Jaime , bye .

    ReplyDelete
  7. Hello,friends of Canada we want to know how do you celebrate the teacher´s day, what do you as students prepare for your Teacher's Day. In Mexico the government gives the day off to all the teachers.
    Your friends of Mexico Fernando and Olmo,Bye.
    JVS SIXTH GRADE

    ReplyDelete
  8. Hi Charity

    We celebrate Christmas, we have a special dinner with turkey and another types of foods like: romeritos, spagetti, etc... and on the next day all the children sleep and wait to come Santa Claus. The children wake up in the morning and open the gifts.

    now we like to ask you one question how do you celebrate the valentine`s day?
    jvs sixth grade

    ReplyDelete
  9. Dear Gurmeen:
    Our culture is an interesting one,for example..
    We celebrate our Independence day on September 15.More than 200 years ago , Spain were answer us for many years so
    one day on September 15 1810 at nigth, a group of mexicans were decided to end with Spanish, so a man named Miguel Hidalgo the bell rang to the group of mexicans can know at what time was th indicated to attacked Spanish.So the group went to attacked Sanish and we won.And we were free from Spain.

    Now we have a question for you:
    How did you celebrate Father's Day?

    Mariana and Melisanda.
    JVS SIXTH GRADE.

    ReplyDelete
  10. HELLO COLE
    WE CELEBRATE VALENTINES DAY SOME TIMES WE DO AN EXCHANGE OF CHOCOLATES AND TEDDYBEARS AND THEN A PICNIC IN THE YARD EVERY BODY BRINGS SOME FOOD AND A DESSERT THAT IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY.

    WHEN DO YOU CELEBRATE VALENTINES DAY?

    JORGE
    SEVENTH GRADE

    ReplyDelete
  11. Hi Alisha my name is Grecia and yes we have a lot of celebrations like: January 6th, we celebrate the king threat, is a big sweet bread in form of a oval with some small dolls inside, that if one cut the threat and appear the doll he or she needs to bring tamales for a specific day. We have a lot of fun is like shouting and playing, and everybody is in family and with friends. Is a very special day

    And how about you do you have a special day to have fun and be in family?

    ReplyDelete
  12. Hi Gurmeen im aldo of seventh well first its the quincenera. quincenera is a special ceremony that a girl has when she reaches the age of 15. It is a sign of showing that she is becoming a woman . The ceremony is an optional part because usually you have a cermony because you get blessed by the priest also while that part of the ceremony you can write a paper about being sorry for all the sins you did and read it aloud to the whole church(your guests) . The party part is where you get to show of your dance skills before the quincenera you learn how to dance any kind of dance you want hip hop, break dancing, merengue, so on. After you choose what type of dance you have to gather some boys who will be willling to dance at your quincenera. Apart from those boys you have to choose a special guy to accompany you for the waltz.
    And candies like Pica fresa and Pica Goma -Pica fresa is a strawberry and sweet candy. It's hard and chewy in the inside. Pica goma is a very spicy candy that is also hard in the outside and chewy in the inside.Also Mini pelon - Tamarind soft candy. It is a a hot, spicy, gooey candy.
    And food like tamales It has dough that is made out of corn which is called masa. The masa is wrapped in corn husk.
    Also enchiladas A tortilla that is covered with red chili. In the inside you could put pork, or chicken. You then roll it. On the top you could put strips of white cabbage and fresh cheese.
    and the deliceous salse It has green or red chilis. In the green salsa you put green tomatoes, and in the red salsa you put red tomatoes. You put salt, water, and cilantro.
    And thats just the beginning so you can imagine the rest.
    January 6th and 7th: Dia de los Reyes Magos
    Gift giving for Mexican families. We have special bread that has frosting and special toppings. Someone cuts a slice per family. There will be a small toy baby in it. Whoever gets the baby has to make a special mexican feast for everyone.

    February 14: El Dia Del Amor y La Amista (Valentine's Day).
    He was the first indigenous president of Mexico.

    May 5: Cinco de Mayo
    The Mexicans won the Battle of Puebla against the French.

    November 1 and 2: Dia de los Muertos
    Mexican holiday that honors Mexicos dead souls returning to the cemetary. People decorate the tombstones and put out food for the dead. This is not a sad holiday but a celebration.

    December 12: Dia de la Virgen de Guadalupe
    The day of the Virgin Mary is when the Virgin Mary appeared to Juan Diego. On this day Mexican people go at 4:00 to the morning mass.
    WHAT can you tell me about the inuits?
    see later bye

    ReplyDelete
  13. HELLO MONICA

    WE HAVE ALLOT OF TRADISIONS HERE IN MEXICO
    AND WE RESPECT THEM ALLOT
    AND ALLSO WE LIKE THEM

    CAN YOU TELL ME SOME OF YOUR TRADISIONS?
    JORGE
    SEVENTH GRADE

    ReplyDelete
  14. Hello Charity

    Here in Mexico we also see our families but the gifts are 2 days before (on the 24th). I have a question for you what is the most popular food in Canada. oxxox


    HellO Harina

    Some of our local artist are Ricky Martin, Belinda, Paty Cantu, jotdog(a group),Panteon rococo (also a group),EL canto del loco (Grouup), Cafetacuba eTc. how about you¿ ANd sorry I don´t understand very well the second question.
    Hope to hear from you sooN :) RodrigO

    ReplyDelete
  15. Hi Megan im aldo of seventh grade and my favorite tradition is the dead people day because we put the things that our dead people loved when they were here the food like chocolate,vanilla ice cream and cake.And the valentine day because we give a present to the people that we love.
    bye.ALDO

    ReplyDelete
  16. Hi Rami my name is Grecia we have alot of celebrations that I think some you have it in Canada. We celebrate:

    January 1st New Year.
    We count until is new year is a really good celebration.

    January 6th King Threat
    We cut a threat and the one who has the doll brings tamales

    February 14th Valentine´s Day
    We give presents to someone that we love or a friend

    May 5th Puebla´s battle

    November 1st and 2nd Dead Day

    Grecia

    ReplyDelete