Instructions for Planning your Blog

As an exit point, you will be writing a blog entry that explores the beliefs, customs, common attitudes, celebrations, festivals and holidays of the country assigned to you. The purpose of your blog is to integrate all that you have learned about Traditions in your various subjects to come up with something that does not only summarize new knowledge and skills you have gained but for you to also be able to express your understanding of Traditions from various viewpoints. Blogs are usually written in paragraph form and is very much like writing a personal diary on a website. 

Before you can start writing your blog, you will have to do some research in the library or online. Agree among the members of your group about how you are going to do your research. You have now until 26th of March to do this. As most of the information that you will be able to gather from your research is not yours, make sure to cite the sources of your information (name of books and author name, or website address) at the end of your blog entry, including pictures and videos you find online that you might want to include in your blog. See examples below on how to do this.

Sources:

*If information is taken from websites

Title: 8 Turkey Traditions you will find Fascinating

From https://theculturetrip.com/europe/turkey/articles/8-turkish-traditions-youll-find-fascinating/

*If information is taken from books

Title of the book: Biology Essential skills

Author/s: Li- Anne Sia

Your must write a blog that is 400 words long (minimum) and divided in into 3 paragraphs. You can also include your own pictures and videos. Each paragraph should try to answer the following questions.

Paragraph 1  (100 words minimum)

Describe the country you are assigned by writing something about its location, geography, population, economy, languages and others which you think are important.

Paragraph 2 (175 words minimum)

What traditions such as customs, beliefs, common attitudes and celebrations (festivals and holidays) are unique to the country?

Paragraph 3 (125 words minimum)

How does your own traditions compare with the traditions of that country? What some similarities that you will between your own culture and that of the other country? Why do you think their culture is different from your own?

Start writing your blog within these dates: March 26 to April 2. Your technology teacher (class teacher) will be checking your blogs on April 3.