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New Years: United States
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This is a social studies unit on New Year's traditions around the world. It is geared toward lower elementary, about the third grade level. This unit focuses on Strand 2 of the Michigan Framework for Social Studies Education, the Geographic Perspective. As stated, the unit will move the students toward the following (broad) goal: "Students will use knowledge of spatial patterns on earth to understand processes that shape human environments and to make decisions about society." this unit will zero in on Standard 2.1 - Diversity of People, Places, and Cultures.
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The Library of Congress and the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities even have plans to develop an Internet-based, searchable database of U.S. newspapers cover the years 1836-1922 from all U.S. states and territories. Their initial launch contains more than 226,000 pages of public-domain newspapers from California, Florida, Kentucky, New York, Utah, Virginia and the District of Columbia published between 1900 and 1910.
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Polar Bear Clubs: in many northern hemisphere cities near bodies of water, they will have a tradition of people plunging into the cold water on New Year's Day. The Coney Island Polar Bears Club in New York is the oldest cold-water swimming club in the United States. They have had groups of people enter the chilly surf since 1903.
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Two days ago dazzlindonna over at SEO Scoop wrote Update to Kooky Theory a year later where she explains a new theory she has. The theory basically stats that seasonal popularity is a factor in search rankings at Google and the other engines. She explains;
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This unit will cover five distinctly different New Year's traditions, beginning with those in the United States, and including those in Ecuador, Greece, and China. The unit ... covers the New Year's traditions of the Jewish people.
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