Leave the Camo attire at home when you head to the Caribbean — to wear it is a big no-no in many island nations, including Barbados, St. Vincent, St. Lucia, Antigua, Barbuda and Jamaica.
When you take a selfie with Buddha, you are turning your back on him. Tsk, tsk. This sign of disrespect is punishable by imprisonment in Sri Lanka. It is also considered disrespectful to point your finger at Buddha, and sometimes there are bans on taking photos with the statues. Although not illegal to have tattoos of Buddha, a British woman was jailed for three days in for inappropriate tattoos of the man 70 percent of Sri Lankans feel is a prophet and avatar of the god Vishnu.
Not only masks, the Danish government wants to stop anyone from covering their faces in any way in public spaces. This includes masks, helmets, scarves, hats, fake beards and even burkas. The controversial ban went into effect in August Officials claim the ban helps to properly identify people during crowded events, should anything negative happen and someone need to be identified. Let's say a man and a woman walk into a hotel in North Carolina, request to share a room, and claim they are married.
By common law marriage rules in the state, that man and woman would legally be married. As the couple "outwardly present themselves as husband and wife to the public," they are deemed a common law marriage, that is honored and valid in North Carolina. Should you find yourself in need of a hotel room for the night, you may want to fess up if you aren't a married couple. In Australia's southeastern tip of Victoria, home to Melbourne, it is illegal to fly a kite in a public space if it bothers another person.
In fact, you cannot even play a game in a public place if it annoys someone else. Listed as part of Summary Offences Act of , the Aussies probably won't mind if you do decide to fly a kite while you visit. Australians aren't the only ones who are apparently opposed to flying a kite. Lawmakers in Buenos Aires took it a step further by completely stripping the Argentinean capital of the simple joy of flying kites.
In , the law was partially revoked to make it legal to fly kites in squares and parks. But don't even think about trying to enjoy this childhood pastime anywhere else. New Year celebrations in Cambodia get so crazy that the capital city of Siam Reap won't allow for the sale of water pistols leading up to and during its big celebrations. The ban went into place to prevent "traffic accidents" and "public disorder. Apparently, any other time of year is okay for a water gun fight, but if you go for New Year's, shop owners won't sell you the plastic toy.
In an effort to keep the streets of Barcelona free of beachgoers in bikinis and men going shirtless, lawmakers in the Spanish town on the Mediterranean banned anyone from being topless or in a swimsuit in public anywhere but the beach or a pool. In the Muslim United Arab Emirates, swearing could get you fined, jailed or deported. This isn't just for saying the inappropriate words aloud.
It includes indecent physical gestures and extends to your text messages and social media, as well. Not even indecent emojis are allowed. Earlier this year, the British Express reported a man sent an angry message to a car dealer who seemingly did him wrong. He was threatened with three weeks in jail for his choice of words. Sorry ladies and gents , but Russia doesn't want you wearing anything lacy underneath your clothing. A law in Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan states undergarments must be made with a minimum of 6 percent of cotton.
They claim it is for health and safety. While women across the nations protested, the law is in effect and you can no longer buy lace garments. How they'll know what you have on underneath is another subject. Japan was like the country version of the movie "Footloose.
Well, it was really just too American. This resource sets up a number of contradictions. For example: Many sources note that tomatoes originated in the New World; The Food Timeline indicates that tomatoes were introduced to the New World in The Food Timeline indicates that strawberries and raspberries were available in the 1st century in Europe; other sources identify them as New World commodities.
Foods That Originated in the Old World: apples, bananas, beans some varieties , beets, broccoli, carrots, cattle beef , cauliflower, celery, cheese, cherries, chickens, chickpeas, cinnamon, coffee, cows, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic, ginger, grapes, honey honey bees , lemons, lettuce, limes, mangos, oats, okra, olives, onions, oranges, pasta, peaches, pears, peas, pigs, radishes, rice, sheep, spinach, tea, watermelon, wheat, yams.
Extension Activities Home-school connection. Have students and their parents search their food cupboards at home; ask each student to bring in two food items whose origin can be traced to a specific place foreign if possible, domestic if not.
Labels from those products will be sufficient, especially if the products are in breakable containers. Media literacy. Because students will research many sources, have them list the sources for the information they find about each food item. Have them place an asterisk or checkmark next to the food item each time they find that item in a different source.
If students find a food in multiple sources, they might consider it "verified"; those foods they find in only one source might require additional research to verify. Assessment Invite students to agree or disagree with the following statement:The early explorers were surprised by many of the foods they saw in the New World.
Have students write a paragraph in support of their opinion. Click here to return to this week's World of Learning lesson plan page. Where Did Foods Originate? Foods of the New World and Old World. Check out our helpful suggestions to find just the right one! The following statements will help you tailor your comments to specific children and highlight their areas for improvement.
Related: Report Card Comments for positive comments! Needs Improvement- all topics is a hard worker, but has difficulty staying on task.
Additional work on these topics would be incredibly helpful. Practicing at home would be very beneficial. Slowing down and taking more time would help with this. We are working on learning when it is a good time to share and when it is a good time to listen. There are plenty of other unique gift-bringers! While some of the articles on gift-bringing characters briefly discuss their roots, the fact that parents play their roles in the modern world has been tactfully omitted.
If your children already know that, they will understand. This material objectively presents the traditions in different cultures without much examination of the belief-systems behind them. As you meet different characters, you will find out that not all of them come on Christmas day, though.
Sinterklaas comes on his own day, December 6, but for those countries who celebrate him, this is the beginning of the seasonal winter celebrations. Befana is even known to sneak into houses through a chimney to leave her gifts, but she comes on the day of Epiphany January 6 , which concludes the holiday celebrations in Italy.
Whenever these characters come though, they add to the festive spirit of winter celebrations. And if you get into the spirit of Christmas around the world, you can hold your own celebrations of different characters. Have Krampus visit on December 6 or dress like Saint Lucia, with candles in your hair, on December Teachers Pay Teachers is an online marketplace where teachers buy and sell original educational materials.
Are you getting the free resources, updates, and special offers we send out every week in our teacher newsletter? For example, students should not place their laptop in a place where their parents and other family members may be walking around and talking in the background. This can be very distracting for all students in a virtual classroom.
Just like in the normal classroom, eating and drinking should be prohibited in the online classroom. Students may be tempted to roll out of bed and eat their breakfast during class, but this can be very distracting for students. An online class can get very noisy, very fast.
Especially if teaching kids online. If everyone is talking at once, it is very hard to hear and to be heard by other students. To make sure everyone can participate and be heard, tell students that they should speak one at a time, and if another student is talking, they should listen.
If necessary, you can ask students to mute their microphone until it is their time to speak.
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