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World of Tan 21 - Almost There Now
Stage: 2
Challenge Level:
Children you might like to:
Discuss and list all the things you would like to do during your holidays. Consider all the plans you need to make.
Find out how different people intend spending their holiday time. Can you categorize their responses?
Consider and write about what would be your ideal holiday.
Look up the word numismatist - and possibly begin your studies from there.
Consider why many foreign currencies are based on coins/notes with the values 1,2,5,10,20, 50, 100.
Parents you might like to:
Say how you anticipate how your children will be spending the holiday time. Perhaps discuss the chores you have in mind for the children to do.
Consider what holidays are for and why some of them (the bank holidays) are instituted.
Examine some of the history encapsulated on foreign coins and bank notes.
Consider how holiday taking has changed for subsequent generations of your family. What have been the most significant changes to have taken place?
Compare the days off taken in other countries e.g. Saints Days
Teachers you might like to:
Look at and discuss the different holidays and 'holy days' that are now taken. What is the history behind the 'bank holiday'?
Get the children to estimate then calculate the percentage of time spent on 'holiday'. How accurate were your different estimations.
Discuss what makes the 'ideal' holiday from a child's point of view and compare it with that of an adult.
Examine the advertising techniques used by the holiday industry. What conclusions can you make? With what implications?
Look at the different currencies used when going abroad. Just what do the terms: 'we buy at'; 'we sell at' mean? Is there an easy way to convert the value of one currency to another? Why are most currencies based around the face values 1,2,5,10,20, 50, 100?L