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W: Warm
E: Emotional
D: Dapper
D: Devoted
I: "I do"
N: Newlyweds
G: Genuine

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D, L. (2017.) How Traditional Wedding Outfits Look Around The World (15 Pics). Retrieved February 17, 2017, from http://www.boredpanda.com/most-beautiful-and-interesting-traditional-wedding-dresses-around-the-world/

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H. (2017, January 18). The Intriguing History Of Wedding Gowns. Retrieved February 06, 2017, from http://all-that-is-interesting.com/history-of-wedding-gowns

(2015, September 03). 100 Years of Fashion: Wedding Dresses. Retrieved February 28, 2017, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKegRnTimFs

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As a society, it is important to know about the traditions and customs of other cultures because then we can notice how different and how alike we are as humans. I was surprised how different a simple thing as a wedding can be across different parts of the world. With the information that I learned, I can inform people of this new information and I can even use some of the traditions that other countries use at my own wedding someday!

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Social Studies:

Students can research how different cultures celebrate different holidays/ big events

Students can research how fashion trends have changed over time

English:

Students can compare and contrast how alike/how different wedding trends are from differing countries

Students can research information and create a presentation based on what they found

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In Pakistan, it is tradition for a groom to wear a ring of flowers around his neck. The bride may follow suit as well.

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In Ghana, traditional weddings are filled with a variety of colors and each family has its own cloth pattern that is featured on the bride and groom.

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3. In China, the color red is worn to symbolize good luck and to keep away evil spirits.

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1. The tradition of wearing white on your wedding day came from Queen Victoria’s wedding in 1840.

Though it wasn't unheard of for brides to wear white before this time, it was rare. Her wedding style inspired many to follow suit.

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2. 100 Years of Wedding Gowns

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100 Years of Fashion: Wedding Dresses ★ Glam.com

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1. I wonder where the traditional style, white wedding dress, came from?
2. How different have wedding dresses changed over the years?
3. What are wedding dresses like across different cultures of the world?

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I chose wedding dress styles and traditions as my topic because I am very interested in designing my own future wedding someday, and it is interesting to find out how other cultures celebrate their special day.

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Wedding dress styles and wedding traditions have varied for centuries across different times periods and across cultures. In this inquiry project, I immersed myself into the wedding dress styles of the past and how different wedding traditions are in different parts of the world.