Have a class discussion on how major cities around the world welcomed in 2015

It's officially 2015, happy new year!

After waking up this morning and seeing how many cities around the world rang in the new year in unique and magnificent ways, I was inspired to come up with a discussion activity for my students on this topic!

Here are how some of the major cities around the world rang in 2015 which you can show your students:

1) New Year in Sydney, Australia

2) New Year in Tokyo, Japan

3) New Year in Hong Kong, China

5) New Year in Cape Town, South Africa

4) New Year in Moscow, Russia

6) New Year in Paris, France

8) New Year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

7) New Year in London, England

10) New Year in Arizona, USA

9) New Year in New York, USA

12) New Year in Anchorage, Alaska

11) New Year in Niagara Falls, Canada

What amazing celebrations that went on all over the world last night!

Some prompting questions for your students:

• Which city do you think had the best celebration and why?
• Is there an element of competition between countries to have the best celebration and why?
  
• If you could have been anywhere in the world, which one of these cities would you have chosen to celebrate the New Year in, and why?
• What do you think is better, going out to a big city to celebrate New Year or staying home with family, and why?
  
• How did you spend your New Year's Eve?

I hope you have a great start to the new year and I hope you and your students enjoy discussing these stunning celebrations!