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Title - Cultural Lesson
By - Muhammad Aamir
Primary Subject - Language Arts
Grade Level - Intermediate 3-5
Note from LessonPlansPage.com:
This is an English as a Foreign Language lesson sent to us from Sindh, Pakistan. It encourages children to critique the festivals, holidays and traditions of their area. Wikipedia has an article about Sindhi festivals (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sindhi_festivals), but this lesson can apply to the holidays of any country or region as well.
Skill Focused:
Time:
Objectives:
By the end of the lesson, the students should be able to:
- Develop spoken fluency
- Use language for describing occasions
- Express their views and thoughts confidently
- Interact confidently with peers
Warm up:
"If you were not born a human being what would you like to be (it could be anything living or nonliving)?"
Step # 1: (Group Activity - 5 members)
- Teacher gives instructions for the task: "In your groups, think of as many holidays/festival occasions that are celebrated as you can."
- Teacher facilitates and monitors.
- Teacher now elicits answers and puts them up on the board/flipchart.
- Teacher makes sure that all groups respond.
Step # 2: (Group Activity - 3 members)
- From the list on the board/flipchart, the teacher asks each group to choose one topic about the cultural/social values which they like/don't like.
- Each group would give a presentation on it to the whole class. Encourage every member of the group to speak.
- Give them 5-7 minutes for discussion.
- Ask each group to come up for the presentation.
Step # 3: (Group Activity - 4 members)
- Teacher gives instructions for the new task: "Discuss and decide the customs and traditions which are of no worth and should be stopped and state why."
- Teacher facilitates and monitors.
- Teacher announces to stop the activity.
- Teacher now takes feedback.
Handout
Cultural Values
In groups of three/four; discuss the following:
Discussion 1:
If you were not born a human being what would you like to be?
Discussion 2:
List all the festivals which people of different religions celebrate which you can think of. Which one do you like best and why?
Discussion 3:
List all the social/and cultural values and customs that you like/dislike. Give reasons for your choice.
Discussion 4:
Discuss and decide "which customs and traditions in Sindh (or your country, state, or province) are of no value? Should they be stopped?" Give reasons to support your arguments.
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