Subject(s): Social Studies Grades(s): Grades 4-5
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Uncover Your Culture
days (1 1/2 hours per day)
on their individual family culture.
the library on different cultures
when I say the word "culture"?
in a sentence?
down a word on your piece of paper that means "culture".
down their key words, I will have the children tell me their words and make a chart of them to hang in a central location of the classroom. I will make it clear that the word "culture" does not have one solid meaning, it could be where your ancestors are from or the environment you have lived in. The point I want to get across is that everyone
and achievements of a partaicular time or people
to investigate our culture. You can report on what country your ancestors descended from, the community you live in, or a place you feel has had a lot of influence upon you (grandparents town, church community, etc.).
resources available (computers, books, encyclopedias, etc) to research the culture of your choice. Take note of the particular aspects of that culture that you really like or can identify with.
in a creative way to present it to the class (poster presentation, news broadcast, puppet show, etc.) so everyone can learn about your culture. You need to have at least five pieces of information about your culture included in your presentation (pictures, food, recepies, drawings, memorabelia, etc.).
class of the poster board about your German heritage. On this poster board I had drawn pictures and cut out pictures from National Geographic that symbolized what Germany meant to me.
and tomorrow to work on their projects, they are more that welcome to work on them at home and get input from their family.
of the culture projects where each child displays and discusses what they have learned about their culture.
all of the children have presented, take time to discuss some similarities and differences in the cultures they just heard about. Have children take out their language arts writing journals and have them write about one culture, other than their own, and ask questions about what else they want to know.
student has 5 pieces of information when reporting on their project. (Checklist).
are crunched for time in their project, I can always extend it another hour and a half period the next day.
finding a culture to report on, i.e. doesn’t know their culture, they can research one that interests them.
Henderson, 1997.
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