Here’s an activity for developing a Multi-Cultural Calendar

Subject(s): Social Studies Grades(s): Grades 4-5

Michelle Fontenot

Title:

Multi-cultural Calendar

Grade Level:

4
^th

Length:

1hr 30 min

Performance Expectation

The students will learn about various cultures by making a

multi-cultural calendar.

Materials:

Glue, Markers, Crayons,

Construction Paper, Scissors

6 sheets of 11" x 17" Construction paper

12 pieces of 8 1/2 "x 11" Drawing paper

Availability to a library

Procedures:

Introduction:

As the students come in the classroom ask them how many months

are in a year. Then put each student in a month according to their

first initial of their name. Then try to divide the classroom

in to 12 groups. Then put three students to a group or whatever

is best for your class. Explain to the class how they are going

to make a multi-cultural calendar.

Development:

Then for 45 minutes have the students decide what ethnic or

religious culture would they like to learn about. The students

have to learn about a ethnic or religious culture that is not

theirs. Whatever the students choose they need to go to the library

as a group and get information about the ethnic or religious culture

their group is studying for the calendar. For the next 15 minutes

have the students decide what group should go to which month.

After the students choose a month have them complete the calendar

pages by filling in the dates for holidays and other important

dates for that particular culture. The students can then add quotes

or short poems from their assigned culture. If the students want

to they can decorate the page for their assigned month. Next have

the students glue the illustrations and the calendar sheet on

a piece of 11"x17" construction paper. Then collect

the students pages and fold them to create the calendar.

Closure:

Lastly you can have the class make a cover for the calendar,

that incorporates all of the cultures inside the calendar.

Assessment:

The students can then come up as the assigned groups and tell

the class a little about the culture, that the group was assigned

to get information on. At the end of all the presentations each

student would write for the teacher something about the culture

they did and another culture another student did. Then the teacher

can grade the students on what sufficient information they get

from their own research or someone’s else’s research. what the

students learn from the calendar about other cultures.

Adaptation/ Consideration:

If you do not have time to do the research and make the calendar

on the same day, just do the research on one day and the calendar

the next day. When the students do a great job you can consider

celebrating certain occasions from the calendar by having the

class bring in special foods, sing songs or read a story appropriate

to the day.

Reference:

Bailey, G. (1994).101 Activities for creating

technology staff development.

A Sourcebook of Games and

Learning Exercises.

Michelle Fontenot, October 6,1997.

Here's an activity for developing a Multi-Cultural Calendar

Subject(s): Social Studies Grades(s): Grades 4-5

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