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JAPANESE CULTURE

For Teachers 1st
First graders explore what life in Japan is like including, home and daily life, food and eating customs, school life, games and sports, holiday customs, and religion.
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Food and Culture: Exploring the Flavors of Your Community

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students brainstorm the types of food they eat at home, discussing and comparing with the class. Students brainstorm and make a chart of questions that came out of the activity and their discussions. Students interview someone who...
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Japan Teacher Implementation Plan/ Japanese Culture

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students in a variety of activities in order to appreciate the culture of Japan. The primary assessments are an art project and a written report. This lesson plan is extremely helpful because it includes the rubric for both projects.
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We're Off to India!

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Pack your bags and set off to the wonderful country of India in a multi-day cultural unit. The lesson is a 17-day series focusing on literature, music, art, geography, and the culture of India. Scholars complete several activities,...
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Ambassadors or Annoyances?

For Teachers 6th - 12th
In this lesson, learners learn about the need for behavior standards for American college students in foreign study programs; they then create an introductory guide to the cultural values and customs of their own region for learners...
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A Look Through My Antonia's Eyes

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Thoroughly delve into My Antonia by Willa Cather with a plethora of activities. Engage scholars with videos and web sites in this week-long unit that explains the historical context and creates pioneers in the field of research. An...
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Cultural Awareness/ Sharing Traditions

For Teachers 4th - 12th
Students discuss topics relating to how their families celebrate holidays and observe certain religious customs. In this cultural awareness instructional activity, students work in groups to share their cultural traditions, the list...
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Cultural Comparison

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Students choose from a group of entries about the culture of Peru. In this Peruvian culture activity, students understand the definition of culture. Students describe the culture of Peru researched in the entry and complete a worksheet.
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Music in Other Cultures

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the musical concepts of timbre, melody, and rhythm. They listen to and identify characteristics of music from other cultures.
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Brainstorming a Regional Cultural Exchange

For Students 6th - 8th
In this folk regions worksheet, students work with a team or individually to choose at least three cultural perspectives to consider exchanging with students in another region of Louisiana. Students survey regional characteristics by...
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Gullah Activities

For Teachers K
Students study the Gullah culture by watching a video about Gullah, Gullah Island. They discuss the customs and crafts of the people such as basket weaving, food preparation, pottery, and quilt making. While working in centers, they make...
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Immigration Unit

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders develop an appreciate for the various cultures that are present in their local community. Through reading and research, they explain how various culture came to live in their area. At the conclusion of the unit, 3rd...
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Interpreting Behavior: Expanding Our Point of View

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students study the importance of understanding behavior from the perspective of the culture in which that behavior is the norm. They determine that understanding another culture involves being able to interpret behaviors, customs,...
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The Cajuns: Natives with a Difference!

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the immigrant experiences of various culture groups. Using this information, they work together to compare and contrast these experiences with those of the Cajuns. As a class, they define ethnic group and research the...
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The Beautiful People of Africa

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students discover the people of Africa by creating a PowerPoint presentation.  In this African culture activity, students utilize the Internet to investigate a specific African tribe and their specific location, culture, and way of life....
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French-Speaking Countries

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the customs and culture of French-speaking countries. In this geography skills lesson, students research selected nations to learn about the culture, industries, lifestyles, and foods that are eaten there. High...
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Native Americans

For Teachers K
Students explore Native American cultures. In this cultural comparisons lesson, students participate in several activities that compare and contrast the culture of the Hopi and Comanche Tribes.
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Not So Strange

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students examine aspects of culture that may seem strange and prepare skits illustrating how a person may want to behave in these situations without being offensive.
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Modern Japan Unit Plan

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders research modern Japanese culture, society and traditions, examine relationship between Japanese culture and its environment, compare and contrast Japanese Society with Canadian Society, compare lives of people in Japan with...
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The Other Americans

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers explain the concept of culture and identify the components of a culture. They describe the characteristics of selected immigrant groups and the conditions they faced upon arrival in the United States. Students analyze...
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Cuisine and Etiquette

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Learners identify the main food in the different cultures they have examined. In groups, they compare and contrast their expected table manners to the ones in Sierra Leone, Uganda and Zambia. Using this list of behaviors, they identify...
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Bow Wow, Oink Oink

For Teachers K
Students read Everybody Cooks Rice and discuss birthday celebrations around the world.   In this cultural differences instructional activity, students discuss the Chinese symbols by birth years.  Students create a graph by symbol. ...
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Let's Go To Mexico

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Learners are able to use the Internet to conduct research. They research Mexican culture and traditions. Students compare and contrast Mexican and U.S. food and clothing. They convert United States currency to Mexican pesos. Learners...
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Western Civilizations, Chapter 2: Gods and Empires in the Ancient Near East

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Ancient Hebrew history comes to life through this online western civilizations tool, which follows history in detail from ancient origins to modern-day. Chapter two covers ancient eastern cultures, including beginnings of Hebrew...

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