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Early Explorers

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders study early explorers. For this World history lesson, 5th graders draw an outline of a map labeling each part, build geographical features out of dough, and paint each of the land and water features.
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Food Exercises--Tortillas

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this interactive reading comprehension worksheet, students read a passage about tortillas and answer five multiple choice questions based upon the facts from the text.
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Relating Maya

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students read about the bags that the Maya people made and about how reusing bags can help save our environment. In this environment lesson plan, students read and discuss conservation and observe pictures.
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Make Art Class Merry With Creative Christmas Art Activities

For Teachers 2nd - 5th
Kids get hands-on with seasonal crafts through Christmas art activities!
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International Festival - Cultures of the World Research Projects

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders identify common elements of cultures from around the world. They create a group research project, which illustrates the elements of culture from a specific country of the Eastern World. Finally, they compare these...
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Finding My Hat

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the Korean culture through the book, Finding My Hat. They read and discuss the book in literature circles and write in response journals after each chapter. Comparing the main character to themselves, they note the...
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What I Can Do And See At Fiesta

For Teachers 1st
First graders create a three page booklet about Fiesta. They use Kid Works 2 to create a project with illustrations and text.
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The Fine Art of Paper-Cutting

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars create original examples of the ancient Chinese Folk Art technique of Paper-Cutting in this middle-level lesson plan highly adaptable for either the Art classroom or a Social Studies class.
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Food Time Line

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders make a timeline to include the immigrants of 1880-1910. Then, in groups, they research foods consumed, purchase, and serve it to the class.
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Korean Culture

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders complete a research project for the sixth grade Big Book that is to be shared with the 5th graders. Students should take their time because the project represents them and the whole class.
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South Korea

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students use primary and secondary resources in order to investigate the culture of South Korea. They use guiding questions that progressively lead them to higher order thinking to make connections from the information to how people live.
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My Country, Your Country

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders read a story about a girl living in Tokyo. Using the Internet, they research Japan while noting its unique characteristics. They virtually connect with a classroom in Japan and share information about their school with them.
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Christmas, Christmas, Christmas Webquest

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students choose a country to research. They incorporate a graphic organizer like Kidspiration/Inspiration to plan their research. Students create a presentation using Keynote or an Apple works table to present their information to the...
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Chopsticks and Chinese Food Culture

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders discover why food is an important part of a culture. As a class, they practice the table manners used in China and identify the underlying values. They develop the skills to properly use chopsticks to end the lesson.
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Teacher Lesson Plans: Africa

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Learners explore Africa. In this cultural studies instructional activity, students go on safari, create African masks, or have an African party after they have researched the people, geography, and culture of the continent.
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Personal Economics

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explain the role of government in protecting consumer rights and the role of private organizations in protecting consumer rights.
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Comparing Cultures

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine the nature of culture, and compare/contrast various cultures and their artifacts and ceremonies. They develop a class list of artifacts, complete a worksheet, and create a poster or diorama describing an object that is...
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Medieval Ethiopia, Mali and Nigeria: The Influence of Culture in Africa

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners are introduced to the concept of cultural diffusion. In groups, they identify the culture of Mali, Nigeria and Ethiopia and work together to research how cultural diffusion has changed the country. To end the lesson plan, they...
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Cultural Comparison

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars choose from a group of entries about the culture of Peru. In this Peruvian culture lesson, students understand the definition of culture. Young scholars describe the culture of Peru researched in the entry and complete a...
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Questions About a Place

For Students 6th - 9th
In this classroom applications of fieldwork basics instructional activity, students survey a list of questions that may be used when they conduct interviews with people about a place.
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Countries, Food, and Culture

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students examine foods from other countries. In this multicultural instructional activity, students write down names of different restaurants and categorize pictures of foods according to the specific restaurant. For example, Won Ton...
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Cultures Around the World

For Teachers K - 4th
Students explore the concept of culture. In this culture lesson, students discuss how clothing, food, celebrations, holidays, and travel contribute to the formation and perpetuation of culture.
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Diversity

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders discover cultural heritage by investigating the Aboriginal community. In this Canadian History lesson, 4th graders identify the First Nations of Canada and research them using an atlas and the web. Students create a First...
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Understanding Taxes

For Teachers K - 12th
Students engage in a variety of lesson plans published by the IRS. They participate in lessons involving how taxes apply and why taxes exist. They view Power Point presentations, complete worksheets, and participate in activities on tax...

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