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Hispanic Heritage - Culmination and Fiesta

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders learn the meaning of a Fiesta and the tradition of the Pinata. They eat authentic Mexican food. They participate in games and fun activities celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month. They share one thing they learned about the...
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Winter Holiday Activities Extravaganza

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students define culture and explore elements that are part of the custom or culture of a place.  For this holiday lesson, students identify the cultures they participate in.  Students identify the differences in people's cultures....
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A Sense of Place

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students evaluate stories, customs, and pieces of literature and draw conclusions about people who have lived in New Mexico. They analyze how water helps define the character of an area.
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Ethnic Folklore in Your Classroom: Traditions, Tales, and Treasures from Tijuana to Timbuktu

For Teachers Pre-K - Higher Ed
Students create their own festival. In this folk life lesson plan, students research their folklore history by interviewing their parents and grandparents, organizing the data found, and presenting that material to the class. Students...
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Using Connecting Themes in First Grade Social Studies

For Teachers 1st - 3rd Standards
Foster contributing members of society with a social studies unit focused on five aspects of community. First graders discuss themes of culture, groups, location, scarcity, and change with discussion questions and activities about...
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Virtual Winter Count

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Learn more about the North American Plains Indian tribes and their unusual methods of recording historical events. Learners examine the winter count, a custom by which these groups illustrated information after each winter passed. They...
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Australian Christmas Stamps

For Teachers 1st - 6th
Research Christmas traditions and the December climate in Australia. Discover Australia's custom of lowering postage rates at the holiday season and creating a yearly stamp. Realize that Christmas in Australia is during the summer season...
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Chinese And Japanese Tomb Cultures

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine burial customs in ancient China and Japan comparing those customs to burial traditions from other cultures. This lesson leads to group creative projects of mock "tombs".
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Mile in My Moccasins

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students recognize the value of giving to the community by looking at examples of sacrifices and traditions of Native Americans. In this Native American lesson, students given examples of philanthropic deeds of Native American people....
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"Power: Abuse and Resistance

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders will use the camera as an instrument of self-expression (photography) and gain cultural appreciation and a sense of pride from greater understanding of self through their family heritage, customs and traditions. Then...
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The Cultures of Africa

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders study the people of Africa, the animals of Africa, and the customs and traditions of the African people. Song and dance are a central part of the African culture, therefore the focus is primarily on those two aspects. They...
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Where I Come From

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine family traditions as a microcosm of larger cultures. They examine their own family traditions to identify how beliefs, values, and customs vary from culture to culture and how those traditions influence their...
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New Year Celebrations in China (Chun Jie)

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders compare and contrast the traditions and customs of the holiday with those in Korea and Japan. They express themselves with few non-native grammatical errors in speaking and writing; develop and use background...
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Country Cookbook

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students, in groups, create menus for five traditional meals from a country of their choice. They create a cookbook that includes all the recipes and describes when the traditional dish would be served.
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Mosaic America: Paths To The Present

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders study the ideologies of life, values, love, peace and struggle of African Americans, Latinos and Native Americans as citizens of the United States. Authors and artists are used as tools to open the eyes of the students...
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Reader's Theatre for The Little Red Hen Makes A Pizza

For Teachers 1st - 2nd
Students participate in reader's theatre. In this compare and contrast instructional activity, students read the book The Little Red Hen Makes a Pizza. This instructional activity promotes fluency and expression. Students also read the...
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Virginia Colony and England

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Learners identify how cultural landscapes reflect beliefs, customs, and architecture of people living in those areas. Then they identify that Virginia developed a unique culture different from that of England. Students also research...
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The Family: Louisiana Family Folklore

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students determine that all families create and pass on folklore. They research stories of their own names and draw parallels between their own and others' naming traditions. They infer characteristics of their communities' history...
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Passover

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders examine the history of the Passover holiday and the Seder traditions. They read and discuss a handout, answer discussion questions, read the book "Matzoh Mouse," identify the fourteen steps of the Seder, and take a quiz.
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Winter Olympic Games Lesson Plans

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
While the world watches the Winter Olympic Games, children can learn about the history, and traditions of this great event.
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Folklife Around the Year and Around the State

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Research how seasonal changes in Louisiana affect learners' lives and the folklife of their communities and the state. They investigate differences in the seasonal round in the regions of Louisiana, including celebrations, festivals,...
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Cultures and Cuisines WebQuest

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners create and present a powerpoint presentation.  In this cultures and cuisines research lesson, students select a country, interview someone from that country and visit a restaurant from that country.  Learners complete research...
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Halloween

For Teachers 2nd - 4th
Discover the origins and traditions of Halloween with a crafty lesson plan! Second graders create bats, monsters, witches, and ghosts with masks and puppets. Next, they share their work with their classmates in a fun celebration.
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Celebrate Native American Heritage

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students examine Native American heritage. They explore a museum of Native American culture and explore their food, dress, and customs. They also explore the Native Americans role in the first Thanksgiving.

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