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2nd grade Inquiry into Culture

Description: 

The central idea of this unit is how sharing artifacts is a fundamental characteristic of humans that connects them to each other and culture.

Learning Targets: 
Students will know how stories and artifacts connect people to cultures
Students will know how stories can reflect different cultures
Students will know how individuals reflect on their own cultural connections
Students will be able to Share an artifact brought from home and how it tells us about their culture.
Link: 
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G0P0EZzw4E6HpM3_O2hWbowB9mvcOvtYn4pBy2FaNcQ/...
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1G0P0EZzw4E6HpM3_O2hWbowB9mvcOvtYn4pBy2FaNcQ/edit
Author: 
emilydelong
Content Area: 
Language Arts
Language: 
English
Resource Type: 
Unit
Licensing: 
Creative Commons Licence
Grade: 
2
Common Core Language Arts
Common Core Language Arts: 
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.W.2.2

How are the standards/objectives assessed?

In this unit, the standards are assessed through each student's final piece of writing.  

Student prerequisite skills and knowledge

  • Students need to understand the definition of culture
  • Students need to understand what is an artifact
  • Students need to know how to post to SeeSaw
  • Students need to be familiar with Culture Grams

How is the concept or procedure explained or demonstrated?

The concepts are explained in a number of ways.  Some writing concepts are taught by direct instruction while others are taught in an exploratory/inquiry-based method.  

What concepts or procedures are being explained or demonstrated in this lesson object?

  • What is culture?
  • What is an artifact?
  • How artifacts can tell about a person's culture
  • Writing a narrative piece 

What was your experience, both successes and challenges, using this lesson object with your students?

A challenge with this lesson is getting kids to bring in cultural artifacts.  Many students wanted to bring in a toy, which I ended up allowing students to use to write their narratives.