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Culture of Interest

Description: 

 

In this unit, students will choose a culture from somewhere in the world to research and present. Students will be expected to gather information from a variety of sources and note that information down. Students will then choose a medium for presenting their information in a Seesaw video and in-person to community members.

Learning Targets: 
Define culture.
Identify important aspects of culture.
Use multiple sources to find out important information about a topic.
Choose a medium for presenting information clearly.
Link: 
Culture of Interest Unit
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1eydq5jmMYQcftNLD6OMn28WUVaEu8f69_q7YeN4PXCw/edit
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Author: 
luketwillson
Content Area: 
Social Studies
Geography
Language: 
English
Resource Type: 
Unit
Licensing: 
Creative Commons Licence
Grade: 
2
Common Core Language Arts
Common Core Language Arts: 
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.CCRA.W.2
Tags: 
culture
geography

How are the standards/objectives assessed?

Students complete a Kahoot to assess their knowledge of vocabulary. (formative)

Students answer embedded questions in an edpuzzle video (summative)

Students make a short video using Seesaw that shows the different parts of an informational poster/brochure/info book (summative)

 

Students fill out a graphic organizer that includes different aspects of culture based on a virtual visit of another culture. (formative)

Students verbally present information they recorded from their virtual visit to another culture. (formative)

Students present their research on a culture to parents and other community members. (summative)

Student prerequisite skills and knowledge

All necessary skills (such as how to use Seesaw, Culturegrams, etc.) can be embedded into the instruction.

How is the concept or procedure explained or demonstrated?

Students show artifacts from their own families.

Students choose a culture that they are interested in. Their presentations may include observations about similarities and differences between their local communities and those in another place.

Students create an informational presentation about a culture of their choice. This is presented online and in-person.

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

How cultures are expressed.

How we are connected to different cultures.

How to research something one wants to know more about.

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

One of the biggest challenges of this unit is making it culturally relevant. One of the best ways to facilitate this as a teacher is to connect with parents. They will be able to help you guide students towards their own family's cultural heritage. However, there may be some families that are not aware of (or don't think positively about) their cultural heritage. In these cases, I found it most effective to have one-on-one conversations with students to help them choose a culture they connect with because of their personal interests or help them recognize the uniqueness and value of their home culture.