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Edu 280 Assignment 2 Updated
Edu 280 Assignment 2 Updated
Edu 280 Assignment 2 Updated
Edu 280
Fact: Nearly every region of the world has influenced American culture, most notably the
Generalization. The United States is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world.
The cultures of Native Americans, Latin Americans, Africans and Asians have all helped shaped
Cultural traditions for Kindergarten with a learning objective of being able to recognize
and describe how families have both similar and different characteristics. I would teach this
lesson by reading a book called All Families Are Special by Teresa Flavin and Norma Simon. I
would then ask open ended questions such as how is your family special? I would then chart all
I would send home with the students a template that consisted of simple questions on
how about their family; family traditions, where are they from and if and how they celebrate any
holidays. The students may bring along with the template something that represents their family
traditions; food, artifact or a photograph. The students would explain to the class about their
Cultural Differences for First Grade with a learning objective of that all students will be
able to learn more about their cultural backgrounds as well as of other cultural backgrounds, will
be exposed to different nationalities, cultures and will become more globally aware. I would start
off the lesson by the book A Ticket around the World by Natalia Diaz and Melissa Owens. I
would then show the students a map of the world and ask them to recall the different countries
the character visited and mark them on the map as the students recall.
I would then hand out a map worksheet for the student to take home to their families and
mark where they are from. The students would also need to find out some information about
their culture; such as traditional dance, traditional clothing, music or food. The students can
bring in these artifacts or pictures to show off what they have learned about their culture and
where they come from on the globe. We would then mark on the class map where each student’s