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The Iceberg
Students consider Mongolian and American cultural features. In this global studies instructional activity, students compare an iceberg to cultural features as they brainstorm and discuss visible and invisible cultural features.
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Culture Is Like an Iceberg
Students examine cultural traditions. For this culture lesson, students compare invisible and visible features of culture as they complete an iceberg-themed worksheet.
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Culture is Like An Iceberg
Young scholars examine the different features of culture. They determine which features are visible and invisible. They describe how the two types affect each other.
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The Iceberg
Learners being the lesson by identifying the characteristics of icebergs. Using a worksheet, they read the characteristics of a few of the major cultures found throughout the world and see how many they can identify when viewing a person...
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Building A Solar Still
Students investigate the water cycle by viewing an online video. In this drinking water instructional activity, students create solar stills at their campus in order to purify water that is tainted. Students view a video on their...
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Giving Students a Little Latitude
Young scholars use a world outline map to locate places using coordinates of latitude and longitude. They answer questions about places based on their knowledge of the map and on their research and make up more questions of this sort...
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What Is Culture
Fourth graders investigate the concept of culture. They look into the influences that shape culture and how it effects people and regional areas. Students answer the question of why it is important to study culture to have a better...
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The Death of Old Woman Kelema
Students read various parts of "The Death of Old Woman Kelema". Next, they listen to the author's description of her writing process. In groups, they compare and contrast funerals in Mali with those in the United States. They also...