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What's on Your Plate?
Students travel the world. For this global studies lesson, students research selected countries and investigate their cultural traditions.
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Zodiac Bookmarks
Students explore the Chinese culture. For this cultural lesson, students create bookmarks using the Chinese Zodiac. Each students uses the zodiac animal from their birth year to make a bookmark.
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A Sense of West Virginia
Students consider their perceptions of the world through their 5 senses while visiting the West Virginia State Museum. In this West Virginia history lesson, students discover how knowing about the past helps with their understanding of...
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South Asians in Canada: Unity through diversity
Ninth graders explore the elements of culture and their role in a multicultural society. For this World History lesson, 9th graders examine the concepts of diversity.
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Cultural Diversity
Students explore cultural diversity. In this secondary mathematics lesson plan, students use jelly beans to explore diversity. Students collect and analyze data into a matrix as they determine probabilities.
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Food and Languages of the World
Students explore and notice how foods from different countries of the world are alike and different. In this food and languages of the world lesson, students examine fruit and bread from a variety of countries around the world....
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Getting to Know You
Students complete an getting to know each other activity. In this personal names lesson, students play a name game, read a book about names, and then discuss why names are important. Students design a name card on oak tag rectangles and...
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Breads Around the World
Pupils read about bread. In this instructional activity studying bread, students read about the history of bread and it's significance around the world. Pupils identify the three main crops used to make bread and ten common types of...
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Create a Holiday: What Will it Be?
Students study holidays and culture. For this customs and traditions lesson plan, students create their own holiday based on traditions and holidays that different cultures currently practice.
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Countries and Cultures
In this countries and cultures worksheet, students write definitions for various terms, complete a description of a trip around Europe by adding articles, and write an essay about places to visit in their own country.
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Cultures around the World
Pupils explore Canadian culture. For this Canadian Culture lesson, students participate in a general discussion about Canada, then create a symbol for Canada as part of a class collage.
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Houses and the People They Shelter
Students examine different homes and shelters across cultures and time periods. In this Houses and the People They Shelter lesson, students draw conclusions about society and culture according to the features of their dwellings. Students...
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Dream Houses
Young scholars explore different types of homes and how the environment effects the types of houses people construct. In this houses lesson plan, students learn about environmental factors and cultural factors that play in to why people...
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Designing Animal Masks
Students explore cultural traditions. In this lesson, about culture, students understand beliefs and traditions of different civilizations. Students analyze the meaning of animals to represent meaning to a culture. Students create a mask...
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Old Mayan Mural
Students read a story called Scientists Discover Oldest Mayan Mural and answer vocabulary and comprehension questions about it. In this current events Mayan mural lesson plan, students respond to literature by answering questions,...
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Seasonal Customs Worksheet
In this seasonal customs worksheet, students sort the customs that are adhered to when families celebrate special seasons or holidays.
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Egyptian Homes
In this social studies worksheet, students work to compare a house in Ancient Egypt to a modern home. They create a venn diagram.
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World Music Tour 4-5
In this music worksheet, students identify and describe world music and the cultures it comes from. Then they identify what a sarod is and what country it comes from. Finally, students practice writing their notes as taught on the sheet.
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Italian Culture Word Search
In this word search worksheet, students search for terms related to Italy and Italian culture. The words include important places, products and languages.
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Alexander the Great
For this word search worksheet, students identify and locate various names related to Alexander the Great. There are 23 names and terms to locate in the puzzle.
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VAcations in Northern California
Students explore the natural resources and National Parks of Northern California that are commonly visited by people traveling in the United States. They use maps to locate various sites, plan a highway travel route and use the internet...
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Systems of Power Against and Within American Indian Communities, 1880-1940
Pupils explore methods and the struggles of power between the federal policies and Native populations. They discuss the issue of controlling the Native Indian population, driving them from their land, and providing a mandatory education...
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Kids Rights
Students engage in a instructional activity that is about their rights. They conduct research on the Direct Kids Gov. website while focusing upon the rights and responsibilities of kids. Students discuss the findings and then take part...
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Haitian Art
Second graders watch "Running the Road to ABC" and observe a map where Haiti is located. They observe pictures of Haitian Art and describe the colors they see via the Internet. They then are assigned individual projects such as drawing a...