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Celebrate Your Culture Lesson PlanCelebrate Your Culture Lesson Plan
Publisher
Missouri Department of Elementary
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3rd
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Social Studies & History
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Duration
30 mins
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Celebrate Your Culture

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After a class discussion about celebrations and customs, class members draw pictures depicting special events from their family cultures. Next, they draw pictures of an event from a different culture and share their work with classmates.

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Concepts

culture, respect, tolerance, social-emotional learning, cultural diversity, cultural traditions, celebrations

Additional Tags

social studies

Instructional Ideas

  • Provide resources about different cultures for students to research before drawing their pictures

Classroom Considerations

  • First of four lessons from the Respecting Individual and Group Differences unit
  • Requires drawing paper or poster board 

Pros

  • Includes a measurable learning objective, essential question, and performance goal
  • Integrates art, social studies, and social and emotional learning 

Cons

  • None

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