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Children Around the World

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Students consider the impact of family differences. In this culture lesson plan, students choose from a variety of cultures to research how children grow up differently in each family. Students use a variety of resources to discover the education, privileges, and responsibilities children have given their particular cultural circumstances.

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responsibility, cultural awareness

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children, culture, family, privileges, responsibilities, world, english language arts
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Grade
K - 5th
Subjects
English Language Arts
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2 days
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