Multicultural Lesson Plans

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TITLE:

Multicultural Journeys.

CREATED BY:

Paulette Buster (in ETEC 657, Integrating Computers into the Curriculum)

SUBJECT:

Multicultural Education, Speech Communication, Reading, Language Arts/English

GRADE LEVEL:

7 - 12.

OBJECTIVES:

1. Students will be able to (SWBAT) describe and explain significant characteristics of other countries.
2. SWBAT compare and contrast other countries with the United States.
3. SWBAT observe and identify some cultural aspects of other countries (i.e. foods, clothing, religion, and language.
4. SWBAT analyze and evaluate the similarities and differences between the cultures of other countries.

• Computers.


• Access to the Internet or WWW.


• Software (i.e Infopedia, or other reference/resource software available).


• Pencil


• Journal or Notebook


• Paper


• Posterboard


• Markers, Crayons, or Watercolors

ACTIVITIES:

1. Students will be placed in groups (no more than 3 per group) and they will select a country they are interested in researching.
2. Students will then go to the library and do preliminary research on the country they selected. and outline the information in three parts ( a part for each group member to research).
3. Students will go to the computer lab and access the Internet for research on the their country.
4. Students will E-mail the country's tourist department for information about the country or write a traditional letter of interest.
5. Students will keep a journal or notebook of all information and research.
6. Each group will make a presentation in the form of an advertising campaign for the country they selected (including a poster, slogan and jingle) this will be presented to the class.

Students will design two questions from each presentation for World Jeopardy (a spin off of the television game show Jeopardy). At the end of all presentations, students will play World Jeopardy to recall some facts about the different countries. Each student will have to write a critique of each presentation (in order to give some constructive feedback). Also, each student will have to write a personal response of what they did or did not learn from the activities. Each student will receive an individual and group grade to be averaged together for an overall grade.