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Children Around the World

**Stage 1 - Identify Desired Results**

 * ==Essential Question: In what ways are children around the world the same and different?==
 * Content Standards:
 * SS-EP-2.1.1--Students will describe cultural elements (e.g., beliefs, traditions, languages, skills, literature, the arts).
 * I can describe elements of culture (e.g., dress, art, language, faith, family, traditions).
 * I can describe my own culture, using the elements of culture.
 * I can identify different elements of culture found in my school and local community.
 * SS-EP-2.1.2--Students will study a variety of diverse cultures locally and in the world today and explain the importance of appreciating and understanding other cultures.
 * I can study other cultures around the world today.
 * I can explain why it is important to study other cultures.
 * I can describe how children from different cultures are alike and different.
 * SS-EP-2.2.1--Students will identify social institutions (government, economy, education, religion, family) and explain how they help the community.
 * I can identify ways students get an education in other cultures.
 * I can identify how families in other cultures describe their way of life.
 * SS-EP-4.3.2--Students will describe how technology helps us to move, settle, and interact in the modern world.
 * I can describe how people move around the world.
 * I can describe different types of homes around the world.
 * SS-EP-2.3.1--Students will describe various forms of interactions (compromise, cooperation, conflict, competition) that occur between individuals/groups at home and at school.
 * I can describe
 * SS-EP-2.3.2--Students will identify appropriate conflict resolution strategies (e.g., compromise, cooperation, communication).
 * Learning Targets

SS-EP-2.1.1, SS-EP-2.1.2, SS-EP-2.2.1, SS-EP-4.3.2, 22-EP-2.3.1, SS-EP-2.3.2 I can describe elements of culture. I can explain why it’s important to study other cultures. I can describe how children from different cultures are alike and different. I can identify ways students get an education in other cultures. I can identify how families in other cultures describe their way of life. I can describe different types of homes around the world. I can describe ways many people live together in a community of many cultures. In what ways are children around the world the same and different? Why is it important to study other cultures? Students will be able to describe elements of culture, describe how children from different cultures are alike and different, and describe how from different cultures interact.
 * __Stage 1:__**
 * Established Goals:**
 * What understandings are desired?**
 * Essential Question:**
 * What key knowledge and skills will students acquire as a result of this unit?**


 * Stage One**

__ Subject __ /__Topics__ - Social Studies, Writing, Reading, Arts and Humanities
==__ Key Words __ - Culture, beliefs, traditions, languages, skills, literature, art, diverse/diversity, government, religion, family, education, economy, community, transportation (move), interact, compromise, cooperation, communication. ==

__ Essential __ __Question__ - In what ways are the children around the world the same and different?
==__ Guiding Questions/Statements (learning targets) __ - What is culture? What are the elements of culture? What is my culture? What is the culture of my friend, school and community? Why do I need to study culture? How are children from different cultures the same and different? What are schools like around the world? What are families like around the world? How do people move/transport themselves in different ways? What types of homes to people live in around the world? How do people get along in different cultures? How do other people solve problems? ==

Stage 2 - Determine Acceptable Evidence
W.1.2- Write an informational text naming a culture, supplying a fact about the culture, and providing some sense of closure. SL. 1.1.c- Ask questions to clear up confusions during class discussion, photo analysis, or read alouds. SL.1.4- Describe people, places, things and events with relevant details, expressing ideas and feelings clearly. RI1.3- Describe the connection between two individuals, events, ideas, or pieces of information in a text.
 * __Stage 2__**
 * What evidence will show that students understand?**
 * Other Evidence**
 * Student Self-Assessment and Reflection**

Stage 3 - Plan Learning Experiences and Instruction

 * __Lesson 1 - What is culture? - Culture and Cultural Elements__**
 * Diversity Elementary - Culture and Ethnicity [|www.unitedstreaming.com]
 * Ask students to brainstorm things that are special about them. Think about your home, the special things your family does, what language you speak, special activities you participate in, etc.
 * Think, Pair, Share - Anchor chart for class discussion.*Discuss with children that the things they disucssed are all things that are special about them. They are the elements of thier culture.
 * PowerPoint describing the elements of culture (beliefs, traditions, languages, skills, literature, art, dance, religion, architecture, clothes, hair). Have students name aspects of these elements that pertain to them and others that they know.
 * Exit Slip - List 3 or more elements of culture.


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