Unit+5+Cultures

=Key Question: = What happens when two ways of life come together?

=Expanding Concepts: =
 * What can happen when someone's clothes are different?
 * How are communities and families similar around the world?
 * What is gained and lost in a move from one culture to another?
 * How can food from two different cultures be mixed?
 * How are families changed by the kind of place in which we live?

= Web Resources: = [|Arthur's World Neighborhood] Arthur travels around the world - many great pictures, lessons, activities [|Games from Around the World] Games originating from Africa, Greece, Japan & the United States [|Primary Activities] Activities directed towards a multicultural theme [|Brainpop - Cultures] [|Brainpop Jr. - Cultures]

=Reading A-Z: = [|Celebrating Food and Family] - M [|Colleen and the Leprechaun] - M [|Foods Around the World] - M [|Making Rice] - M [|Totem Poles] - M [|Li's Tangram Animals] - M [|China] - O [|Neighborhood Mystery] - O [|C is for Canada] - P [|Cali and Wanda Lou] - P [|Mysteries of the Lost Civilization] - P [|Holidays Around the World] - Q [|Yee Haw! The Real Lives of the Cowboys] - Q [|The Inuit: Northern Living] - R [|Ancient Cliff Dwellers] - S [|Pyramids]- S

=[|Discovery Streaming]: =
 * Several resources are available to support culture instruction

= IS Resources: =

Videos
America's Special Days - 42626-2

= Print Resources: =

=Read Alouds: = The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss

=IS/Library Media Collections: =

Picture Books:
The Long Way to a New Land by Joan Sandin (Level L Kit) A Day's Work by Eve Bunting Coming to America by Betsy Maestro (Level N) Grandfather's Journey by Allen Say Make a Wish, Molly by Barbara Cohen (Level O Kit) The Memory Coat by Elvira Woodruff Too Many Tamales by Gary Soto Escaping to America by Rosalyn Schanzer Journey to Ellis Island by Carol Bierma When Jesse Came Across the Sea by Amy Hest (Kit) How Many Days to America by Eve Bunting (Kit)

Chapter Books:
My Name is Maria Isabel by Alma Flor Ada (Kit) The Orphan of Ellis Island by Elvira Woodruff The Hundred Dresses by Eleanor Estes (Level O Kit) Immigrant Kids by Russell Freedman

= Technology Activities: =


=Inquiry Project: = (Language Arts Standard 1: Students engage in the research process.) Students identify the different ethnic groups that live in their state. After investigating these groups and how their numbers have changed over time, students prepare a list of useful resources for other classes that may want to explore the ethnic history of their state.

This process includes: [|GFPS Research Investigation Technology Integration Resources]
 * Formulating questions
 * Gather and organize information
 * Synthesize your findings
 * Publish and present your findings.