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1st Grade
1-1.4
Compare the daily life of families across the world—including
the roles of men, women, and children; typical food, clothes, and style
of homes; and the ways the families earn their living.
Pacing Suggestions:
4-5 days
Suggested Activities:
- Imagine you have a new friend who lives in another country. Write
your new
friend a letter and tell him or her about your life here in the United
States. Include details about how your family lives, what kind of food
you like to eat, and what your hobbies are.
- Locate the country on the globe where your friend lives.
- Read This Is My House by Arthur Dorros. Produce your own illustration
of one of the houses in the book and write a paragraph to tell how
it is like your home and how it is different from your home. Use a
map or
globe to find about where you think this home might be located.
- Imagine you have a new friend who lives in another country. Write
your new friend a letter and tell him or her about your life here in
the United
States. Include details about how your family lives, what kind of
food you like to eat, and what your hobbies are.
- To begin the study, allow students to research about countries. The
students should find out what the people in the country do for a living.
In this case, the students need to specifically focus on what goods
are made in the country. The students should set up a market to sell
some
of these “goods.” See lesson plans link.
- Students can explore various holidays celebrated throughout the world
and compare and contrast different cultures through this study.
- Show students photographs (the Material World poster series is excellent)
of families in other parts of the world. Create a Venn diagram comparing/contrasting
their lives to yours
Suggested Primary Source Documents:
- Pictures and letters about other cultural celebrations, These could
be brought in by the students.
Suggested Lesson Plans:
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