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Children will be able to trace thier heritage, make thier own family albums and get to know thier roots.



Grade Level: 1st Grade Today we learned about culture and diversity. I asked the children if they know what “culture” means. We defined culture and talked about what it involves and the affects it has on us. We talked about the different components like different customs, costumes, national food, folk stories etc.
 * Unit: ** Social Studies
 * Lesson Objectives: **
 * Student will understand that our society is diverse
 * Student will be able to recognize the differences between people but they are all equal
 * Students will become familiar with different holidays
 * Students will understand the importance of culture
 * Time required to complete this lesson: ** A week
 * Title of lesson:** Culture and diversity
 * Description of lesson: **

Find out about the roots of your family, make a family tree and see where your family came from. Then find out more about that place; do a research and find out about the national food, costumes, stories and music.
 * Assignment: **

Pencils, paper, books about culture.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">“Scavenger hunt” as a word document.
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">This lesson changed the teaching since children have all the information they need on that word document. I designed it in a way that it is very easy to follow the instructions, I included pictures and different colors and fonts so it will look more interesting and included lots of websites for them to go and visit and learn about all these different aspects of culture and diversity.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">The technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this way: **

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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Grade Level: 1st grade

Unit: Social studies

Lesson Objectives (include 4 or 5): <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Time required to complete this lesson: 4-6 weeks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student will learn about another race of people and their culture
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student will learn and understand Native American lifestyle and the many different and important contributions they have made to benefit the American people.

Title of lesson: Native American

Description of lesson: For hundreds of years, Native American has been stereotyped. In this unit, children will understand that what they see in movies and television is not always historically accurate. The purpose to this unit and activities is to motivate and to make learning fun and interesting, while covering most subjects and concepts required by the district's curriculum. This unit can be taught at any time of the school year. We will pick a specific tribe and read about it. We will list and learn new vocabulary words. We are going to read books, watch movies, visit a museum, put on a play, get some recipes and cook Native American food and much more.

Assignment:

Parents might want to help as well by talking about this topic, read them a books, take them to a museum or library. Children will be assigned to do a research project in groups and present their work with posters.

Resources/materials needed:

Films, videos, library and coloring books, resource people, museums and art galleries, clay, greenware, ceramics, paints, beads, wire, yarn, weaving needles, cardboard or wooden looms, food stuffs and ingredients, pots and pans and utensils, measuring cups and spoons, silver, turquoise stones, tools for silversmithing, leathers and string for leather tooling, doll faces, paper cups, tissue or paper towel tubes, glue, scissors, pencils, writing and construction paper, crayons and markers.

Technology used: Lots of technology can be used; such as videos, presentations, slide shows. I used Tumbler to create a research project guide for them.

The technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this way: This website changed my teaching by letting me posting everything I needed for them to go online. I listed at least 10 possible websites where they can log on and explore the unit by themselves. This saves time for both me and students and makes learning more fun.



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Denver, Colorado Map <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">

Grade Level: 1st Unit: Social Studies Lesson Objectives : <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Time required to complete this lesson: Couple of weeks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student will understand how to read and use a map
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student will learn about their city

Title of lesson: Places in Denver

Description of lesson: We talked about what a map is and why we need a map. I showed them our Denver map and we located some place on it. We talked about the different places in Denver like the state capitol, Museums etc.

Assignment : Make their own map for their house. They need to understand what a map is and a good way would be to start mapping their own house. Locate their rooms, bathrooms, back yard and put it all together as a map.

Resources/materials needed: Paper, Pencils

Technology used: I used a tool called Mapwing to create a map and students can use it by simply click on several spots and read about it.

The technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this way: This tool changed my teaching by making it simpler and more interesting to students. They can actually learn more about Denver with the websites I provided, read about several places and see some pictures. It just made it more fun.

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[] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Grade Level: 1st- 2nd grade Unit: Social Studies Lesson Objectives : <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Time Required to complete this lesson: about an hour
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student will know how to create a timeline
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Student will be able to <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">arrange events in time-order

Title of lesson: Getting to know Me

Description of lesson:

Students brought in photos that represent them or events in their life. Then i explained to students that one way to portray historical information is with a timeline. Events are depicted in chronological (time) order and are labeled for easy reference. I told students that they are going to construct their own timeline of their life history. I had an example of a previously constructed timeline for students to view.

Assignment : <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">students may construct a timeline of their classroom activities over the year. students may construct a timeline of world events and add to it during the year. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Resources/materials needed: <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> Technology used: I used [|www.timetoast.com]
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">student-supplied photos that portray event(s) in their life.
 * 2) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">assorted magazines
 * 3) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">scissors for each child
 * 4) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">glue for each child
 * 5) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">paper or poster board for timeline
 * 6) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">writing utensils and/or markers
 * 7) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">examples of timelines

The technology used in this lesson changes the teaching / learning in this way:

I had an example of a timeline made for the students and this lesson has improved since they can use this web tool to make all different kinds of timeline by themselves.

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