Cultural Diversity Lesson Plans

1. Treasure Hunt - Geography and Cultural Diversity along the Journey to the West
Close Lesson Plan Print Lesson Plan You are viewing 6th grade curriculum Lesson Title: Treasure Hunt - Geography and Cultural Diversity along the Journey to the West Goals for lesson To understand that China is a very big and diverse country geographically and culturally. To become familiar with a few distinct areas and cultures in China. Standards met in Social Studies curriculum/Concepts and themes The civilizations and cultures o...

2. Transplanting a Tradition: Li Huayi - KQED EdNet
KQED _ KQED Home Support KQED About KQED Radio TV Programs A-Z Topics KQED Education Educator Resources New Search Network Transplanting a Tradition: Li HuayiTransplanting a Tradition: Li Huayi Li Huayi, a painter of propaganda posters during the Cultural Revolution, reinvigorate the centuries-old tradition of Chinese landscape painting with his own, wholly contemporary vision. This Educator Guide explores the Chinese Cultural Revolution and Landscape Painting as well as contemporary painting. PDF DOWNLOAD (PDF) _ Grade Range K-12 Topics Social Studies - Diver...

3. What Is Culture? - KQED EdNet
KQED _ KQED Home Support KQED About KQED Radio TV Programs A-Z Topics KQED Education Educator Resources New Search Network What Is Culture? In this lesson students will do activities which will help them to observe customs and behaviors and develop awareness about the cultural groups they identify with. This includes an activity about observing their classroom culture and an activity to observe their family's culture. PDF DOWNLOAD (PDF) _ Grade Range 4-12 Topics Social Studies - Diversity, World History View other educator _ resources in these areas: _ Bay Area Mosaic Resource Subt...

4. Turbans: Ties to Religion and Culture - KQED EdNet
KQED _ KQED Home Support KQED About KQED Radio TV Programs A-Z Topics KQED Education Educator Resources New Search Network Turbans: Ties to Religion and Culture The purpose of this lesson is to encourage students to examine various aspects of cultural identity. The students will view the film Turbans, which focuses on a Sikh family's immigration to Oregon in the early 1900s. PDF DOWNLOAD (PDF) _ Grade Range 4-8 Topics Social Studies - Diversity View other educator resources in Resource _ these areas: Type Lesson Plan _ Subtopics: Bay Area Mosaic Diversity...

5. Immigration: A Vision & A Dream - KQED EdNet
KQED _ KQED Home Support KQED About KQED Radio TV Programs A-Z Topics KQED Education Educator Resources New Search Network Immigration: A Vision & A Dream In this lesson, students will explore issues surrounding immigration, assimilation and maintenance of cultural identity. PDF DOWNLOAD (PDF) _ Grade Range 7-12 Topics Social Studies - Diversity, US Government, US History View other educator resources in these areas: Resource _ Type Lesson Plan Subtopics: Diversity _ US Government Bay Area Mosaic US History This educator guide is part of KQED's Program Bay Area Mosaic P...

6. Demographics and Cross-Cultural Origins
THE CARIBBEAN Demographics and Cross-Cultural Origins Day 5 Goals: 1. Students will learn about the fluctuation in population of different peoples of the Caribbean region. 2. Students will make general predictions about the population of the different kinds of people in the Caribbean for the future. 3. Students will discuss on the affects of the mixing o...

7. Language Arts: Analyzing Perspectives
LOGO - PULSE Analyzing Perspectives Author: Jill Torrey Emmons Time: 1 class period Preparation 10 minutes to Time: copy essay prompt Materials: Copies of essay prompt (optional) Abstract This lesson seeks to help students draw upon what they have learned about cultural influences and relate this to their own lives. First the class will briefly discuss the metaphor of cultural ?lenses?. What is a lens? How do our cultural and personal beliefs become a lens which colors the way we look at life and society? The class will then turn the focus inward and examine these questions...

8. Cultural diversity
Education Partners CNNfyi.com > Lesson Plans Harcourt · From 'acoustics' to 'zoology,' explore our online Dictionary Search of Science and Click to Search! Technology · Learn about the U.S. with our online atlas · Understand the phases of the moon · Online Stanford writing assessment Cultural diversity April 12, 2001 Web posted at: 7:26 PM EDT (2326 GMT) Lesson Plans by month Lesson Plans by subject Curriculum connections: Social studies, diversity issues After students have read CNNfyi.com article, "One school's lesson in diversity," ask the following questions: 1. What is one of the most cultura...

9. Digital Wish
Pride in Diversity - Our Similarities and Differences Make Us Strong Subject(s): English/ Language Arts, Technology Grades K through 8 Original Author: Carol Gockman, Technology Specialist School: Illinois School Park Forest, IL 60466 Our grade K-8 school is rich in racial diversity and variety of cultural backgrounds. We are...

10. The White Screen: Absent Voices in the Media | Lesson
...(handouts, overheads, backgrounders) is available in an About the easy-print, pdf kit Author version. Jane Tallim is MNet?s To open the lesson kit Education Director. for printing, click here. This lesson was created with the financial assistance of Canadian Heritage, To print only this page, Multiculturalism Program. use the "printable version" link at the top of the page. This lesson helps students become aware of the under-representation of First Nations peoples and visible minorities in the media. Students begin with a discussion about different forms of diversity and then read and discuss handouts about re...