At a Glance:
| Grades: | 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 |
|---|---|
| Subject: | World Languages |
| Topic: | Expression, Communication, Culture, Tradition, Presentation |
| Lesson Length: | 45 mins - 1 hour |
Standards / Framework:
What will students learn in this activity?
Students will investigate, explain, and reflect on the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.
What should students know before this activity?
Students should be able to express traditions common to their culture.
How can teachers introduce this lesson?
- Ask students:
- “What family traditions do you have?”
- “How can we share our culture or background?”
- “What cultural tradition do you want to explain to others?”
What will students do?
- As a class, have students discuss different traditions that come from their background or culture.
- Have students discuss different ways to share or talk about their traditions.
- Using the sample comic as a guide, have students create a comic that describes a tradition of their choice.
How can teachers wrap up the lesson?
- Have students share their comics with the class or in small groups.
- Have students explain why they chose the tradition featured in their comic.
- Discuss why it’s important to talk about culture and traditions in a different language.
- Emphasize that learning languages also involves learning about and comparing traditions and cultural norms.
How can teachers differentiate this activity?
- Allow students to use the speech-to-text feature.
- Allow students to work in pairs or groups as needed.
- Allow students to use the voiceover feature to read their comics aloud.
- Allow students to use digital dictionaries/translators as appropriate for your class policy.
- Students may find it helpful to draft their descriptions in English first, then the target language, if they find it difficult to create original sentences in the target language.
- Help students identify and define what “culture” might mean, whether related to their family background or the community to which they belong.
- Help students identify images of cultural traditions, e.g., dress, decorations, etc.
- For younger grades, provide books with pictures of some traditional cultural events, dress, etc.
- Allow students to use digital dictionaries/translators as appropriate for your class policy.
Related Resources:
- Comic to print or display: Comic.
- T-Chart
- Main Idea Web
- Concept Map
- Lined Venn-Diagram
- Venn-Diagram
Related Content:
Native American Heritage
Filipino-American Heritage
Hispanic Heritage
Asian Pacific American Heritage
Italian-American Heritage
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