Theme: |
Appreciating Cultural Diversity in American Society
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Grades: |
K - 2
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Subject: |
Social Studies
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Duration: |
2 class periods (not including time to read novel)
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Standards
& Goals: |
New Jersey State Core Curriculum Standards
Standard 6.1: All students will utilize historical thinking, problem solving and research skills to maximize their understanding of civics, history, geography and economics.
Standard 6.3: All students will demonstrate knowledge of world history in order to understand life and events in the past and how they relate to the present and future.
Note that standards in this lesson plan are for example only. This lesson can be easily adapted to meet your state's specific standards.
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Objectives: |
Students will:
- Listen to and/or read and discuss the book I Hate English! by Ellen Levine.
- Research the demographics of their neighborhoods to find out about the different ethnic backgrounds of the people who live there.
- Conduct a survey to determine the various ethnic backgrounds in their class or school and report the results.
- Plot the various countries that make up their school and neighborhood population on a world map.
- Learn a phrase in a new language.
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