Lesso Plas for Teachers Kidergarte - Grade 3 Copyright 2011 by Little Pickle Press LLC
Table of Cotets Overview 3 Project 1 Food ad Taste as a Global Exploratio 4 Project 2 Music as a Global Exploratio 7 Project 3 World Laguages as a Global Exploratio 10 Additioal Resources 14
Overview I What Does It Mea To Be Global?, author Raa DiOrio creates a lauchig pad for youg childre to ask questios about the greater world ad its peoples. I a humorous way, the picture book begis with examples of what beig global is NOT. From there the book addresses more serious topics ad offers a sprigboard for teachers to ecourage childre s exploratio of global awareess, icludig kowig that: Commuity is a group of people with commo iterests Citizes are members of a global commuity Cultures are commuities that share values, beliefs, ad customs Values are what people thik is importat Diversity meas differeces Traditios are beliefs ad customs that parets teach their childre The text exposes childre to diverse cultures ad fosters attitudes of curiosity ad respect. Childre lear how they are similar to their peers across the world, but also lear to explore ad appreciate how they differ as well. What Does It Mea To Be Global? is a perfect startig poit for relevat classroom activities. Classroom activities i this istructioal uit tap ito childre s various perspectives icludig: their seses, their talets ad iterests, their shared laguages, ad their values. Cultural iflueces, drawig first from studets families ad commuities, are explored ad offer childre richer ad broader views of life ad families aroud the world. The activities also eable teachers to cultivate character developmet through the pillars of commuity, commuicatio, ad midfuless. This uit icludes three lesso plas as well as supplemetal olie resources to augmet the more straightforward projects. The desig of each pla allows teachers to build ad embellish the activities to a level that best suits the eeds of their classroom. Each lesso ca be taught i class as described, though optios for extesio ad a itegrated commuity project are icluded as well. At each grade level, the lessos alig with the Commo Core State Stadards Iitiative for Speakig ad Listeig (http://www.corestadards.org/the-stadards/eglish-laguage-arts-stadards). The Commo Core was recetly adopted by the majority of states ad is especially pertiet for educators i the Uited States. What Does It Mea To Be Global? is a picture book prited o recycled materials usig soy iks ad is a excellet additio to every school library. Please visit the liks at the ed of the lesso plas to see all of our products.
Project 1 Food ad Taste as a Global Exploratio Backgroud Why do we eat? To stay alive, most certaily, but we also eat for ejoymet ad as a form of social cotact ad celebratio. May foods are made especially for holidays or other celebratios, as well as to provide comfort i sad times. Sharig meals is a global practice foud amog almost all people ad cultures of the world. Objectives Studets will develop a awareess of the diverse foods cosumed by childre worldwide. Studets will build a uderstadig of the coectio betwee food ad culture, ad of the evirometal factors that cotribute to this coectio. Studets will experiece productio ad cosumptio of multicultural gastroomy. Studets will uderstad that while there is substatial diversity i the form that food may take aroud the world, there are parallels i its fuctio that serve to uite childre worldwide.
Focal Activity Itroductio May similar types of foods are shared by people across coutries, for example, pickles! What are pickles? I America ad Europea coutries, they are made of certai kids of cucumbers. Why did people start makig pickles? To preserve foods they grew durig the summer because there were o refrigerators. Today some people still must preserve food i this way i order to have food i cold moths whe gardes do t grow. Picklig is oe of may ways to preserve food, ad other foods besides cucumbers ca be pickled. Guidig Questios Ask the class to thik about differet pickled foods they kow of which could iclude the followig: Sauerkraut from Germay Kimchi from Korea Hot peppers from Mexico Carrots ad oios from Frace Olives from Italy Hotdog relish from America Classroom Activity Share assorted pickled foods with childre i the class ad let them decide which they like best. The ask them these questios: What kids of pickles or pickled foods do they eat at home? Does ayoe at their home make homemade pickles? Which ethic pickled foods are their favorites? Pickles are ow cosidered to be a very healthy food that aids i digestio ad it is recommeded we all eat somethig pickled every day. [Food allergy alert: some ethic pickled foods, like Idia relish, cotai groud peauts, so be sure to check igrediets before sharig i your classrooms.] See the followig liks for additioal iformatio about pickles: Wikipedia article about picklig: http://e.wikipedia.org/wiki/picklig A etire webpage devoted to the pickle: http://awesomepickle.com/archives/tag/pickle-history 20 Pickle recipes: http://www.caadialivig.com/food/meus_ad_collectios/caig_ad_preservig_ summer_fresh_pickle_recipes_php Pickle Makig Recipe YouTube video: http://whatscookigwithkids.com/2009/08/04/makig-refrigerator-pickles-with-kids/
Extesio Activity Assist studets i platig a edible garde i your classroom. Eat the rewards of your labor together! Cosider what homegrow food childre from aroud the world might eat. Comprehesive Commuity Project Pla a multicultural feast i your classroom. Each child ca brig a food item traditioal to his or her heritage. Childre might also choose to research the food of a culture they are iterested i ad experimet with makig this food. Ivite studets families ad other classrooms to partake i the feast. Character Buildig Coectios Shared values to explore i this exercise iclude appreciatio, diversity, culture, carig, traditios, gratitude, ad maers. This exercise is also a excellet opportuity to teach food maers which iclude: Sayig please i various laguages Tryig a bit of everythig eve if you do t thik you will like it Actig polite eve if you do t like somethig do t hurt the cook s feeligs Sayig thak you i various laguages Chewig with your mouth closed Not talkig while your mouth is full Additioal Olie Resources Ivetio of caed foods: http://www.teachervisio.fe.com/ivetios/lesso-pla/4812.html?detoured=1 A assortmet of videos about table maers: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pll5takej8&feature=results_mai&playext=1&list=p LF9D819BDE4AB503B Garde classroom resources: http://commuitygarde.org/rebeltomato/fruits/garde-classroom.php Food ad multiculturalism: http://www.kidactivities.et/category/diversitymulti-culturalthrough-food-ad-other- Ideas-.aspx
Project 2 Music ad Dace as a Global Exploratio Backgroud Almost everyoe i the world ejoys music. There are may kids, from old folk music that is differet i each coutry to moder music which is ow shared aroud the world o a daily basis through various forms of techology. We kow people have created ad played music for more tha 40,000 years because a flute made from a cave bear boe was discovered from that aciet time. May musical istrumets ad kids of music have bee created sice the. For example, various types of guitars ad accordios are shared i may cultures aroud the world. Equally popular aroud the world are percussio istrumets to create beat ad rhythm ad iclude the followig types: sticks, rattles, bells, triagles, tambouries, drums. Objectives Studets will develop a uderstadig of the varied purposes for makig music, as well as a awareess of the messages that music ca covey. Studets will also lear how music ad dace ca be itegrated to commuicate ideas. Studets will desig musical istrumets from aroud the world ad use these istrumets to create music with peers. Studets will uderstad that while there is substatial diversity i the forms that music ad dace may take aroud the world, there are parallels i their fuctios that serve to uite childre worldwide.
Focal Activity Itroductio We ca play istrumets by ourselves or we ca play i a group, which takes more cooperatio ad practice. These are importat distictios. What are some reasos people play music? For etertaimet To be happy To have somethig to dace to To be comforted if they are sad To celebrate somethig like a weddig To be creative ad ivet somethig ew Guidig Questios Why do you play music? Do you play music o a istrumet? What kid? O a radio? O a ipod? What is your favorite kid of music? What kid of music do your parets like? What about your gradparets? Do you ever liste to music from aother coutry? Which coutry? Classroom Activity Provide studets with a opportuity to create musical istrumets from aroud the world. Ecourage studets to play their istrumets both idividually ad i cojuctio with others. See the followig liks for directios o how to make each istrumet: Drum - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soa_4on8lxc Tambourie - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9qmqzxiykyk&feature=fvsr Maracas - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zavj78r_67g&feature=fvsr Rai Stick - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfyprpyx34e Guitar or Lute - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp2bzxpt5o8 Hor - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcd-7qyea1c Chimes - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbpuwvzxa_q Extesio Activity A music project offers may opportuities for broader iter-departmetal study ad classroom demostratios. Ivite a music teacher to share various types of guitar music from aroud the world ad perhaps egage childre i performig similar childre s sogs i multiple laguages. You might also ivite a collector to model differet ethic percussio istrumets that childre could hadle.
Comprehesive Commuity Project Because music is so closely liked to dace, a demostratio of several folk daces, particularly oe from a local ethic group, would be very iterestig. For example, the compariso betwee Mexica ad Germa folk daces would egage childre, as would listeig to the similarities ad differeces i the two music styles (Aother optio here would be a compariso of the rai daces performed by Native Americas ad peoples of South Africa). Studets could practice dacig some simple steps themselves ad perhaps icorporate the istrumets they created durig the classroom activity. This demostratio might be a excellet way to egage paret ad commuity participatio i the classroom. I additio, folk costumes wor by musicias ad dacers would add aother ejoyable dimesio for childre to explore. Character Buildig Coectios Shared values for teachers to cosider durig this exercise iclude respect, friedship, mutual uderstadig, culture, coectedess, cooperatio, appreciatio, traditios, sharig, ejoymet, practice, exploratio, imagiatio. Oce agai, there is opportuity to demostrate gratitude ad maers to guests built ito the exercise. Be sure to thak your guests for visitig ad sharig ad have the childre do so as well, perhaps i various global laguages. Additioal Olie Resources A overview of music history from Wikipedia: http://e.wikipedia.org/wiki/music History of the guitar: http://e.wikipedia.org/wiki/guitar Excellet recordigs of various global had percussio istrumets: http://e.wikipedia.org/wiki/had_percussio A shoppig resource for world istrumets: http://www.worldmusicalistrumets.com/ Makig simple musical istrumets: http://tlc.howstuffworks.com/family/musical-istrumets-for-kids.htm
Project 3 World Laguages as a Global Exploratio bojour ciao i hao shalom jambo aluu oi hello hola Backgroud Did you kow that there are more tha 8,000 laguages i the world today? Far from beig mooligual, eve the U.S. is a highly multiligual coutry. The umber of laguages spoke i the Uited States is 311. Of these, 162 are idigeous, ad 149 are immigrat laguages. Eglish is spoke by the most umber of coutries i the world. Objectives Studets will lear about the oral, writte, ad gestural features of world laguages. Studets will also develop a uderstadig of how childre aroud the world use laguage to commuicate. Studets will practice usig compoets of diverse laguages to commuicate with others. Studets will uderstad that while there is substatial diversity i the form that laguage may take aroud the world, there are parallels i its fuctio that serve to uite childre worldwide.
Focal Activity Itroductio Ask the childre if they kow how to say simple words i a laguage other tha their ative oe. How would they say the followig: Hello Goodbye Please Thak you Excuse me Guidig Questios How may laguages are represeted i this classroom? What global laguages are spoke i our commuity? What laguages are spoke at home? What laguages have the childre leared i other coutries they have visited? How multiligual is this class? Classroom Activity Have the childre practice sayig words i differet laguages. Be light-hearted ad use the opportuity to explore how hard it ca be to imitate souds i differet laguages. Practice is importat to get it just right. How may ew words will they remember by the ed of the day or the ext morig? See the followig liks for simple traslatios i multiple laguages: Thak you i may differet laguages: http://www.freelag.et/expressios/thakyou.php Other greetigs i differet laguages: http://users.elite.et:8080/ruer/jeifers/ Essetial phrases i 40 laguages: http://www.bbc.co.uk/laguages/other/quickfix/ Cout to 10 i multiple laguages: http://justmegawatt.com/readables/tutorials/couttote Ask studets how else they might commuicate with each other if they did ot kow more words. Use the followig cues: What are other ways to commuicate besides with words? [gestures or drawigs] How would you ask someoe to follow you? [had motio] Say yes or say o? [shake head] Tell them you are sad? [frow] Tell someoe you are happy? [big smile] All over the world, people share their emotios by frowig whe they are agry, cryig whe they are sad, ad smilig whe they are glad. Laughig ad smilig are good thigs to share with each other every day.
Extesio Activity Play is a essetial elemet i the use ad developmet of laguage. Teach childre games from aroud the world ad ecourage them to thik about how laguage plays a role i the course of the game. See the followig liks for ideas for about iteratioal games for childre: Childre s games from aroud the world: http://coe.idstate.edu/cdoc/2011/kwcurriculum_games.pdf Iteratioal games: http://www.gameskidsplay.et/games/foreig_idexes/idex.htm Iteratioal games database: http://iteratioalgamesdatabase.org/ Traditioal games from aroud the world: http://www.topics-mag.com/editio11/games-sectio.htm Remid studets that laguage comes i a writte form as well. Show childre samples of script i diverse laguages from aroud the world ad ecourage them to idetify similarities ad differeces amog the writig. Studets ca also practice writig letters, symbols, ad characters from other laguages. Childre might be iterested i learig about America Sig Laguage ad similar sig laguages from aroud the world. Studets could lear to sig the alphabet, key phrases, or eve the words to a sog (See http://www.sigigsavvy.com/). They might also be iterested i learig a fu ad silly secret laguage like Pig Lati (See http://igpayatilay.org?/page_id=2)! Comprehesive Commuity Project Ivolve your studets i a pe pal project with a classroom i aother coutry. Oce a series of writte commuicatio has bee received, arrage a Skype call with the classroom so that studets ca use oral laguage to commuicate i real time. Character Buildig Coectios Shared values for this exercise iclude respect, friedship, mutual uderstadig, citizeship, friedship, listeig, cooperatio, flexibility, perseverace, chage, curiosity, ejoymet, practicig acceptace, makig mistakes, ad memory.
Additioal Olie Resources Commo laguages i the world: http://wiki.aswers.com/q/what_is_the_most_commo_laguage_i_the_world Laguages spoke i each coutry of the world: http://www.ifoplease.com/ipa/a0855611.html Liste to Thak You spoke i 21 laguages: http://www.youtube.com/watch?nr=1&v=hp_ql3ql6lu Other greetigs i differet laguages: http://users.elite.et:8080/ruer/jeifers/
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