05+Culture

=﻿Teaching Culture =

=Website = Description: This is a website about Japanese culture designed specifically for children. The site allows students to learn different parts of the Japanese culture through articles, games, and virtual demonstrations. [|Kids Web Japan]

=Worksheet = Description:This website is gaged specifically for ESL students. It has tons of resources of different exercises that are easy for ESL students to use and engage in. Specifically, I like how some of the graphic organizers tie into specific students home cultures. This allows for student's cultures to be honored and utilized for instruction. [|ESL Kids World]

=Video = Description: This is a good video to use to demonstrate how and why cultures are different and why they sometimes clash. This could be used from community building in your classroom.This could also be tied to a history lesson to describe some of the underlying issues of WWI and WWII. [|Culture Clash]

=Game = Description: This is a website that describes different games that can be played with students to enhance understanding about different cultures and their way of life. [|Multicultural Activities]

=Quiz = Description:This quiz would have to be modified slightly to cognitive level and the particular area of study however it would be a good assessment to use to pre-assess your class before a new unit. [|Culture and Customs]

=<span style="color: #008080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Lesson Plan = <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Description:This website has tons of different lesson plans but this one in particular is for younger students to look at the culture they live in and identify what makes their own culture unique. <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">[|National Geographic]