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Interpreting
and Using
Evidence
Social Studies-Exploring Cultural
Diversity
NYS Social Studies Practice 3.5:
Communities
share cultural similarities and
differences across the world.
Objectives:
When asked the question, What does culture look
like? students will construct a one sentence
response using their understanding of culture, to
be applied to an anchor chart.
Students will compose a 3 to 5 sentence paragraph
about a tradition they have within their family.
The students will complete two social studies
activities centered around defining culture, and
how culture may look.
Student Activity 1: Students will discuss the topic
of culture and what it means. They will brainstorm
these ideas and write one sentence about their
understanding of culture. Their sentence will then
be placed on the anchor chart, What is Culture?
Student Activity 2: The students will create an
illustration of a tradition that they follow within in
their family. They will write 3-5 sentences
explaining that tradition. At the end of their writing
and illustration they will be expected to share out
with the class.
Objectives:
When given the primary source, Discovering
Cultures students will create a graphic organizer
containing the main idea and 4 Details from the
reading.
Students will construct a venn diagram of 4
differences and 4 similarities between themselves
and their selected partner.
Student Activity 1: The teacher will use the primary
source, Discovering Cultures, he or she will read
the source aloud , while displaying the text on the
board, the students will read as they follow along.
The students will be asked to point out key ideas or
important information that they heard at the close
of the reading. Students will work in pairs to
complete a Main Ideas and Details graphic
organizer about What is Culture?
Student Activity 2: Students will work with a
partner to compare and contrast their personal
differences. They will create a venn diagram with
at least 4 differences and 4 similarities about their
culture and their partners culture. They will then
Science-Dust Bowl
During this lesson Students will research the
weather phenomenon that was the Dust Bowl by
reading and listening to texts as well as making
inferences about the events using a series of
pictures. They will describe the weather event that
took place and the cause and effect relationship
that it had on the culture during that time. They
will make comparisons about the lifestyle during
the Dust Bowl to their lifestyle today.
Ecosystem Dynamics,
Functioning, and Resilience- When the
environment changes in ways that affect a places
physical characteristics, temperature, or
availability of resources, some organisms survive
and reproduce, others move to new locations, yet
others move into the transformed environment,
and some die.
Objectives: