2-1.1 Links to Important Information
Vocabulary
- cultural region
- cultural diversity
- Language
- customs
- Economic activities
Streamline SC
- Diversity Elementary: Culture and Ethnicity
- Children In Other Lands
- Customs Around The World
Suggestions
- Talk about the different regions of the United States and how they do things differently: United States five regions Also talk about the different immigrants into the country and how they have different customs than here.
- Just for fun...Tell the children that you do not understand what they are saying and they will have to do something besides talk to me to tell me what they want such as a drink of water or to go outside.
- Watch the videos and talk about the different people in these videos and how they are different from the things your family does and believes.
- Use the books below to talk about the many different cultures in this country.
- Second Grade Dictionary
Books
- I Am Chinese American by Amy Lee
- I Am Indian American by Jane Stuart
- I Am Irish American by Ellword Connor
- I Am Italian American by Brenda DePalma
- I Am Japanese American by Vivian Emery
- I Am Korean American by Robert Kim
- I Am Mexican American by Isoebel Seymour
- I Am African American by Ruth Turk
- I Am Polish American by Samuel Kapowski,
- I Am Vietnamese American by Felice Blanc