Diversity in Second Grade

1. Diversity in Second Grade Michelle Hunt Linda Hicks ED 417 Ohio Strands

2. Contents • American Heritage Activities • American Heritage Web Sites • People in Societies Activities • People in Societies Web Sites • World Interactions Activities • World Interactions Web Sites • Decision Making & Resources Activities

3. Contents 8. Decision Making & Resources Web Sites 9. Democratic Process Activities 10. Democratic Process Web Sites 11. Citizen’s Rights & Responsibilities Activities 12. Citizen’s Rights & Responsibilities Web Sites 13. Science, Technology, & Society Activities 14. Science, Technology, & Society Web Sites

4. American Heritage Activities 1.) Chart occurrences of different cultures into similar times. 2.) Place special occasions of a culture on a time line. 3.) Develop a group project for display in a multi-cultural festival. 4.) Compare and contrast a student’s current culture to the same culture 100 years ago. 5.) Explain the daily life of a historical figure of cultural diversity when they were a child.

5. American Heritage Web Sites 1.) http://www.ausbcomp.com/redman/hopi.htm A site about Indian holidays and historical figures. 2.) http://www.shakunage.org/ Info on the Japanese culture. 3.) http://www.ubp.com/ Site of African American info on art, culture, and figures. 4.) http://www.hispanic.com/ Famous Hispanics. 5.) http://dpls.dacc.wisc.edu/slavedata/index.html Information on the slave movement..

6. People & Societies Activities 1.) Create a Venn Diagram of two individual cultures. 2.) Participate in festivals of a culture, exploring games, food, and traditions. 3.) Using a map students will show where a culture originated from and the path taken to America. 4.) Explain what would change in a student’s life if they lived in a culture other than their own. 5.) Explore individual governments of different cultures and explain how they work.

7. People & Societies Web Sites 1.) http://link.lanic.utexas.edu/menic/ Site for mid east w/ maps, language, etc. 2.) http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/ Info on Native Americans. 3.) http://www.maps.com/?AID=41160&PID=186662 Maps and games about countries. 4.) http://jin.jcic.or.jp/kidsweb/index.html Kids page with information on Japan. 5.) http://www.jewfaq.org/toc.htm Tons of facts on Judaism.

8. World Interaction Activities 1.) Draw a map of a country and give directions for another student to “travel” from one place to another. 2.) Draw a map of a country and surrounding countries, then cut them apart to make a puzzle. 3.) Draw a map of a country and of America in relation to it. Trace the route immigrants took to get to America. 4.) Describe a natural disaster in another country and how if affected the people and environment. 5.) Describe changes a student would experience coming to Dayton, Ohio from another country.

9. World Interactions Web Sites 1.) http://www.kstrom.net/isk/maps/mapmenu.html Native American information including maps. 2.) http://nationalatlas.gov/natlas/natlasstart.asp Making maps of U.S. 3.) http://www.pacificnet.net//jue/docs/asam.html Asian American facts on historical people and the culture. 4.) http://www.etown.edu/vl/ Resource for searching International info. 5.) http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/middle_east.html Maps of the Middle East.

10. Decision Making & Resources Activities 1.) Make a list of resources obtained from another country and explain how those resources are or are not helpful to America. 2.) Make a bar graph showing how many students in the class use a particular resource from another country. 3.) Make-up a resource to sell and devise a plan to promote and sell the product. 4.) Name a resource from another country and explain how our area would be affected if it no longer existed. 5.) Describe what could be substituted for a resource if that resource was no longer available.

11. Decision Making & Resources Web Sites 1.) http://dir.yahoo.com/Regional/countries/china/societyandculture/ Yahoo search for Chinese facts. 2.) http://www.encarta.msn.com/products/info/Africana.asp Encarta’s search for African information. 3.) http://www.lib.uci.edu/rrsc/sasian.html Resources about countries and people of South East Asia. 4.) http://www.princeton.edu/~mcbrown/display/faces.html Site of African Americans in Science. 5.) http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~mideast/inMEres/inMEres.html TONS of info on Arab American issues.

12. Democratic Process Activities 1.) List some laws from another country and explain why they were made. 2.) Explain how laws are enforced in another country. 3.) Create a simulation of the government of a country and demonstrate the creation and passing of a law. 4.) Compare and contrast the law process of another country to that of America. 5.) Explain what would happen if a particular law was eliminated.

13. Democratic Process Web Sites 1.) http://www.hanksville.org/NAresources/ Info on Native Americans. 2.) http://www.jinjapan.org/ Info on Japan. 3.) http://www.msnbc.com/news/AFRICA_Front.asp MSNBC site for Africa info. 4.) http://www.viet.net/ Vietnamese web site. 5.) http://www.shakunage.org/ Info on the Japanese culture.

14. Citizenship Rights & Responsibilities Activities 1.) Explain a crisis or hardship felt in a country and tell what you would do to help ease the problem. 2.) Develop a travel poster for a country working with a group of students. 3.) Students will delegate jobs to each other while researching topics about a country. 4.) Explain the type of government of another country. Tell if that way is fair to all the people who live there. 5.) Create your own government and have other students tell if your way is fair to all people.

15. Citizenship Rights & Responsibilities Web Sites 1.) http://www.thehawksnest.com/html/nativein.html Index of Native Americans. 2.) http://www.peabody.harvard.edu/maria/Apachewomen.html Info on Apache women and their accomplishments. 3.) http://www.hispaniconline.com/ Hispanic current events. 4.) http://www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/meres.htm Documents on Middle Eastern issues. 5.) http://www.kamilat.org/ Issues that affect Muslim women.

16. Science, Technology, & Society Activities 1.) Research the internet on an invention invented outside of the U.S. 2.) Create a word search on the internet using a list of vocabulary words from the study of a country. 3.) Explain the weather pattern of another country and compare it to the weather in the U.S. 4.) Research a historical figure from a country on the internet and explain how they affected history. 5.) Become a pen pal with a student in another English speaking country.

17. Science, Technology, & Society Web Sites 1.) http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/ Make word searches. 2.)http://www.usc.edu/isd/archives/ethnicstudies/jewish_american_resources.html Info on resources about Jewish Americans. 3.) http://www.cacf.org/ Coalition for Asian American children and families. 4.) http://www.pacificnet.net//jue/docs/asam.html Asian American facts on historical people and the culture. 5.) http://www.weather.com/ The Weather Channel site.

18. Conclusion The activities and web sites listed previously could be organized into weekly activities with each week focusing on a particular country or culture. The activities are to promote the awareness and acceptance of cultural differences among all people.