Learning Objectives

• Find the instructional supports available in the resource.
• Find CultureGrams: Kids, States, Provinces, and World editions on the INFOhio website: www.infohio.org
• Create a lesson plan to integrate CultureGrams: Kids, States, Provinces and World editions into classroom instruction.

 

Teaching Activities 

CultureGrams has a collection of 78 teaching activities for educators to use alongside classroom instruction. These are created for Kindergarten through fifth grade students. The teaching activity categories include:

• Creative Projects: Design or construct an item.
• Discussions: Discuss questions or issues to be discussed in groups or as a class.
• Games: Complete the game as a group or individually.
• Presentations: Prepare a presentation for the class. 
• Problem Solving: Analyze information. 
• Research: Read assigned materials and summarize their findings.
• Writing: Write an essay or creative work. 

Look at the features of a sample teaching activity in the graphic below.

Activity Plan Features:

1. Activity title and category
2. Grade level
3. Plan objectives
4. Activity-related Common Core Standards and National Curriculum Standards 
5. Time Requirement, including activity preparation and duration
6. Materials needed
7. Step-by-step instructions
8. Extension Activity for differentiating learning

Create a Lesson Plan

Download the CultureGrams: Kids, States, Provinces, and World editions Lesson Plan Template from the exercise files at the bottom of this page. Consider the discussions and reflection you have engaged in and the materials you have learned about so far. Use the lesson plan template to create a standards-aligned CultureGrams lesson for your students. 

Reflecting on Your Learning

Answer the following question(s) in the Open Space group titled CultureGrams: Kids, States, Provinces, and World editions. Find the discussion post titled CultureGrams Lesson Plans. Reply to the thread and respond to other participants' answers. 

1. Describe your CultureGram Lesson Plan here. Which edition did you use? What are the objectives? What standards does it cover?