Kellie Poma

EDU 280 Final

Multicultural Lesson Plan

Lesson Plan Title: Your Culture

Concept / Topic To Teach:

Students will be able to learn about their own cultures by doing research and talking to their families
for specific information. Then be asked to present to their classmates. Students will focus on the
many different aspects of each culture.

Specific Objectives:

Students will work on their note taking skills while taking down specific information that they had
researched. Then they will also be required to present to their classmates while their classmates must
take down 5 key points from each presentation.

Required Materials:

Computers

Textbooks

Questions to ask their families

Notebooks for notes

PowerPoint software for presentation

Anticipatory Set (Lead-In):

The instructor will begin the multicultural lesson by having a presentation of their own culture with
key points that they expect to see in everyone else's PowerPoints.

Step-By-Step Procedures:
Step 1: The teacher will have each student write down their culture

Step 2: Each student will be giving a rubric for the assignment with what is expected to be on the
PowerPoint

Step 3: Students will being research on their culture

Step 4: Once all specific points are answered and mentioned the students will begin a presentation

Step 5: Students will present their presentation to their peers

Step 6: During each presentation every student must write down 5 facts for each culture presented

Plan For Independent Practice:

Students will each have to have a list of information from each presentation. They will also be
working on their presentations and projects.

Closure (Reflect Anticipatory Set):

Each student will turn in their presentations for the teacher to review with also a list of the
information from each presentation to be graded

Assessment Based On Objectives:

The instructor will grade the students based on the rubric given at the beginning of the project. They
will receive a total of 100 points. 75 for the presentation given and 25 for their notes that they took
down. They will also be given a participation grade to see how they behave during presentations.

Possible Connections To Other Subjects:

Teachers can use this lesson for just the beginning of the year project so students can get to know
each other. A cooking class could use this lesson and the students could prepare a dish from their
culture.
Lesson Plans from the Web

Aboriginal Hand Prints

http://www.dickblick.com/multicultural/aboriginal/

2nd-3rd Grade

The stenciled hand print and aboriginal style drawings help children to relate to the man from the
Australian Aboriginal Culture stated above, while helping them to understand the use of line in art. A
black paper with white splattered paint was used, but white paper with red (ochre) splattered paint
would make a nice impression also. Construction paper crayons make bright, bold, linear designs
around the hand stencil.

Indian Jewelry

http://www.dickblick.com/multicultural/indianjewelry/

1st Grade

Show different examples of Indian jewelry. Explain briefly that silver is a metal mined in the West,
and turquoise is a stone found in the mountain areas of the West. The Indians, who were very close
to the earth and spiritual people, believed that certain animals, birds, etc. possessed special powers.
They would carve these spirit totems into their jewelry and then wear it.

Children Around the World

http://www.discoveryeducation.com/teachers/free-lesson-plans/children-around-the-world.cfm

Grades K-5

Students will learn the different information from all of the different cultures. They will also be able
to learn about all the privileges that some cultures are blessed with while other cultures have
negative aspects.
Oral Histories

http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=22521

Middle School

This lesson plan introduces students to the life story as a form of documentary expression. Students
are introduced to a variety of life stories from members of minority communities in Utah. Teachers
should have an understanding of the process of oral history and how oral history tells the story of an
individual's life. Teachers should be familiar with the life stories used in this lesson plan, ones taken
from the publication.

Hello Japan

http://www.uen.org/Lessonplan/preview.cgi?LPid=22196

Elementary School

This lesson is designed to introduce students to the ideas of "similarity" and "difference" in identity
and community relationships. Students will learn about Japan, Japanese customs and traditions, and
Japanese people to understand how Japanese cultures and communities and U.S. cultures and
communities are similar and different. Students will become aware of the role Japanese culture has
played in their own community/communities.

Circles of My Multicultural Self

http://www.edchange.org/multicultural/activities/circlesofself.html
Grades: 9 – 12

The Circles activity engages participants in a process of identifying what they consider to be the most
important dimensions of their own identities. Stereotypes are examined as participants share stories
about when they were proud to be part of a particular group and when it was especially hurtful to be
associated with a particular group.
Circles of My Multicultural Self

http://www.dickblick.com/multicultural/buffalohides/

2nd Grade

The Circles activity engages participants in a process of identifying what they consider to be the most
important dimensions of their own identities. Stereotypes are examined as participants share stories
about when they were proud to be part of a particular group and when it was especially hurtful to be
associated with a particular group.

What is Culture?

http://lessonplans.mrdonn.org/worldcultures.html

This lesson will give students a little bit of information on what exactly is culture. Students will be
able to work in groups and also individual throughout this whole project.

Cultural Show and Tell

http://www.eduplace.com/activity/3_2_act1.html

Any age students

Students will research their own cultural heritage and share it with the class in a Show and Tell
presentation

Multicultural Cross-Grade Level

http://www.learnnc.org/lp/pages/3136

Grades 1st-3rd
This study integrates reading, writing, math, and social studies. It is designed to help first and third
grade students relate to other cultures of the world. They will understand and compare the
similarities and differences of children, families, and communities in different times and places. They
will analyze religious and other cultural traditions. They will apply basic geographic concepts.