We are different: We are the same.

The 6th grade unit "We are Different: We are the Same" unites the entire team in learning about the cultures of many countries. In English, students read original folk tales and then write their own. In reading class, students study the culture of China while they read Homesick by Jean Fritz. Research on country maps, facts, and background is done in the library and each research group designs a booklet of information to use when the group "showcases" its country in a presentation to the rest of the class. Presentation time is a full of skits, costumes, music and food.

The 6th grade team also hosts a multi-cultural day on which invited speakers from all the countries come to visit. The students may ask questions and absorb the culture first hand.

On-Line

CIA World Factbook Yahoo - Countries The Embassy Page

Background Notes Yahooligans - Countries Flags of the World

	Culturgram '98	Lands & Peoples
Print	Background Notes of the U.S.Dept. of State	Encyclopedia of World Geography
	Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations	Encyclopedia of World Cultures

Non-Print

UXL Jr. Worldmark

World Book

Encarta Deluxe 2000

	Use the country you are researching.
Keywords	Social life and customs

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