Unit 3-The Many People of a Community ~ We will study the cultures and backgrounds of people who make up different communities.

Main ideas:

1.  People move from one community to another and from one country to another.
2.  Large communities include groups who share a culture or cultures.
3.  Language, customs, religion, food, literature, art, and music are important parts of a culture.
4.  People of many cultures can live together in one country, community, or neighborhood.

Vocabulary Game

Suggested Independent Reading:

Crocodile! Crocodile! Stories Told Around the World by Barbara Baumgartner
The Moving Chair by Barbara M. Joosse
I'm New Here by Bud Howlett

Suggestions to Extend and Enrich this Unit:

Sample food from different cultures.
Interview an immigrant or visitor to our country.
Talk to your relatives about your own family's migration and share the information with your class.
Research another culture.

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