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.
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.