Friday, October 30, 2009

Cultural Awareness/Heritage Project

Assignment: Your 4th grader needs to have some discussions with relatives over the weekend. Topics for discussion may include: family roots: what countries ancestors came from; when they arrived in America; information about one or two of those countries, including, but not limited to: location of the country, language spoken, foods, dress, traditions, etc. If you have a family tree already done, this would be a good time to pull it out and share it with the family.

I realize that some students may have extensive access to this type of information, while others may have limited information. I would like to see each student come up with a unique project to show and share his or her heritage/culture with the class.

The project/presentation needs to incorporate the following:

· A map or drawing

· A picture/photograph

· An artifact(s) --- examples include: books, trinkets, clothing, letters, dolls, newspaper articles, anything that represents part of their heritage!

· A story

I demonstrated a project for the class, so the students should have some ideas of what I am expecting. Have fun doing this project!

Due Date: Thursday, November 5th

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