Celebrating Our Differences Around the World
Overview
Students will learn about similarities and differences between their own culture and the culture of other countries. Students will “celebrate our difference around the world” by participating in a vicarious voyage program with Semester at Sea. Students will write letters to their pen-pals and learn about different countries from the letters they receive and through various activities.
Activities
Reading
? Read stories about other countries
? Read letters to pen-pals
? Read letters received from pen-pals
Math
? Keep a record of nautical miles traveled by S.S. Universe Explorer
Science
? Discover properties of sinking and floating
Social Studies
? Cultures of countries visited by pen-pals (focus on food, clothes, music, etc.)
- Bahamas, Cuba, Brazil, S. Africa, Kenya, India, Malaysia, Vietnam,
China, Japan
Art
? Create artwork from countries studied (kufi, ostrich mask, twirling palm puppet, paper uchiwa, Chinese egg panting, Vietnamese dragon, etc.)
Music
? Learn songs from different countries
Writing
? Write to pen-pal
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