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Offline whaleshark

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Culture Around the World
« on: April 07, 2011, 08:32:58 am »
These are some materials I got from Waygook and modified to use for my last winter camp to start discussion about different cultures around the world. 

It's definitely not all-encompassing, but it's a start. 

I used this ppt with my higher-level kids (the camp was for 1st - 6th grades).  I added to the original ppt sections on language and landmarks (thanks to the original poster!).   

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Offline whaleshark

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Re: Culture Around the World
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2011, 08:35:16 am »
Here's a simpler ppt I used with the lower-level Ss. 
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Offline Kenbalcom

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Re: Culture Around the World
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2011, 08:35:43 am »
very good lesson plan...
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Offline whaleshark

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Re: Culture Around the World
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2011, 08:42:00 am »
And lastly, a ppt I used to talk about customs in the east vs. the west.

I know it can be dangerous to generalize this much, but I just wanted to show the Ss a little bit about some of the differences.

Interestingly, the only photo I could find to demonstrate the Korean custom of holding money (and other objects with two hands) was with American money. 
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Offline jenanna

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Our World - Basic Geography
« Reply #4 on: May 11, 2011, 11:19:07 am »
I created this PPT to start our new unit of geography and foreign countries.
I made this with 4-6 grade in mind, but I think it could be modified for other grades as well.
My boyfriend is fluent in Korean and helped with the translations.
I hope you find this useful.  :)
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Offline johnkim

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Re: Our World - Basic Geography
« Reply #5 on: May 11, 2011, 11:32:49 am »
WHOA!!
I know that girl in the Japanese clothing.
Where did you get that picutre??
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Offline jenanna

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Re: Our World - Basic Geography
« Reply #6 on: May 11, 2011, 11:40:53 am »
Quote from: johnkim on May 11, 2011, 11:32:49 am
WHOA!!
I know that girl in the Japanese clothing.
Where did you get that picutre??

It's me!  ;D
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Offline shcmad

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Re: Our World - Basic Geography
« Reply #7 on: May 12, 2011, 01:18:05 am »
Cute Powerpoint! Thanks for posting this, jenanna!  ;)
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Offline cragesmure

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Re: Our World - Basic Geography
« Reply #8 on: May 12, 2011, 01:46:10 am »
Nice job.  I just want to put this out there, though - I'm from Australia and when I was at school (back in the hmm hmm 1980s), we were taught that "Australia" was a continent.  Later on, we were told "Australasia" was correct.  It seems that these days "Oceania" is the more accepted term.  What have others here been taught? 
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Offline Elmacho

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Re: Our World - Basic Geography
« Reply #9 on: May 12, 2011, 07:32:17 am »
It's a guess the place game by giving a few clues.
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Offline wong812

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Re: Our World - Basic Geography
« Reply #10 on: May 12, 2011, 07:43:37 am »
Also. Lionel Messi plays football/soccer in Spain. He is from Argentina and therefore plays for his country. ;D
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Offline Sitruc Eyd

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Re: Our World - Basic Geography
« Reply #11 on: May 12, 2011, 08:13:42 pm »
Quote from: cragesmure on May 12, 2011, 01:46:10 am
Nice job.  I just want to put this out there, though - I'm from Australia and when I was at school (back in the hmm hmm 1980s), we were taught that "Australia" was a continent.  Later on, we were told "Australasia" was correct.  It seems that these days "Oceania" is the more accepted term.  What have others here been taught?

I was always taught Australia, but Wikipedia seems to think that all three are okay: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continent.  My students tend to know "Oceania" as the answer, so I usually just go with that. 
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Offline StopTheMadness

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Re: Culture Around the World
« Reply #12 on: January 15, 2012, 09:11:21 pm »
Some more materials:

- an interactive introduction to the continents
- write the continents sheet
- match the thing to the continent worksheet
- guess the flag colour game
- make your own flag sheet

EDIT: I used a traceable font for the 'write the continents' sheet called Print Clearly Dashed, which I downloaded here: http://www.bvfonts.com/fonts/fonts.php?show=free&by=date
« Last Edit: January 16, 2012, 11:20:08 am by StopTheMadness »
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