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Offline ohherro

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Superstitions Lesson
« on: April 27, 2011, 12:19:06 PM »
Please note that I'm American, so this compares and contrasts American and Korean superstitions.

And, this year, May has a Friday the 13th!  OooOoOoO!

The overarching theme is "Cultural Differences".

Here's the plan
Superstition Lesson 40 minutes total
Introduce - Compare/Contrast superstitions 10 minutes
Group students into pairs to complete the true/false worksheet 5 minutes
Review true/false 5 minutes
Have students write 3 Korean superstitions 5-7 minutes
Have each pair present 1 superstition they wrote 15 minutes

Many thanks to this thread for spurring me to make an elementary level superstition plan:
http://waygook.org/index.php/topic,84.0.html

If you have game ideas, it would be much appreciated if you shared.
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Re: High Level Elementary School Superstition Lesson Plan
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2011, 01:01:43 PM »
I just wanted to say that this lesson went really well with my 5/6th graders. They were really into in! To get them warmed up I did several rounds of hangman (friday the thirteenth, good luck, black cat, and bad luck). It really got them excited about the lesson....which is hard becomes sometimes I feel like I'm torturing them with my lessons.

But I really wanted to say thank you sooo much for the lesson! I was wondering if you might share some of the ideas you have for your other classes....if not I totally understand, but really appreciate you posting what you made! THANKS!!!!
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Offline jenmur

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Re: High Level Elementary School Superstition Lesson Plan
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2011, 01:17:28 PM »
True/ False worksheet game.

You could have the kids check there answers in pairs/ groups and then finally agree on the answers. Then hold a mini-auction where the students bid for each True answers. Whichever team has managed to buy the most True answers at the end of the game wins.

To make it even more interesting you could let them pick envelopes with the different amounts written inside. It's a nice way to finish a lesson.
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Offline UK girl

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Re: High Level Elementary School Superstition Lesson Plan
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2011, 01:21:08 PM »
Wow, this looks great. Much better than I could make. I am about to use it!

(In the true/false at the end, it says that the number 4 is lucky in Korea, and then there is a circle saying it is true. Mistake? It's unlucky right?)

Thanks again though, great PPT!
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Offline luanam

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Re: High Level Elementary School Superstition Lesson Plan
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2011, 12:06:25 PM »
this is wonderful- I was just planning my lesson for afterschool classes today and this is perfect! ^^
thanks!
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Offline C_OBOYLE_V

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Re: High Level Elementary School Superstition Lesson Plan
« Reply #5 on: June 01, 2011, 09:13:09 AM »
Thanks a mill for this. Some of the korean superstitions I'm hearing from the students are classic!
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Offline agarrett

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Re: High Level Elementary School Superstition Lesson Plan
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2011, 11:27:38 AM »
This is great for my after school class! Thanks!

FYI...I also added saying "knock on wood" to the ppt and will show a baseball superstitions video.
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Offline althing7

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Re: High Level Elementary School Superstition Lesson Plan
« Reply #7 on: September 24, 2011, 03:48:24 PM »
Here's the powerpoint I modified for my lesson.
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Offline whodeyneybe

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Re: High Level Elementary School Superstition Lesson Plan
« Reply #8 on: September 26, 2011, 08:45:25 AM »
Thanks for all the help! I combined a few of the lessons and used bits and pieces. It was great for my advanced middle school... not so great for lower levels though.
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Offline sarahcon

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Superstitions Lesson
« Reply #9 on: May 02, 2012, 01:35:02 PM »
So first off thanks for the input from those who helped.
Here is the lesson I did with an after school class of 20 students from 5th & 6th grade. This class is 80 mins long.

First I went through the PPT with them, tried to get them as involved as possible. I asked lots of questions especially about the Korean ones, I pretty much played dumb to get them talking.
 
Then we watched the 2 you tube videos which they seemed to really enjoy and we talked about them.

Next, the students all had to come up in front of the class and choose a picture from the 'mystery' bag. If they were able to explain the picture and what it meant I gave them a candy. A couple of students are really shy and rarely talk so I let them stand up with a partner.

Finally they got the 2 worksheets. First they had to write good or bad beside each superstition and then match the ones in boxes to their meanings. On the second page they chose one Korean and one Western superstition wrote about it and drew a picture to illustrate.

I have to say this was one of the better classes and I plan to model my open class plan on this a bit. I hope this is of some help to someone doing extra classes.   
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Offline rocketeerjoe

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Re: Superstitions Lesson
« Reply #10 on: May 02, 2012, 03:24:03 PM »
A girl today asked me about superstitions from America after class. I am putting together a list for her. I have the following:

BAD LUCK

The number 13. Often buildings and hotels don't have a 13th floor in America.
walking under a ladder
breaking a mirror
opening an umbrella indoors
seeing a black cat at night

GOOD LUCK

breaking the wishbone of a turkey with someone else and getting the larger piece

saying "knock on wood" while knocking on wood after saying something you hope will happen very much, or you don't want to happen at all. I hope that I get a good grade, knock on wood. I hope nothing happens, knock on wood.

salt protects against ghosts. A line of salt across your door prevents ghosts. A circle of salt on the floor protects you against evil as well.


Hope this helps anyone if they get this unexpected question!
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Re: Superstitions Lesson
« Reply #11 on: October 23, 2016, 08:37:51 PM »
I used the same PPT and game as someone else on here but I took out the religion mentions and used less words. Hope it helps!
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