Name: Hannah Martin Date: November 27, 2019
Subject: Social Studies Grade: 2/3
| Guiding Questions: -How does Africa celebrate Christmas? -What are some specific African holiday traditions? -What is Kwanzaa? | |
| Outcomes: Grade 2 IN2.2 Create a representation of the diversity of cultural groups in the local community. Grade 3 IN3.2 Analyze the cultures and traditions in communities studied. PA3.2 Demonstrate awareness that divergent viewpoints may lead to conflict as part of group interactions, and assess various means of conflict resolution. | Indicators: Grade 2 c) Identify the significance of a variety of cultural traditions, festivals, and celebrations in the school and local communities. Grade 3 b) Give examples of traditions and practices that have endured over time in communities studied, and discuss why these are important a) Inventory situations in which divergent viewpoints exist within the classroom and school. |
| Assessment Strategies: Before: Formative assessment can be done by the educator(s) during the beginning activity when the class is reading about Kwanzaa and the teacher asks specific questions about the reading. If the students can answer the questions, this shows that the students understand Kwanzaa. During: Formative assessment can be done during the Kwanzaa candle activity and the holiday collage activity. The educator(s) can circulate the classroom and see which students understand the activities and which students need support. End: Formative and summative assessment can be done when the students finish their Kwanzaa candle activity and holiday collage activity. Students should have the proper candles coloured and be able to briefly explain what the candles represent. Students should also be able to explain the pictures they drew and how they relate to their holiday celebrations. | |
| Instructional Strategies: -Games (Bingo) -Questioning (Inquiry) -Hands on learning -Visuals (images) | |
| Adaptive Dimension: Differentiated Learning:The educator(s) can highlight important words in the reading so student(s) do not feel overwhelmed with the reading but understand the main idea of the reading.The educator(s) can write what each candle must be coloured underneath each candle if the student(s) are struggling with reading the directions.The educator(s) can cut the candles out for student(s) who require assistance with scissors.The educator(s) can circulate the classroom during Kwanzaa Bingo to help student(s) who are having difficulty finding the pictures on their Bingo cards. | |
| Materials Needed: -25 Kwanzaa reading sheets (1 per student) -25 candle holder sheets (1 per student) -25 candle stick sheets (1 per student) -25 Kwanzaa colouring pages -Scissors -Glue sticks -Colouring utensils (markers, crayons, pencil crayons) -25 white paper sheets (1 per students) | |
| Learning Experiences:*This lesson is one lesson out of about ten lessons that explores various holidays traditions practiced around the world. Set (10 mins)-Start the lesson by introducing the African holiday celebration called Kwanzaa-Ask students: Has anyone heard of the celebration called Kwanzaa? Does anyone in this class celebrate Kwanzaa? What are some holidays that are celebrated in this classroom? Would anyone like to share a holiday they celebrate?-Hand out the Kwanzaa reading sheets -Direct students to follow along with the reading with their fingers on the words. Read the Kwanzaa reading sheet out loud and stop to ask students questions throughout (questions are on the reading sheet)-Once the reading is finished, ask students: Who can tell me one thing they learned from the reading? What is Kwanzaa?-Then ask students: Is it okay if you live in Africa and do not celebrate Kwanzaa? Is it okay if you live in Canada and celebrate Kwanzaa? Is it okay if you celebrate another holiday and live in Canada? What are ways we can include all of the holidays we celebrate into the classroom?*Remember, you have the right to celebrate your own holiday traditions, even if you don’t live in that country. In Canada, anyone can celebrate their own holiday traditions freely. Development (30 mins)Kwanzaa Candle:- Start by handing out the candle holder and candle stick sheets- Explain the directions of the Kwanzaa candle activity Cut Glue Colour candles Colouring page Read -Show your example of the Kwanzaa candle -Have students repeat the directions out loud back to you -Put your candle example on the whiteboard -Give students about 20 minutes to work on this activity. If finished, have students colour the Kwanzaa colouring page or read.-Make sure students desks are cleaned off before and paper goes into the recycling bin Holiday Collage:-Start by handing out white paper to each student-Explain the direction of the holiday collage: Draw Colour Read-Show your example of the holiday collage and explain that we all celebrate different holiday traditions -Invite students to draw pictures that represent their holiday celebrations. Students can also include words on their collage if they want-Give students about 15 mins to work on their collages Closure (5 mins)-Have students share their Kwanzaa candle to the class-Ask students what they learned about Kwanzaa-Have students share and explain their holiday collages to the class-Hang up holiday collages on the bulletin board outside of the classroom |