Diversity and Culture Ms. Jairajs 1st Grade Social Studies
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What is Diversity The world is a diverse place with many
cultures and different races. America is called the melting pot,
because it is a country with many cultures, races, and
religions
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. People belong to different races and cultures. There are many
cultural similarities and differences, such as family traditions
and customs, and the traditional clothing and food of various
ethnic and cultural groups By understanding cultural differences,
you will become more excepting of others and will have a better
understanding of the world around them
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. Traditional clothing from around the world
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. Traditional foods from around the world
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. SIMILARTIES DIFFERENCES Pick a partner and discuss the
SIMILARTIES and DIFFERENCES you see amongst yourselves. 1 2 3 4
5
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1 st Grade Social Studies Diversity Activity A Box of Crayons
Christiane Bresson
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What You Need Crayons, pencils, markers Paper The poem A Box of
Crayons Crayon pattern
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Steps to follow 1. Read the poem A Box of Crayons. It is about
the different colors getting along and liking each other.
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A Box of Crayons While walking in a toy store the day before
today, I overheard a crayon box with many things to say. "I don't
like red!" said yellow. And green said, "Nor do I!" And no one here
likes orange, but no one knows quite why." "We are a box of crayons
that really doesn't get along," said blue to all the others
"something here is wrong!"
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A Box of Crayons Well, I bought that box of crayons and took it
home with me and laid out all the crayons so the crayons could all
see. They watched me as I colored with red and blue and green and
black and white and orange and every color in between. They watched
as green became the grass and blue became the sky. The yellow sun
was shining bright on white clouds drifting by.
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A Box of Crayons Colors changing as they touched, becoming
something new. They watched me as I colored. They watched till I
was through. And when I'd finally finished, I began to walk away.
And as I did the crayon box had something more to say... "I do like
red!" said the yellow and green said, "So do I!" "And blue you are
terrific so high up in the sky."
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A Box of Crayons "We are a box of crayons each of us unique,
but when we get together the picture is complete." NOW IF WE COULD
JUST LEARN FROM THIS BOX OF CRAYONS THIS WORLD WOULD BE A BETTER
PLACE. Shane DeRolf
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Steps to follow.. continued 2. Draw your portraits on the die-
cut crayon pattern. -KinderArt
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Steps to follow.. continued 3. We will place all the crayons
into a giant box of crayons that we will create using construction
paper.
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Sources http://kinderart.com/multic/mlkjr_crayons.shtml
Pictures from Google.com
