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- Comparing proverbs
- The lesson will feature comparisons of American and African proverbs.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- By Pat Chancer.
- Motor car and galimoto: An intercultural lesson in pragmatism, creativity, and perseverance
- In this lesson for grade three, students read the book Galimoto, about a young boy in Malawi, Africa, and his quest to gather wire in order to make a toy car. Students discuss the literary elements of the book, study the language used, and complete their own quests to gather wire and create their own galimotos.
- Format: lesson plan (grade 3–4 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, and Social Studies)
- By Edie McDowell.
Resources on the web
- Children's BBC Newsround
- A United Kingdom news website with articles about events, arts and science that will be useful to anyone interested in what's happening in the world. Browse thematic picturecollections, play a game, participate in an online opinion poll, or just catch up... (Learn more)
- Format: website/lesson plan
- Provided by: BBC News
- Coverdell World Wise Schools
- Designed to integrate the experience of Peace Corps volunteers with the study world regions, history, and current events. There are also elements designed to promote service learning. (Learn more)
- Format: website/lesson plan
- Provided by: Peace Corps
- Don't be fooled by a photograph
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students will study images that were altered digitally to create a desired effect. Students will discuss how a photograph conveys information, and how changing that photograph can change its message. This lesson plan is based... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts and Social Studies)
- Provided by: Xpeditions
- Making personal and cultural connections using "A Girl Named Disaster"
- This ReadWriteThink lesson is intended to help students experience both “efferent” (reading for information) and “aesthetic” (reading as a personal, emotional experience) responses to a story. Using A Girl Named Disaster... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 6–8 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: ReadWriteThink
- The meaning behind the mask
- Students explore the cultural significance of masks, discuss the use of masks in stories, and then investigate the role masks play in ceremonies and on special occasions in various African cultures. After students have studied these masks, they are then... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade K–2 Visual Arts Education, English Language Arts, Social Studies, and Theater Arts Education)
- Provided by: EDSITEment
- Pygmies: Getting right to the point
- In this Xpeditions lesson, students explore the Pygmies of Africa in order to get a better sense of their culture. Students develop the skill of synthesizing and organizing information from many sources to identify, in a single paragraph, the important... (Learn more)
- Format: lesson plan (grade 9–11 English Language Arts)
- Provided by: Xpeditions
