China Research Project
China Research Project Develop global awareness through a country research project about China. With this research project, students take the role of explorer. Using a variety of resources, including our kid-friendly China Profile page, they investigate the geography and culture of China to create a final product. Our China Research Project includes: Student Draft Book…
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Chile Research Project Develop global awareness through a country research project about Australia. With this research project, students take the role of explorer. Using a variety of resources, including our kid-friendly Chile Profile page, they investigate the geography and culture of Chile to create a final product. Our Chile Research Project includes: Student Draft Book…
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Canada Research Project Develop global awareness through a country research project about Canada. With this research project, students take the role of explorer. Using a variety of resources, including our kid-friendly Canada Profile page, they investigate the geography and culture of Canada to create a final product. Our Canada Research Project includes: Student Draft Book…
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Brazil Research Project Develop global awareness through a country research project about Brazil. With this research project, students take the role of explorer. Using a variety of resources, including our kid-friendly Brazil Profile page, they investigate the geography and culture of Brazil to create a final product. Our Brazil Research Project includes: Student Draft Book…
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Australia Research Project Develop global awareness through a country research project about Australia. With this research project, students take the role of explorer. Using a variety of resources, including our kid-friendly Australia Profile page, they investigate the geography and culture of Australia to create a final product. Our Australia Research Project includes: Student Draft Book…
Read MoreThis is the Way We Go to School
Integrate geography, math, and writing activities with Edith Baer’s book, This Is the Way We Go to School. Students learn about some of the different ways kids around the world go to school and use a world map to locate each place. The class creates a tally chart and a bar graph to show how…
Read MoreChinese New Year Activities
Discover and celebrate Chinese New Year with engaging learning activities that can be used for any zodiac year. Follow step-by-step written directions to create banners and lanterns. Practice basic mapping skills to locate China. Sequence the steps for making dumplings. Play a traditional Chinese children’s game. Compare new year traditions using a Venn diagram. Read…
Read MoreThrow Your Tooth on the Roof: Tooth Traditions Around the World
A boy in Mexico leaves his tooth in a box on his bedside table. He hopes that the magic mouse, El Ratón, will take his tooth and leave some money. A girl in South Africa leaves her tooth in a slipper in her room. A mouse comes at night, takes the tooth, and leaves a gift.…
Read MoreYeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China
Add a cultural twist to your fairy tale unit with Yeh-Shen: A Cinderella Story from China. There are many versions of the Cinderella tale, but this one is believed to be the original version – written 1,000 years before the European one. Our response activities were crafted using the six levels of Bloom’s Taxonomy, a framework for…
Read MoreThe Global Minute
Infuse global awareness and cultural understanding into your daily schedule with these 400 fun and engaging fact cards. Students practice geography skills, learn about our diverse world and compare other cultures to their own. EXPLORE Continents, Countries & Oceans Events, Holidays & Celebrations Landmarks Influential People Languages Currencies Birthday and Tooth Traditions School Sports Instruments…
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