Content: 1st Grade Core: Standard 3, Objective 3a. "Describe traditions, music, dances, artwork, poems, rhymes, and stories that distinguish cultures."
Pedagogy: We will be teaching specifically dances from the different islands the students will be "visiting" in this activity. This allows students to not only learn new cultural skills, but also to apply what they learn to real life by participating in the dances.
Technology: Because the students can't really go to theses islands and see these dances in real life, being able to see them in realy life Google Earth and video clips are perfect for this activity. Using the Google Map virtual tour, students will gain a bette understanding of where these islands are in the world and viewing the video clips will make these things come to life.
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15 years ago
This is such a cool way to expose kids to different cultures! I love how you guys linked videos to each destination so the kids can actually see the dances in action. Very nice!
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