People in Societies K- 8

Benchmarks

People in Societies
Students use knowledge of perspectives, practices and products of cultural, ethnic and social groups to
analyze the impact of their commonality and diversity within local, national, regional and global settings.
By the end of the K-2 program:
A. Identify practices and products of diverse cultures.
1.) Tolerance: Comparing Cultural Holidays
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2354
2.) Not Just Halloween: Festivals of the Dead from Around the World
http://edsitement.neh.gov/monthly_feature.asp?id=97
B. Identify ways that different cultures within the United States and the world have shaped our national heritage.
1.) Lizzies Morning (follow a young American from breakfast to bed and see how many cultures touched her world)
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/activities/11/lizzie.html
2.) Modern Culture
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/10/gk2/fairytale.html / By the end of the 3-5 program:
A. Compare practices and products of North American cultural groups.
1.) Traditions and Language of three Native Cultures: Tlingit, Lakota and Cherokee
http://www.edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=378
2.) Human Migration: The story of a Communities Culture
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/09/g35/humanmigration.html
B. Explain the reasons people from various cultural groups came to North America and the consequences of their interactions with each other.
1.) Immigrating to America
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/2313/
2.) Dreams in the Golden Country
http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/cuesheets/single_cuesheet.cfm?asset_id=54380 / By the end of the 6-8 program:
A. Compare cultural practices, products and perspectives of past civilizations in order to understand commonality and diversity of cultures.
1.) Eternal Egypt
http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet (this link takes you to the beautiful homepage in 3 languages; to get to the actual English page go to:
http://www.eternalegypt.org/EternalEgyptWebsiteWeb/HomeServlet?ee_website_action_key=action.display.home&language_id=1
2.) Chasing Arete! The Quest for Excellence in Ancient Greece
http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3616/
B. Analyze examples of interactions between cultural groups and explain the factors that contribute to cooperation and conflict.
1.) Human Conflict: Refugees and War
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/eye/refugees/refugees.html
2.) Cultural Icons: Voices of their nations
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/xpeditions/lessons/03/g912/tgcultural.html
C. Explain how contact between
different cultures impacts the
diffusion of belief systems, art, science, technology, language and forms of government.
1.) Scholastic: Myths from Around the World
http://teacher.scholastic.com/writewit/mff/myths.htm
2.) Along the Silk Road: People, Interaction and Cultural Exchange
http://www.isop.ucla.edu/eas/sum-inst/links/silkunit.htm
3.) The Crusades: Cultural Diffusion
http://socialstudies.com/c/@0/Pages/article.html?article@WCB131B+af@donn