Title of the Unit: Celebrations Around the World

Curriculum: Reading (ELA)

Grade Level: Kindergarten
Create By: Keata L. Anderson
Content Standards:
ELAGSEKSL2: Confirm understanding of written texts read aloud or information
presented orally or through media by asking and answering questions about key
details and requesting clarification if something is not understood.
ELAGSEKW8: With guidance and support from adults, recall information from
experiences or gather information from provided sources to answer a question.
SSKH1 The student will identify the purpose of national holidays and describe the
people or events celebrated.
SSKG1 The student will describe American culture by explaining diverse community
and family celebrations and customs.
AASL1.1.6 Read, view, and listen for information presented in any format (e.g.,
textual, visual, media, digital) in order to make inferences and gather meaning.
AASL2.1.4 Use technology and other information tools to analyze and organize
information.
AASL2.1.5 Collaborate with others to exchange ideas, develop new understandings,
make decisions, and solve problems.
Learning Objectives:

Students will be able to identify how people celebrate the holiday

season around the world.
Students will be able to describe the diverse customs in which different
cultures celebrate the holidays.
Essential Questions:

1. How can I show that I know how people celebrate the holidays around the
world?
2. How are holidays celebrated in other cultures?
Performance Tasks:
1: After group discussion about how we celebrate the holiday season as well as how
other cultures celebrate students will listen to the teacher read a book about
Celebrations Around the World. The teacher will assist students with creating a Venn
Diagram comparing how different cultures celebrate the holidays.

2: Students will review what they know about celebrations around the world.
Students will listen to the teacher read a story about Hanukah. After listening to the
story students will use construction paper and paint create their own Menorahs.
3: Students will discuss different cultures and how they celebrate the holidays. After
listening to a story about the Poinsetta, students will create a flower of their own for
a holiday and come up with a story about their flower.
4: Students will wrap up this unit by watching a video about Celebrations Around
the World.
Assessment:
Students will be assessed on how well they participate in class discussions.
Students will also be assessed on how well they complete each activity associated
with each given task.