Lesson Plan

Kwanzaa and Christmas

Each Country has its own culture that involved food, language, traditions, costume, etc. but with this lesson students will have opportunity to learn how two different Countries celebrate one particular tradition. This lesson is designed be taught face-to face to a class of 2nd grade Bilingual.

Instructor: Laura Guajardo

Lesson Title: Compare “Christmas and Kwanzaa” tradition.

Subject: Social Studies

Grade Level:  2^nd. Grade Bilingual

Standards:

Social Studies (113.13)  2nd. GRADE BILINGUAL

(16)((B)  Culture. The student understands ethnic and/or celebrations. The student expected to:

Compare ethnic and/or cultural celebration with a local.

Content Objectives:

1.-           Students will identify the main symbols of Kwanzaa and Christmas celebrated in December.

2.-           Students will  understand the meanings of both traditions.

Language Objectives:

1.-           Students will watch two video clips, one of 2:10min and the second of 45 sec.

2.-           Students will be paired to discuss and listed the different traditions of both celebrations using a T map organizer.

Strategy Objectives:

-Teacher’s introduction about what students will learn.

-After watch the video, students will have the opportunity to discus in paired and listed what they learn

 from the video.

-Students and Teacher will discuss and make one list of both traditions from students T map.

ELPS:

Writing:                Students will have to listed using a T map organizer

Listening:             Students will listening the Teachers introduction and the video as well.

Speaking:            Students will have the opportunity to express them self with one classmate and in   group as well.

Reading:              Students will read the instructions of the T map and the short Quiz.

Materials:

-video clip                                                                                          

http://youtu.be/RDPMfO8Parc                

http://youtu.be/Q5xXZ1zFqfc

-The Teacher will provide a blank paper

-Pencils

Procedures:

-Teacher introduction (5min)

-Students will watch two video clips (2.55 min)

-Paired students              (5min)

-Teacher will give the instructions to the students to work on the T map (5 min).

Practice: (20min)

-Students will work in pair, they will going to create their own T map and sharing the material and get one T map filled(10min)

-Students will be group all together and with the Teacher, they will have a brain storm to create one comparison chart between Kwanzaa and Christmas(10min).

Teacher's and StudentsBehavior: The Teacher was observing tho the students while they were working to identified strengths and weakness od each students and students, while dinamic and cooperative while they were in paired ando also while students and Teacher were working together on the brain storm, some of the students were more participative than others but Teacher was also indentifiying who had more drive and who was more passive and to know their personalties during the activities.

Evaluation: (5)

-At the end of the lesson Students will answer independently a three TRUE or FALSE quiz.

Quiz

1-      Is Kwanzaa an Africans celebration?

True                       False

2-      Are KWANZAA and CHRISTMAS December celebrations?                             

True                       False

3-      The celebrations of Kwanzaa and Christmas are the same?

True                       False