CultureGrams Classroom Learning Support Material

1. CultureGrams Classroom Learning Support Material

1.1 CultureGrams Classroom Learning Support Material

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Welcome to “CultureGrams Classroom Learning Support Material.” CultureGrams delivers authentic cultural information, reviewed by cultural experts, for all nations, U.S. States, and Canadian Provinces. Cultural detail is combined with multi-media and demographic data, to provide students with an expansive image of daily life and culture. Educators will find multiple tools to help associate research to educational goals as well as enhance the learning experience in the classroom. This is the second e-learning module in the CultureGrams e-learning series. Before taking this session, you should have completed the module titled Exploring Global Culture Using CultureGrams.

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1.2 Session Objectives

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After completing this session you will be able to:

Discover elements of CultureGrams that correlate to state and national curriculum standards, and;Choose classroom learning activities that are age-appropriate and meet curriculum requirements.

1.3 Educator and Classroom Tools

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CultureGrams provides two distinct educator tools for successful classroom use. These may be accessed on the right sidebar of any country page, or the lower menu of the main screen.

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Educator and Classroom Tools 1 (Slide Layer)

Educator and Classroom Tools 2 (Slide Layer)

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1.4 Curriculum Standards – World Edition

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The downloadable Curriculum Standards PDF shows correlations to standards for CultureGrams World Edition, Kids Edition, and States Edition.

Among the standards sets addressed, World Edition correlations include Common Core, United States History, World History for grades 5-12, English Language Arts, Social Studies for High School, Social Studies Skills, and 21st Century Learner. Below the standards listing, applicable standards are outlined with descriptions of correlated CultureGrams content.

1.5 Curriculum Standards – Kids Edition

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Other standards correlations found uniquely in Kids Edition include World History for K-4, Social Studies for Middle Grades, and Library Literacy for Student Learning.

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1.6 Curriculum Standards – States Edition

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The States Edition, in addition to sharing some standards sets with World and Kids Editions, includes Social Studies Standards for Early Grades.

1.7 Teaching Activities PDF – Contents and Index

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The CultureGrams Teaching Activities PDF provides 79 classroom activities. Activities are indexed by grade level and by activity type. Activity types include Creative Project, Discussion, Game, Presentation, Problem Solving, Research, and Writing.

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Teaching Activities PDF 1 (Slide Layer)

1.8 Teaching Activities PDF -- Activity

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Each activity will show Grade Level, a lesson Objective, correlated standards, Time Requirement for Preparation and In-Class, Materials, Instructions, and Extension Activity.

You may use these activities as they are provided, or utilize the pattern they provide to derive your own customized classroom activities.

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Teaching Activities PDF 2 (Slide Layer)

1.9 Summary

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In this session, you have learned how to:

Discover elements of CultureGrams that correlate to state and national curriculum standards, and;Choose classroom learning activities that are age-appropriate and meet curriculum requirements.

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1.10 Thank you!

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Thank you for joining this session. To learn more, please visit our CultureGrams LibGuide Product Education page.

1.11 Copyright

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Copyright ProQuest LLC. 2019. All rights reserved. ProQuest and any other names of products and services referenced herein are trademarks of ProQuest LLC

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