Using MCC in your curriculum standards
The Multicultural Calendar is rich in cultural diversity as well as curriculum activities. Creative teachers will find many ways to use it with their students. Here are a few suggestions to help you begin to use with technology.
Example of a “small group projects” submission: Choose a Cultural Celebration. Have students in three or four groups. Group one: On a word processor or slide show; tells about three or more traditions along with artwork for each tradition. Group two: on a word processor or slide show; tells about the origin and history of the Celebration in writing along with artwork*. Group three: On a word processor or slide show; tells about myths and folklore along with artwork*. Group four: Shares a recipe and a family memory of the celebration along with artwork*.
*Artwork may include: Paintings, drawings, photographs of students dressing up to celebrate, photographs of finished recipe, photographs of students’ collections of cultural memorabilia, (pictures of: ornaments, toys, pennants, maps, souvenirs, jewelry etc…)
Example of a Class project submission: Choose a Cultural Celebration and a traditional recipe that is used for this celebration. Film the students cooking while talking about how to make the recipe also about the Celebration.
Another example: Choose a Cultural Celebration. Write your own Reader Theater skit or find one on the internet. Film the students acting out the celebration.
Music Teachers: Film your students performing a cultural celebration tune and submit your music as a video or audio file.
We welcome more ideas and would like to hear your success stories when you use it. Please share with us!
National Standards - Comman Core- USA
Common Core: English Language Arts, Literacy in History/Social Studies & Technology
Reading/ Integration of Knowledge and Ideas:
RI 6.7. Integrate information presented in different
media or formats (e.g., visually, quantitatively)
as well as in words to develop a coherent
understanding of a topic or issue.
RI 7.7. Compare and contrast a text to an audio, video,
or multimedia version of the text, analyzing each
medium’s portrayal of the subject (e.g., how the
delivery of a speech affects the impact of the
words).
R I l.7. Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of using
different mediums (e.g., print or digital text, video,
multimedia) to present a particular topic or idea
Production and Distribution of Writing
W6.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which
the development, organization, and style are
appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
W7.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which
the development, organization, and style are
appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
W8.4. Produce clear and coherent writing in which
the development, organization, and style are
appropriate to task, purpose, and audience.
Technology
W6.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce
and publish writing as well as to interact and
collaborate with others;
W7.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce
and publish writing and link to and cite sources
as well as to interact and collaborate with others,
including linking to and citing sources.
W8.6. Use technology, including the Internet, to produce
and publish writing and present the relationships
between information and ideas efficiently as well
as to interact and collaborate with others.
MEETING CURRICULUM STANDARDS
- Social Studies - Students will demonstrate a multicultural perspective and understanding of the history, diversity and commonality of the peoples of the world.
- Math - Students will be able to collect, organize and display data and will interpret information obtained from displays.
- Fine Arts -Students will recognize art as a universal language that communicates through visual symbols. They will explore art, music and foods of different cultures and times.