The document outlines a lesson plan to teach students about various holiday traditions celebrated by Americans, Jews, Muslims, and African Americans. The teacher will use a projector to show videos, pictures to pass around for matching holidays, and a computer lab for research. Students will be divided into groups to research and present on different cultural holiday traditions not their own. The lesson aims to find common ground between students of different backgrounds through learning about multiple traditions.

1. Kelsey Turner
Blanco
CI 350
September 2, 2015
Assure Method
A-Since I am going to be teaching holiday traditions to a class with 2 Muslims, 3 Jews,
and 2 African Americans I realize that I cannot just teach the common American holiday
traditions because a small portion of my class does not celebrate all of those traditions. I
need to also teach the common holiday traditions of Jews, Muslims, and African
Americans to find a common ground between all of my learners and the material.
S- Through pictures, videos, and online class research 100% of my class will learn 4
holiday traditions of Americans, 4 of Jews, 4 of Muslims, and 4 of African Americans by
the end of 3 weeks.
S- In order to teach this class of 4th graders several holiday traditions I am going to need a
projector because I want to show them real life examples of different cultural holiday
traditions through videos. I also want to pass around pictures of a holiday tradition and
have my students match it to the correct holiday so they can have something to hold and
look at. Lastly I will need a computer lab so I can divide my class up into groups and
have them search 3 facts of a holiday tradition I give them. I also plan to assign the
holiday traditions to groups that are not familiar to that holiday. That way the students
will learn something new about a different culture other than their own.
U- The students will first come in and I will have the 4 holiday traditions of the 4
different cultures on the board. We will watch short clips and I will pass pictures around
and then we will go to the computer lab to do research.
R- My learners will participate by doing online research and telling the class what they
found.
E- I will evaluate my material that I use often by making changes as needed and assessing
my students along the way by asking each one of them questions about the material to see
what they understand.