The document outlines a lesson plan to teach students about various cultural holiday traditions. It will teach 4 traditions each from Americans, Jews, Muslims, and African Americans over 3 weeks. The teacher will use a projector to show videos, pass around pictures for students to match to holidays, and take students to a computer lab to research facts in groups about assigned traditions. The plan is to incorporate learning about traditions not from their own cultures. Assessment will involve questioning students throughout on their understanding of the material.

1. Kelsey Turner
Blanco
CI 350
November 23, 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 matched 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. Another thing I
would do is incorporate Facebook. My students would not use this but I would create an
account for the parents and I would post reminders when assignments are due and what
we will be doing in class.
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. I will also create posters about
different holiday traditions and put them up around the classroom.
R- My learners will participate by doing online research and tell the class what they
found. I will create a webquest for my students to participate in where they will go online
and learn about different holidays.

2. 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.