Greetings

Topic: greetings in different cultures

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to identify and use appropriate greetings in different cultures.

Materials

• Posters with examples of greetings from different cultures (e.g. "hello" in English, "name?" in Korean, "nihongo ni arigatou gozaimasu" in Japanese)
• Pencils and paper for each student

Warm-up

• Ask students if they know how to greet people in different languages.
• Have a few students share examples of greetings they know in different languages.

Direct Instruction

• Show pictures or videos of different greetings from different cultures.
• Ask students if they can guess what each greeting means.
• Explain that greetings are different depending on where you are in the world.
• Ask students if they can think of any other greetings they know in different languages.

Guided Practice

• Divide the class into small groups.
• Give each group a set of pictures or video clips of different greetings from different cultures.
• Have the students work together to identify the culture and meaning of each greeting.
• Have each group share their findings with the class.

Independent Practice

• Have the students create a "Greetings Around the World" bulletin board.
• Have the students research different greetings from different cultures and create posters or pictures to go along with each one.
• Have the students present their bulletin board to the class.

Closure

• Review the different greetings that the students learned about.
• Ask the students to share their favorite greeting and why.

Assessment

• Observe the students during the independent practice activity and give feedback on their use of greetings.
• Ask the students to reflect on the importance of greetings and the culture or country they come from.