8th Grade Culture & Tradition Lesson Plan Example

Topic: Culture & tradition

Objectives & Outcomes

• Students will be able to identify and explain at least 3 customs or traditions from their own culture.

Materials

• Images or videos of customs or traditions from the students' culture
• Notebooks or paper for each student
• Pen or pencil for each student

Warm-up

• Ask students if they can think of any customs or traditions from their culture. Write their answers on the board.
• Ask the students to explain why these customs or traditions are important to their culture.

Direct Instruction

• Explain that culture is the way of life of a group of people. It includes the values, beliefs, and behaviors that are shared by the members of that group.
• Explain that tradition is a custom that is passed down from one generation to the next.
• Ask the students to think of some other things that represent their culture, such as clothing, food, and holidays. Write these ideas on the board.

Guided Practice

• Divide the students into small groups and provide each group with a set of colored construction paper and markers.
• Ask the students to use the construction paper and markers to create a collage that represents their culture. The students should use the things they wrote on the board as inspiration for their collage.
• Have the students present their collages to the class and discuss why they chose the things they did.

Independent Practice

• Provide each student with a large piece of white paper and colored pencils.
• Ask the students to use the colored pencils to create a collage of their own culture. The students should use the discussion during the guided practice as inspiration for their collages.
• Have the students present their collages to the class and explain why they chose the things they did.

Closure

• Ask the students to think about what makes up their culture and how it is different from other cultures.
• Have the students share one thing that makes up their culture and how it is different from other cultures.

Assessment

• Observe the students during the class discussion and during the independent practice to assess their understanding of what makes up culture and how it is different from other cultures.
• Have the students complete a written reflection on the class discussion and their independent practice, including what they learned about their own culture and other cultures.