1. (2nd grade) 2-G4. 3 : Use components of culture (e. g
(2nd grade) 2-G4.0.3 : Use components of culture (e.g., foods, language, religion, traditions) to describe diversity in the local community.
Jordan Tucker

2. Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o32l-_U6nGY (Video)
CD from Social Studies Alive!: Diverse Cultures
Festival Time
(Coloring activity after)

3. Poems:
Diversity (author unknown) We are all different But that’s ok What makes us the same is that we like to play We like to teach and fix cars too We even like to go to the zoo What makes us different is the key What makes us different is diversity

4. Poems:

5. Artwork: After reading this poem, start this class artwork activity.
After singing “Festival Time” students will then draw a picture about how their culture is celebrated.

6. Books Same, but a little bit diff’rent by Kylie Dustan
What Is a Community?
All Families Are Special

7. Books (cont.): Neighborhood and Community
i Think: it’s Elementary! Communities

8. Magazines:
Faces: People, Places and Cultures

9. Lesson Plans:
Taken from Neighborhoods and Communities- I Live in a Neighborhood
Taken from Pearson My World Social Studies

10. Sources:
Mandoe, P. J. (2009, January). What We Eat Is Who We Are. Faces, 25(4),
Carpentiere, E. C. (2010, September). Faces, 27(1).
(n.d.). Diverse Cultures. On Social Studies Alive! [CD]. B. Yankee & M. CreagerTeachers' Curriculum Institue.
Sherwin, L. (Producer). (2006). Everyone's Different. [Online sound recording]. L. SherwinSherwin Communications. Retrieved from
Hollenbeck, K. M. (2003). Neighborhood and Communities (pp. 20, 23, 26-27). New York: Scholastic Professional Books.
Barabas, K. (2005). What Is a Community? Boston, MA: Newbridge Publishing, LLC.
De Rolf, S. (2011). In Vimeo. Retrieved November 9, 2015, from
Corr, K. (2009). I Think: it's Elementary! Communities (pp ). Atlanta, GA: InspriEd Educators Inc.
Simon, N. (2003). All Families Are Special.