Languages
Where we live, in southern California, many words in our community come from this language. We even learn the language in school.
What is Spanish?
What is spaghetti?
This holiday is celebrated on March 17th and comes from Ireland. We usually wear green!
What is St. Patrick's Day?
This is a sport that's played all around the world by many different cultures. In some countries it is known as futbol.
What is soccer?
Tomie De Paola shares his Italian heritage in this book about a woman who makes pasta.
What is Strega Nona?
People that come to our country from Vietnam often speak this language.
What is Vietnamese?
A warm and delicious noodle soup from Vietnam.
What is Pho?
This holiday is special for Mexican Americans and honors a famous battle in Mexican history.
What is Cinco de Mayo?
This sport started in the Hawaiian Islands and involves riding the waves.
What is surfing?
What is China?
Many words that we use every day come from other languages. The word pretzel comes from this country.
From Mexico, these can be eaten with hard or soft shells.
What are tacos?
This holiday has been celebrated by Europeans for hundreds of years. It is on February 14th and is full of love!
What is Valentine's Day?
Some types of jazz, rock & roll, and gospel music came from the music of this cultural group.
Who are African Americans?
A pinata is a part of a special piece of artwork by Carmen Lomas Garza. This artwork of a birthday celebration with people dancing and talking shows an important part of this culture.
What is Mexican- American?
This word for a sweet treat (a favorite might be chocolate chip) comes from the Dutch language.
What is cookie?
This delicious sandwich made with meat and pita bread comes from Greece.
What is a gyro?
This holiday is on a different date every year. It lasts 15 days and is celebrated in the Chinese culture.
What is Chinese New Year (or lunar New Year)?
In Ireland and Scotland, they traditionally do this type of dancing.
What is clogging?
Kadir Nelson's paintings focus on this culture. Some of his works show famous people, others show people struggling.
What is African American?
The Navajo and Cherokee are examples of these. We commonly use words such as skunk and Kentucky that come from their languages.
Who are the Native Americans?
If you like raw fish, this food from Japan is for you.
What is sushi?
You would need to light the menorah each night for 8 nights if you were part of the Jewish culture and were to celebrate this holiday.
What is Hanukkah?
This type of drama or play is shared with us by Japanese Americans.
What is Kabuki?
This is something that people often show in their art or writing in order to express themselves or to teach others.
What are cultural backgrounds?