Lesson 1: Culture is Our Way of Life
Lesson 2: Cultures in Our Community
Lesson 3: American Stories
Lesson 4: American Holidays
100
Culture is passed down through what?
Generations
100
Which example shows people sharing culture in their community?
A. Juan only eats food he knows about.
B. Lucia teaches her German friend how to speak Spanish.
C. Tyler doesn't join the party because he doesn't celebrate the holiday.
B. Lucia teaches her German friend how to speak Spanish.
100
What kind of story tells about the life of a real person?
Folk Tale
100
What does it mean to honor someone?
We celebrate them
200
Culture is the way we live. It can include what?
Food/Music/Language/Religion
200
Which part of culture does this picture show?
A. Religious belief
B. Traditional clothing
C. A traditional game
C. A traditional game
200
What kind of story tells about a person but is mostly fiction?
Tall Tale
200
What makes America unique?
A. It is made of people from all over the world
B. People share on culture
C. Everyone speaks the same language
A. It is made of people from all over the world
300
People in our schools and neighborhoods may celebrate different what?
Holidays
300
This picture shows traditional Filipino clothing at an international festival. What conclusion can you draw about the culture?
A. Hats, necklaces, and earrings are not very important
B. People are proud to wear traditional brightly colored clothing
C. They wear plain, light-colored clothing to festivals
B. People are proud to wear traditional brightly colored clothing
300
What animal did the Everything-Maker get mad at and punish by pushing its head into its body, shaking it until its eye's grew wide, and pulling its ears until they were straight up?
Owl
300
How did Martin Luther King Jr. show courage?
A. He fought with violence to try and change people's minds.
B. He spoke about what he believed in to change people's minds.
C. He wanted to keep people across the country separated.
B. He spoke about what he believed in to change people's minds.
400
Every culture has its own music. However they do not all use the same what?
Instruments
400
Which culture celebrates a holiday by creating a dancing dragon?
A. Chinese New Year
B. Mexican American Cinco de Mayo
C. New Orleans Mardi Gras
A. Chinese New Year
400
The story about John Chapman does not include his real last name. What is the name that is used in this American folk tale.
Johnny Appleseed
400
What is the monument called that has the faces of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln carved into it?
Mount Rushmore
500
Every culture has its own food. _____ have been passed down for generations.
Recipes
500
True or false?:
The people are wearing traditional clothing and dancing to traditional music at a festival to celebrate their culture and traditions.
A. True
B. False
A. True
500
The story of John Henry is an American tall tale. He was as tall as a giant. In the story, what did he build all by himself?
A big tunnel
500
Match each sentence to the correct holiday.
1-B, 2-D, 3-E, 4-C, 5-A