From the Pilgrims landing on Plymouth Rock to the ‘huddled masses? arriving at Ellis Island, the United States has always been a melting pot of diverse cultures and peoples from all over the world.
Last week, second-graders at Clear Lake Elementary learned about their respective heritages and ancestral homelands as they participated in a social studies exercise called ‘Culture Day.?
According to teacher Jennifer Clemens, prior to the event, the students interviewed somebody in their family to learn about where their ancestors came from.
Then, they did some research, wrote a paragraph about that country and created a poster to display details about where their family is originally from.
Students learned their country’s flag, capital, population, where it’s located on the globe and other interesting facts.
For Culture Day, the students displayed their posters and brought in foods representing their country’s cuisine.
Foods included chocolate cookies from Germany, kielbasa from Poland and ravioli from Italy.
Some students even dressed up in clothing representing various countries such as kilts, peasant dresses and shirts with sayings printed in foreign languages.
The students visited with each other as if they were traveling to other countries and even got their little passports, which they made, stamped.