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Ebony Wright
Dr. Joni Flowers
EDU 280- 1004
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26 June 2019
 In preparation, I sent the 3rd grade students' home with a letter to
give their parent to help them find something their family cherishes,
believes in, wears, or eats etc. that is symbolic of their family. They are
to bring the item, a picture of it or something similar by the date
chosen. At the same time, I asked them to think of anything they liked
whether it be food, dancing, playing with toys, or sleeping that is
different from the item they bring in. This will be an activity done prior
to show and tell, used to deepen their experience by using the
Curriculum Infusion with transformation technique. As I teach this
lesson, I will not use the term culture because the goal is for them to
see what culture is before they use the word. This way they can fully
understand and internalize its meaning by the end of the lesson.
Miss Wright: Good morning everyone!
Students: Good morning! Miss Wright.
Miss Wright: It sure is good to see everyone today. Say yes and raise your hands if
you are ready to talk about the items you brought in last week.
Students: Yes! (big show of hands)
Miss Wright: Great! We are going to have a lot of fun.

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Miss Wright: Remember, when I told everyone to find two items. One item to bring in
that is symbolic of your family. Then I said to think of something you yourself like to
eat, wear, do or just your favorite thing so we can talk about them.
Students: Yes Miss Wright
Miss Wright: Ok, so right now I would like you to remember that thing that is
different then what you brought in. Who would like to volunteer first. Raise your hand.
Thanks for volunteering Sara, what would you like to share.
Sara: I like barbies and I have all kinds at home.
Miss Wright: That is nice Sara, I had plenty of barbies while I was growing up as well. I
am glad you shared. Let's see who else. Shaniqua thanks, share with the class your
favorite thing.
Shaniqua: I like fried chicken it’s my favorite food. Me and my family eat it all the
time.

Image from Pinterest Picture of my home fried chicken

Miss Wright: Wow class! It seems we have a lot in common already. I love fried
chicken and it was something I ate a lot in my home when I was younger. Besides
Shaniqua and I, who else loves fried chicken.
Student: (all raise their hands)
Miss Wright: Awesome! Thanks for sharing Shaniqua. Everyone here loves fried
chicken too. Would anyone else like to share? Alright Samar, what is your favorite
thing?
Samar: Well, I like bugs I think they are interesting, and I like to play with them too.
Miss Wright: That is cool! Maybe you will study them for science when you graduate.
That is called Entomology. Thank you for sharing Samar.
Samar: Your Welcome.

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Miss Wright: Does anyone else like bugs?
Students: No…. (They make faces)
Miss Wright: Well, I think they are interesting and that was great for you to share
that with us Samar.
Miss Wright: Ok, almost everyone has shared we have one person left. Milagros,
would you like to share your favorite thing.
Milagros: I don’t have a favorite thing Miss Wright. (sounding very sad)
Miss Wright: Really, well do you like to wear dresses?
Milagros: Yes
Miss Wright: Is that your favorite dress you have on today?
Milagros: Yes
Miss Wright: Well! We have found your favorite thing. I have a favorite dress as well.
By show of hands how many people have a favorite item they like to wear.
Students: ( Everyone raises their hands)
Miss Wright: So nice of everyone to participate and that was nice of you to share to
Milagros.
Miss Wright: Well class, what did we learn from this? Raise your hand if you know. Yes
Derrick.
Derrick: We learned that everyone likes somethings but not everyone likes
everything.
Miss Wright: Perfect Derrick that is exactly what we learned. Now let's move on to
what we have been waiting for all week, our show and tell. Instead of raising your
hand, this time I will choose. Ok, Milagros what did you bring today?
Milagros: I brought my moms rosary beads.
Miss Wright: Can you explain why you brought them.
Milagros: Well we go to church every Sunday and my mom uses them to pray.
Miss Wright: Nice Milagros, sounds like your family is Catholic and religion is part of
your family.
Milagros: Yes
Miss Wright: Great I am glad you shared. Next I’m going to choose Shaniqua. What
did you bring?
Shaniqua: I brought in my dads Dashiki.
Miss Wright: Why did you bring this item.
Shaniqua: My family says it represents strength and it helps us remember who we
are.
Miss Wright: Yes, the Dashiki is an African pullover that was worn in America to unify
the black community mostly in the 60’s and 70’s.
Miss Wright: Very good Shaniqua thank you for sharing as well. Alright Sara, your
next. What did you bring in?
Sara: I brought in a picture of an apple pie.
Miss Wright: Oh wow nice, do you have anything to share about it.
Sara: Yes, my grandma always make it for me, and I really like apple pie.
Miss Wright: It is not my favorite but everyone taste are different. By show of hands
how many people like apple pie.
Students: (half the class raise their hands)
Miss Wright: Ok, not everybody but that is the difference between you, me, and
many others. Nice job Sara, thank you for sharing. Alright class the last person to
share is Samar. What did you bring Samar?
Samar: I brought my dads Turban.
Miss Wright: Good why did you and your family choose this Samar?
Samar: Because it is part of our Sikhism religion.
Miss Wright: Nice, thank you for sharing Samar. We had a few people bring in
religious items because there are many different religions in the world, and we all do
not share the same religion and that is perfectly ok.
Miss Wright: Now I would like everyone who brought something in to raise their hand
and say what they brought so I can make a chart on the board.
(everyone raised their hands as I called on them and marked what they brought)

ITEM Food Religious Clothing

Shaniqua 1
Milagros 1
Derick 1
Samar 1
Sara 1

Miss Wright: How many different items did all the students bring in? Let’s see, there are only 3
categories, which means only 3 different types of items were brought in.

Miss Wright: How many total items did students bring in? Well there are 5 students, and
everyone brought one item which means there are a total of 5 items.

Miss Wright: So, according to our chart there were 5 items brought in and only 3 different items
among the 5 students. What can we assume from this chart by raise of hands.
Miss Wright: Thanks for raising your hand Samar, what do you conclude?
Samar: I think we found out that most of the class like the same thing.
Miss Wright: Yes, but what else did we find. Yes, Sara
Sara: I found out that people have a lot of different likes and things they don’t like.
Miss Wright: Yes, Sara correct is there anything else. Yes, Milagros
Milagros: I think I learned that people have different religions.
Miss Wright: That is also correct, thank you Milagros. By show of hands, does anyone
know what this is called?
Students: (looking confused)

(I ROLE UP A SCREEN HIDDING PICTURES)

Pictures of different sports, religion, traditions and families.
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Miss Wright: We are all different and our differences are what make us special.
Through our family, and ourselves others can see how we our different. We have
different values, beliefs, behaviors, attitudes, hobbies and religions that everyone
should respect and appreciate. It is what makes us special.

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Miss Wright: By show of hands, would anyone care to tell me what these pictures
represent? Yes, Derick
Derick: It is a picture of the sport soccer and a birthday and…
Miss Wright: Ok, can you tell me what they are to people.
Derick: No.
Miss Wright: Anyone else care to guess? Well class, now that we have grouped all the
items together, gone over our likes and dislikes, realized that we are all different and
have different, beliefs, values, religion traditions and foods. What have we learned
today?

( I proceed to wright on the board in large letters)

CULTURE
Students: Cu….l…..ture. (sounding it out)
Students: (saying it together) Oh… Culture!!!
Miss Wright: Yes, today we learned what culture is. Now raise your hand if you can tell
me what culture is. (most everyone raise their hand)
Miss Wright: Ok, Sara. What is Culture?
Sara: It is what ever your family does that they eat, their religion and what they wear.
Miss Wright: (looking for assurance) Perfect, Culture is a way of life for a group of
people that includes their values, beliefs, religion, traditions, and foods they eat.

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Miss Wright: Now class, I am going to give you fifteen to twenty minutes, during this
time I would like everyone to think about what their daily lives are like. What your
family beliefs and traditions are. All the stuff we just learned today and write a short
paragraph about what you think your culture is. Then we will follow up on what
everyone wrote in class next week. This will lead us right into out next lesson. Cultural
Diversity and before you leave class today, I would like everyone to turn your papers
in on my desk. Thanks everybody, have a great day!