# Lesson 197: Cultural celebration day

🟡 SOCIAL STUDIES (40 Lessons) • 🟠 E. Projects

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## Objective

I can help plan a simple cultural celebration day with an adult. I can say that people have different traditions and use kind words to talk about how we celebrate.

## Materials

- Large paper or light card for the celebration plan page or mini poster
- Crayons or colored pencils
- Notebook page for planning and sentence ideas
- Optional: pictures of different celebrations from books or safe websites (adult chooses)

## Mini-lesson — What is culture and a celebration day?

Culture is how people live, celebrate, eat, dress, and share stories and music.

Parts of culture

- Foods people eat and share.
- Clothes people wear for every day or special days.
- Music, dance, and stories people enjoy.
- Traditions or celebrations that come again each year.

Different and special

- Families can have different traditions, even in the same country.
- Some people may celebrate special days in different ways.
- Different does not mean better or worse. It just means not the same.

Cultural celebration day

- A cultural celebration day is a time to share and learn about different cultures in a kind way.
- We might show music, pictures, stories, or foods that are important to our families, with an adult's help.
- We follow school or family rules so everyone feels safe and respected.

In this lesson, we keep our celebration ideas simple, respectful, and age-appropriate. An adult guides what to share and how to share it.

Picture strip: Cultural celebration circle

## Guided Practice — Plan your celebration day

You will plan a simple cultural celebration day page with an adult.

1. On a notebook page, write or trace the title: "Cultural celebration day plan".
2. Draw three small boxes and label them "Food or drink", "Music or dance", and "Story, picture, or object".
3. Talk with an adult about safe things you could share or learn in each box. For example, a picture of a special food, a song from your culture, or a story your family tells.
4. Sketch one idea in each box. Keep it simple and respectful.
5. Under each box, the adult helps you write or trace a short sentence, such as "We listen to music from different cultures."
6. Read your plan aloud to an adult. Check that every idea is kind, safe, and follows your family or school rules.

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## Practice — Create your cultural celebration day page

Use your plan to make a celebration day page that shows kind, respectful ways to share culture.

1. On large paper, write or trace the title at the top: "Our cultural celebration day".
2. Divide the page into three sections and label them "Food or drink", "Music or dance", and "Stories or objects".
3. In each section, draw a clear picture that matches one idea from your plan. For example, a plate of special food, people dancing, or a story book.
4. Under each picture, write or trace a short sentence that begins with "We can…", such as "We can listen to music from different cultures."
5. Add small hearts, stars, or flags around the border if you like, but keep all faces and bodies kind and respectful.
6. Share your page with an adult. Read each sentence aloud and talk about how your cultural celebration day will help people feel welcome and respected.

## Quick Check — Cultural celebration day

Answer each question about culture, celebrations, and respect. These questions check simple ideas only.

1) What is culture?

Only the kind of toy you like. Ways people live, celebrate, eat, dress, and share stories and music. A word that means "homework".
Culture is about how people live and celebrate.

2) Which is a part of culture?

Special foods and celebrations. The colour of your pencil. How tall your door is.
Foods and celebrations are parts of culture.

3) Which sentence is true?

Every family has the very same traditions. Only one culture is important. Families can have different traditions, even in the same country.
Traditions can be different, even for neighbours.

4) What is a cultural celebration day?

A day to say mean things about other cultures. A day to share and learn about cultures in a kind, respectful way. A day with no stories, music, or talking.
We celebrate by sharing and learning kindly.

5) Which word describes how we should talk about other cultures?

Respectful. Unkind. Rude.
We use respectful words for everyone.

6) Which is a kind thing to say?

"Your food looks strange, so it is bad." "My way is the only good way." "Your celebration is different from mine, and that is okay."
Kind words accept differences.

7) Who should help you decide what to share on a cultural celebration day?

A stranger online. A trusted adult, like a parent or teacher. No one; you must decide alone.
Trusted adults help choose safe, kind ideas.

8) Which activity could be part of a cultural celebration day?

Listening to music from different cultures. Laughing at other peoples clothes. Hiding everyone's food.
Listening to music from different cultures is respectful and fun.

9) What helps your celebration day page be clear?

Scribbles and no words. Pictures that do not match your sentences. Neat pictures and sentences that match your celebration ideas.
Matching pictures and sentences make your ideas easy to understand.

10) What is one goal of this lesson?

To say one culture is better than all the others. To plan a kind, respectful cultural celebration day with an adult. To learn every tradition in the world today.
The goal is to plan a kind, respectful celebration day.

## Assessment (parent/teacher)

Student can say in simple words that culture is about how people live, celebrate, eat, dress, and share stories or music. Student understands that families can have different traditions. Student created a cultural celebration day plan and page with clear, respectful ideas. Student uses kind, respectful words when talking about other peoples cultures and celebrations. Student can name at least one activity that would be safe and respectful for a cultural celebration day.

## Exit ticket (student)

😀 I can talk kindly about different cultures and celebrations. 🙂 I know some ideas about cultural celebration day, but I want more practice. 😅 Cultural celebrations still feel a bit tricky to me.

#### Next time I will practise…

Using kind words about other cultures Finding one new thing I can learn about a culture Sharing a respectful cultural celebration idea with an adult
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