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Culture – Grade 4

UGs Understanding Performances Ongoing Assessments

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• Class generated KWL chart• Reading of Africa Is Not a

Country and group discussionof diversity of culturesacross Africa

• U or enegal pictureactivity

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share of essential -uestions• !#o colu"n notes of -uestions

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• Research and presentation onan aspect of enegaleseculture

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evaluated on co"pletion0 as #ell thoroughness of ideas% & #ill $eloo+ing for students to engage #ithe content in "eaningful #ays0 nto provide a correct ans#er%tudents #ill have the opportunitto select fro" these assign"ents include in their final portfoliosto reflect the evolution of theirunderstanding%!he presentations #ill $e assesseon ho# #ell students convey the"aterial to their class"ates and

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• inal reflection surroundingessential -uestions .part ofportfolio/

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Why is it i"portant to learn a$out other cultures8

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What is culture8 What can #e learn a$out another cultu

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tudents #illconstruct anunderstandingof culture asthe #ays oflife of agroup ofpeople% !hey#ill identifythe arts0language0

traditions0$eliefs0values0 and$ehavior asaspects ofculture%

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tudents #illevaluate the#ays in #hichtheir o#nculturei"pacts ho#they vie# the#orld inorder to "a+enon,udg"ental

o$servationsof othercultures%

tudents #illco"pare andcontrast thediversity ofculturesthroughoutAfrica and#ithinenegal0includingrural to

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tudents #illidentify #aysin #hich WestAfricanculture hasshaped andinfluenced Uculture%

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