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History, Civics & Social Studies · Kindergarten

Different Traditions and Shared Needs

Kindergartners meet five fictional families and the traditions they celebrate, learn how traditions are passed down from grandparents to children, discover that all people share the same basic needs even when they meet them in different ways, and practise respectful, curious responses to traditions that are new to them.

  • 3 lessons
  • About 40 minutes
  • Traditions and needs: 5 questions
  • Ways to answer: choose an answer, match pairs, put in order, sort into groups and true or false
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What learners will discover

  • Describe traditions families and communities celebrate and explain that traditions are passed down from older to younger people.
  • Explain that all people share basic needs (food, water, shelter, clothing, love) and meet them in different ways.
  • Respond with respect and curiosity to traditions that are different from their own.

Lessons

  1. Family traditions 5 steps3 practiceabout 14 min
  2. Everyone has the same needs 3 steps2 practiceabout 13 min
  3. Curious and respectful 4 steps2 practiceabout 13 min
  4. Traditions and needs 5 questions at the end

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