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Here are some ways teachers have used this resource:
✅ Start your first week of social studies with this amazing back-to-school exploration of culture.
✅ Practice key research, writing, and discussion skills with topics that all students are invested in.
✅ Build your classroom community, reduce bullying, and give students the opportunity to explore their identities more.
✅ Unlock creativity and curiosity with unique projects that will help build cultural awareness.
These Cultural Identity Projects for students are perfect for teachers who want to explore culture and identity in class!
Product Details
✦ 6 Cultural Identity Lesson Plans: Family History and Heritage, Traditions of Food, Story of Our Names, Homes Around the World, Clothing and Culture, and What is Cultural Identity)
✦ 8 Cultural Identity Projects and 14 Activities like…
Design a home for a mystery culture
Write a family recipe
Draw a typical lunch in your culture
Create a family tree
Write the story of your name and draw a self-portrait
✦ 6 Slideshows with detailed discussion guidance built into the slides
✦ Quick-Grade Project Rubrics
✦ Answer Keys and Student Samples
✦ Editable Parent Letter
✦ Exclusive Unit Bonuses: Unit Pacing Guide, Unit Overview with Learning Targets, Standards Alignment Guide, Before/After Unit Written Reflection, Bonus ‘About Me’ Phone Feed Craft with Rubric
Students will practice key skills like:
Explore and describe factors that contribute to their identity, like names, family, food, clothing, and homes
Give examples of how experiences may be interpreted differently by people from different cultures
Describe the ways that homes, clothing, families, and names serve as expressions of culture
Develop personal identities in the context of their families, peers, schools, and communities
Build community, and develop empathy and acceptance for classmates who may have different cultural practices
Pedagogy
This Cultural Identity Unit is written to follow the project-based learning model. You will give students the opportunity to develop knowledge and skills through an engaging set of cultural identity projects and explorations that they may encounter in the real world. This unit designed for upper elementary students, but can be differentiated for other grade levels.
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Total Pages 100 Pages | 100 Slides
Answer Key Yes w/ Rubrics
Teaching Duration 2 weeks
© 2025 Globally Taught
Permission to copy for single classroom use only.
Please purchase additional licenses if you intend to share this product.
All rights reserved by the author.
For more information, read our Terms of Use.
Total Pages 100 Slides | 100 Pages
Answer Key Yes
Teaching Duration 2-3 Weeks