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This One Mountain, Many Cultures lesson plan also includes:
- One Mountain, Many Cultures Documents
- Everest Education Expedition
- Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle
- Mount Everest & Me
- Sacred Places Slideshow
- Everest Puja Ceremony
- The Way to Make Perfect Mountains: Native American Legends of Sacred Mountains
- Tibetan Folktales
- American Indian Stories
- Crow Indian Legends, Myths, and Stories
- lackfeet Indian Legends, Myths, and Stories
- Chippewa Cree Why Stories (Montana)
- Vocabulary
- Activity
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Americans may think of Mount Everest as a region dedicated to adventurous hikers, but many cultures have flourished there! Learners read informative books, watch videos, participate in classroom discussion, analyze folk tales, and complete a simulation exercise in a lesson focused on Mount Everest.
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Instructional Ideas
- Flip the classroom by asking pupils to watch the Puja Ceremony at home
- Give scholars an activity that teaches the vocabulary as pre-work
Classroom Considerations
- Consider teaching along with a unit on culture
- Collaborate with the English department to enhance the folk tale portion
- The seventh in a series of eight about Mount Everest
Pros
- Supplies a helpful book list of additional resources
- Contains assessment activities, such as writing a folk tale
- Provides a worksheet and crossword puzzle for reinforcing concepts
Cons
- None