$5 - $10 6th Grade Other (Social Studies & History) Cultural Activities

In our global society, our students need to understand how **cultures are developed **and how they adapt to and adopt practices and beliefs from others through cultural diffusion. As students understand cultures vs subcultures, it will help them navigate and appreciate the diverse world we live in. In this lesson, students will look at "the American culture" vs its subcultures.

Students will enjoy working in **cooperative groups **to create a collage that illustrates various American subcultures. This activity will require them to use **higher-order thinking skills **as they analyze, compare, and evaluate American culture alongside its subcultures.

Additionally, students will complete a short preliminary assignment in which they will interpret a political cartoon. This approach caters to** visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners** in grades 5 through 12, ensuring that even older students will find it engaging!

Disclaimer:

One purchase is for the use of one teacher. If additional teachers would like to use this product, please purchase additional licenses.

This is a Informational Reading Passage AND Trifold Report Template AND Collaborative Art Project about Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK) as an African American Artist and a Black Changemaker. Students can use this as a jumping off point for a research project or as an activity for Black History Month or Martin Luther King, Jr Day.

Informational Reading Passage

Information on...

- Early Life

- Career

- Interesting Facts

- Artistic Contributions/Influences

• Inclusive Learning: Foster an inclusive classroom environment by exploring diverse narratives and celebrating the achievements of underrepresented voices.
• Ready-to-Use Content: Save time on lesson planning with our pre-packaged materials, allowing you to focus on what you do best – inspiring the next generation.

Trifold Report:

1. Choose a Subject (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (MLK)): Students select an individual to research. This could be anyone from historical figures, scientists, artists, to contemporary leaders or influencers. MLK is pre-filled in on version of this template.
2. Fill in the Blanks: The template guides students through the research process. They'll fill in key sections, providing biographical information, accomplishments, and the impact of the chosen individual.
3. Present to the Class: The completed reports become the basis for engaging class presentations. This step encourages students to express themselves confidently and articulately.

Collaborative Art

This unique product transforms any space into a vibrant tapestry of collective expression, capturing the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s impactful words and life.

***Pro-Tip*** To make a smaller puzzle- use your printer or copiers "combine" feature and print 2 pages on one paper!

2 sizes- 25 pieces or 36 pieces! (Bordered or Borderless)

Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, the Nativity and more! Bring festive fun and cultural exploration to your classroom with this interactive holiday game bundle! This engaging Who Wants to Be a Millionaire-style game pairs perfectly with an immersive escape room experience, offering students an exciting way to learn about Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah (Chanukah), and other winter holiday traditions from around the world.

Bundle and Save 20%, which is less than the $9.99 suggested by TeachShare.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Winter Holidays Edition

Give students a chance to “score a million points” while they learn about winter holidays! This differentiated, animated game mirrors the excitement of the TV show while exploring holiday customs like Santa Claus, the Nativity, the Winter Solstice, and more! Students can choose from multiple game modes (timed, scored, or no pressure) and use boosters like “Go Halfsies” or “Poll the Audience.” Perfect for history, ELA, and cultural studies stations, this game aligns with TEKS and standards for learning and can be replayed for ongoing engagement.

Escape Room: Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and Winter Holidays Around the World

In this digital escape room, students race to unlock “doors” to various classrooms by solving winter holiday trivia and Christmas-themed math and ELA challenges, ensuring a well-rounded learning experience that reinforces basic skills. With trivia ranging from Christmas music lyrics to general winter holiday facts, students will engage in critical thinking and problem-solving while immersed in seasonal fun! This game’s unlimited replay and multimedia design make it ideal for virtual and in-person settings.

Key Features of the Bundle:

• Interactive Gameplay: Combines festive trivia with dynamic learning through differentiated game modes and varied puzzles.
• Holiday and Cultural Learning: Teaches about traditions like Las Posadas, Boxing Day, and Lunar New Year while boosting engagement.
• Standards-Aligned and Differentiated: Meets standards and allows flexible learning, perfect for diverse classroom needs.

Create unforgettable holiday memories and celebrate global traditions with this Who Wants to Be a Millionaire + Escape Room holiday bundle! Ideal for holiday classroom activities, this bundle is ready to boost learning and engagement throughout the season.

Basic Features:

• Please play the preview versions. This is the best way to understand how the game works and is also the best way to avoid surprises after purchase.
• Supports Remote Learning: Online game. Internet required.
• A single-player game aligned to CCSS, STAAR, and TEKS §113.12(b)(1): Description: The student understands the origins of customs, holidays, and celebrations.
• Automatic scoring and self-correcting answer key. Learners get immediate notification of correct or incorrect answers.
• Unlimited Replay option: Questions are selected randomly from a pool. There are at least 11 question sets in each room and well over 120 question sets in total. This makes it possible to produce a unique quiz with each replay attempt. (That's right; they can play each day leading up to winter break and not get the same game twice, giving you the biggest bang for you buck when you buy once and play throughout the entire holiday season!) In addition, new questions will be added to the pool periodically to keep the pool robust.
• Learners are acknowledged by the name they entered when launching the game.
• No Prep: Automatic scoring and answer key. Open/send the link and go!
• Learning aids included.
• Christmas music and quirky animations make this fun, fun, fun!
• No macros = play on any device.
• A Google account is not required!
• Average duration: 15 minutes or less = Perfect for a quick refresher or energizer (and they can play again and again!).

What to Expect:

You'll receive a PDF file with a link to the online game. This content is not editable. While I'll update the game periodically, I will do my best to retain the same link. After purchasing, you'll be notified about any updates to this product.

Help Me Get Better:

If you encounter any issues, please reach out to me at zaneylaneylearning@gmail.com before posting a negative review. I have a lot of ideas, and I'm trying my best to present an error-free, high-quality product. Again, please play the preview versions. This is the best way to understand how the game works and is also the best way to avoid surprises after purchase.

Please let me know if you would like to see additional examples or have suggestions for other uses/topics.

What a fun way to study people throughout history. My students LOVE playing this game. They couldn't wait to play it. It encourages students to use their critical thinking skills while enjoying the learning process. This is very versatile and can be used over and over.

Tired of the same old basil workbook handouts? Whether you are studying historical people or current events, this will increase student learning and improve comprehension.

This is a great way to get your students involved in their own learning, giving them autonomy, and it is an activity that can be used across the curriculum. Students will have a great time analyzing characters, acting them out, and gaining points for identifying fact or fiction. This is not only great for social studies and geography, but for any lesson in which people or characters are being studied.

Disclaimer:

One purchase is for the use of one teacher. If additional teachers would like to use this product, please purchase additional licenses.

Differentiated Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah (Chanukah), Nativity Who Wants to be Millionaire Game: This is the best game that celebrates various cultures around the globe in relation to their winter holidays and observances, inlcuding Christmas, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah (Chanukah), the Nativity, Boxing Day, Las Posadas, New Year/Lunar New Year, Winter Solstice, and so much more!

My products offer the best Millionaire game experience on the platform! Animated, automated, with video/audio engagement, this Millionaire game allows you to elevate your classroom stations by incorporating this digital, dynamic, and interactive game that offers unlimited replay. This Millionaire game is designed to engage learners while they answer questions about Christmas (mainly ala Santa Claus) and other winter holidays and celebrataions including Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Las Posadas, Lunar New Year, and more!

This differentiated Who Wants to Be a Millionaire game helps meets TEKS and other standards aligned to history and culture and is perfect for learner engagement (again and again through unlimited replay) throughout the holiday season.

My Who Wants to be a Millionaire-style game mimics the excitement of the popular TV show while reinforcing what you’ve taught about the history and culture of Christmas and other winter holidays, with the addition of animation, automation, and a few fun and engaging twists. If you are ready to take your class through a next-level Who Wants to Be a Millionaire experience, this is the game for you! So let me ask, "who wants to score a million points?"

Key Features:

• Interactive Gameplay: Students advance through one round of 12 increasingly challenging topics. The game includes three boosters — Go Halfsies, Text a Buddy, and Poll the Audience — to help students when they’re stumped.

• Differentiated: Learners choose their review:

  • Timed and scored
  • Timed only
  • Scored only
  • No pressure

• Engaging: You’ll find learners amazed and sometimes even laughing out loud when they receive a Mad Gab question or when they discover that some of the Text a Buddy boosters include school-approved texting lingo, emojis, dad jokes, a working “x” key, diverse buddies, and even occasional reminders from their “teacher”. Also, learners will appreciate the additional opportunity to continue earning points even after they’ve answered a question incorrectly.

• No Prep Whatsoever: This game is ready to use right out of the box —simply save the link as a Favorite and share with learners accordingly.

• Comprehensive: Check out these categories!

  • Category 1: Christmas symbols, such as colors, snowmen, poinsettias, etc.
  • Category 2: Santa, reindeer and elves
  • Category 3: Songs
  • Category 4: Movies and stories
  • Category 5: Nativity
  • Category 6: Hanukkah
  • Categor 7: Kwanzaa
  • Category 8: New Year, Lunar New Year, Yule
  • Category 9: Boxing Day, Las Posadas, and more
  • Category 10: Speaking of Christmas - Mad Gab and how to say "Santa Claus" and "Merry Christmas in different languages
  • Category 11: Christmas traditions around the world
  • Cateogry 12: Christmas history

Play the preview version to see this game in action.

Check out my Winter Holiday Escape Room Game for another engaging learning adventure!

Benefits:

• Reinforces key concepts in an engaging, memorable way
• Encourages critical thinking and decision-making under pressure
• Supports differentiated instruction allowing learners to choose their review
• Promotes friendly competition when students try to outscore each other

Perfect For:

• Test prep and review sessions
• End-of-unit assessments
• Substitute teacher plans
• Engaging students in hybrid or virtual classrooms
• Self-paced learning

Basic Features:

• Standards Aligned: Meets TEKS and CCSS
• Remote Learning Friendly: Online game. Internet required.
• Fully Automated: Automatic scoring and self-correcting answer key. Learners get immediate notification of correct or incorrect answers.
• Sleek and Professional: High-quality design with no annoying home or back button.
• Unlimited Replay option: Questions are selected randomly from a pool. Each question level is aligned to at least 12 questions, and there are well over 150 questions in total. This makes it possible to produce a unique quiz with each replay attempt and ensures you get the biggest bang for your buck when you buy once and use forever. In addition, new questions will be added to the pool periodically to keep the pool robust and current.
• Personalized Fun: Learners are acknowledged by the name they entered when launching the game.
• Truly No Prep: Automatic scoring and answer key. Just open/send the link and go!
• Copyright-friendly audio.
• No macros = play on any device.
• A Google account is not required!
• Quick and Effective: 10 - 15 minutes = Perfect for a quick refresher or energizer.

Why Students Love It:

• Differentiated review options empower students with the flexibility to engage in ways that best support their learning preferences while keeping them motivated and improving key skills.
• Personalized recognition for correct answers encourages, motivates, and boosts engagement, as students feel that the game is tailored specifically for them.
• Engagment through discovering various Easter eggs with the Text a Buddy booster.

Why Teachers Love It:

Teachers love how this game turns review sessions into a high-energy, student-centered activity. It’s a fantastic way to motivate students and help them retain important information. Plus, with the easy-to-use format, there’s no need to spend hours prepping!

TEKS §113.12(b)(1):

• Description: The student understands the origins of customs, holidays, and celebrations.

What to Expect:

Please play the preview version before purchasing. This is the best way to understand how the game works and is also the best way to avoid surprises after purchase.

Because of the coding involved to produce this fully-automated, game with audio and animation, you may experience a slight delay between mouse clicks, depending on your Internet speed.

You'll receive a PDF file that includes a link to the online game. This content is not editable. If there is something you would like added, please let me know.

While I'll update the game periodically, I will do my best to retain the same link. After purchasing, you'll be notified about any updates to this product.

Want more? Here's a preview of other learning games.

This product is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or associated with any television game show or any other intellectual property owned by their respective trademark holders. All content has been independently created for educational purposes to provide an engaging and interactive learning experience.

Help Me Get Better:

If you encounter any issues, please email me at zaneylaneylearning@gmail.com before posting a negative review. I have a lot of ideas, and I'm trying my best to present an error-free, high-quality product. Again, please play the preview version before purchasing. This is the best way to understand how the game works and is also the best way to avoid surprises after purchase.

This lesson is easy enough for 5th graders to understand yet works well with students up to grade 12. Modifications can be made as needed.

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Students will find this Antarctica Scavenger Hunt activity fun and motivating, and it will encourage students to examine the physical, political, economic, and cultural characteristics of Antarctica. This is the perfect activity to introduce and begin your Antarctica unit.

For this Antarctica activity, provide each student with a student activity sheet. Students will work in cooperative groups of two to four, depending on your class and ability and experience in working in cooperative groups.

INCLUDES:

• Student Scavenger Packet with map and graphic organizer
• Teacher Guide and Answer Sheet
• Type of Geography Chart

Requires use of computer stations, textbooks, library books, atlases, etc.

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