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Christmas Around the World

Diversity and Empathy

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3.C.1 Understand how diverse cultures are visible in local and regional communities.

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Compare languages, foods and traditions of various groups living in local and regional communities.

3.C.1.2

Exemplify how various groups show artistic expression within the local and regional communities.

3.C.1.3

Use non-fiction texts to explore how cultures borrow and share from each other (foods, languages, rules, traditions and behaviors).

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Walk this World at Christmas Time by Debbie Powell 

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Walk this World at Christmas Time by Debbie Powell 

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This book takes students on a global adventure and allows them to learn about the Christmas traditions of various cultures. Walk this World at Christmas is packed with bight illustrations and a fun fact/interesting tradition under each flap!

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Walk this World at Christmas Time : Debbie Powell : 9781783702763

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Walk this World at Christmas Time by Debbie Powell, 9781783702763, available at Book Depository with free delivery worldwide.

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In this story, Hanna's family moves from Sweden to America right before the Christmas season. Hanna is homesick and does not like America until she receives a package from her Mormor with Christmas gifts to help her have a "Sweden Christmas". Through the gifts that her Mormor, Hanna is able to bring a piece of her home traditions to her new home in America.

As students read this book, they will have to empathize with Hanna as she tries to sort out her feelings of homesickness and new beginnings. Students who have moved from: one country to another, one school to another, one house to another or even one town to another will be able to put themselves in the shoes of Hanna and how she feels. Students will be able to think back to a time when they had someone help make a new place feel like "home" sort of like Mormor did for Hanna. This book will also challenge students to think about how they can make a new classmate/neighbor/teammate etc feel welcomed and celebrated!

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Bambinelli Sunday: A Christmas Blessing by Amy Wellborn

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Bambinelli Sunday: A Christmas Blessing by Amy Wellborn

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In this story, readers follow main character Allessandro who is living with his grandparents while his parents are out of the country searching for jobs. Allessandro's grandparents own a shop that sells presepe (Nativity scenes). Though Allessandro is living with this grandparents he is still experiencing loneliness as he is missing his parents. His grandfather gives him the idea of making his own figure of baby Jesus and they would take it with them to Rome in the coming weeks to have it blessed by the Holy Father on Bambinelli Sunday. Allessandro encounters numerous adventures during their trip to Rome and he begins to see his town in a new light.

This is a story that will allow students to empathize with Allesandro as some students may know what it is like to spend holidays or time away from their parents. Students can also think about how to help one another find peace, security and calmness through tough situations.

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In this short clip students will learn how Amanda and her family celebrate Hanukkah. Hanukkah is a Christmas celebration that comes from Israel. Students will also learn about the menorah and why families light the candles.

This video will ask students to think about the origins of their own Christmas traditions.

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Elmo's World Happy Holidays - Just Savitzky Family

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In this video, children talk about the holidays they celebrate and what they mean to them. The video showcases many different children of varying cultures who celebrate in numerous ways. This video will tap into students own feelings as they make connections to some of the children in the video who celebrate Christmas the same way that they do. It will also challenge students to think about the traditions that their families do that may have originated in other countries.

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While this book doesn't relate to my thematic research topic, it is one of my absolute favorite books to teach students how to see things from another perspective. Not only is this book pretty comical, the crayons claims are rather rational and students will be able to stop and say, "oh yeah, I do use blue for big color projects such as the ocean and sky. I bet he is tired." Not only that but it is a super easy book to implement into readers theatre. Students can take on the life of a mentioned crayon and act them out. I just think this is such a sweet book that I couldn't list these resources without mentioning it!

This book takes empathy to another level by making students relate to inanimate objects and seeing the world from their point of view. What color would students like to be if they could become a crayon? Why did they choose that specific color? Why not another one?