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World Heritage in Young Helping Hands - Educational Kit

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World Heritage in Young Helping Hands - Educational Kit

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Description: This activity kit was designed to provide educators with resources to teach students about cultures and sites around the world.  They encourage learning though exploration and play.

Lesson Ideas: This kit has opportunities for students to have open discussion and explore various world heritage cites around the world. Educators are provided with worksheets that can be printed or uploaded on a learning management system where students can record their finding through exploration.

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Description: Patrimonito means small heritage in Spanish. This website from UNESCO provides 14 short videos where the mascot Patrimonito guides youngsters through different countries around the world.

Lesson Ideas: These videos can be used to introduce a culture or country is a Social Studies Lesson.  Use these videos to promote Higher Order Thinking (HOT) questions to begin discussion about similarities and differences in cultures or countries.

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Using the Patrimonito image

The purpose of the Patrimonito image is to popularize and promote awareness of World Heritage preservation and conservation as well as the activities of the Centre among young people. In line with this, the use of the Patrimonito image for personal, educational, cultural, non-profit, and non-commercial purposes should be encouraged.

Use of the Patrimonito character is regulated on the basic principles of copyright protection. The utilization of the character of Patrimonito requires prior authorization on the part of UNESCO World Heritage Centre.

Principles for using Patrimonito image

The Patrimonito image/name should be utilized for all projects substantially associated with the World Heritage Education Programme, its objectives and activities. The main criterion for approval should be the educational, scientific, cultural, or artistic value of the proposed product related to World Heritage principles and values.

A decision to approve the use of the Patrimonito image/name should be linked strongly to the quality and content of the product with which it is to be associated, not on the volume of products to be marketed or the financial return expected.

Approval should not routinely be granted to place the Patrimonito image/name on products that have no, or extremely little, educational value. Exceptions to this policy will be considered for special events, such as WH Education forums, training courses, seminars, workshops, meetings and conferences. Request for such uses should specifically document the manner in which the proposed use is expected to enhance World Heritage Education.

Any decision with respect to authorizing the use of the Patrimonito image/name must be completely unambiguous and in keeping with the explicit and implicit goals of World Heritage Education.

Except when authorized in accordance with these principles it is not legitimate for commercial entities to use the Patrimonito image/name directly on their own material to show their support for World Heritage.

Use of the Patrimonito image/name by other contracting parties should normally only be authorized when the proposed use relates directly to World Heritage Education. Requests accompanied by the recommendation and/or approval of the national authorities of the countries concerned should be considered for approval.

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Patrimonito Patrimonito's World Heritage Adventures © Patrimonito means 'small heritage' in Spanish and the character represents a young heritage guardian. Patrimonito has been ...

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5 Great Multicultural Classroom Activities to Involve Parents

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5 Great Multicultural Classroom Activities to Involve Parents

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Description: This blog contains activities that encourage diversity in the classroom.  These activities promote parent involvement.

Lesson Ideas: Many of the activities posted can be used as culminating activity to close a unit.  Through a LMS such as Google Classroom or Seesaw parents can be encouraged to be involved in creating a multicultural celebration. School Communities with a diverse population can use these ideas to coordinate a multicultural assembly that where all stakeholders can participate in. Including activities like virtual field trips or creating documentaries are ways to incorporate technology and digital media into lessons.

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America is often referred to as a "melting pot" and this is reflected in the multicultural nature of many of our schools. It's therefore very important to create multicultural classroom activities that embrace the range of cultures represented; not only to help all students feel included but also to help the uninitiated explore your school's rich diversity.

With that in mind, here are five easy activities that bring multiculturalism in your schools to life while also linking students, parents, and educators.

1. Encourage students to "show and tell" the class about their heritage

Start by choosing a topic relevant to the students' country or culture. As a homework assignment, the student and the parents will write about this topic, whether it's an aspect of their culture (such as festivals, holidays, etc.) or family photos relating to their own or their ancestors' story of coming to America. Projects will be shared with the class as a speech or "show and tell."

2. Extend the invitation to their wider family members

Invite parents, grandparents, aunts or uncles (always great to include other family members!) to personally share a 15-minute presentation on their culture. The family may dress in cultural dress, bring pictures, or even share online images about their culture. Allow some time for students' questions and let the kids satisfy their curiosity!

3. Organize a "showcase" night and connect through food

Give each student a paper "doll" to take home. Students can decorate the dolls to represent their cultural heritage. Have the students bring in a recipe from their culture to go with this. Then, on a certain "showcase" night, the dolls are presented together complete with the recipe card. Students & parents are encouraged to bring a dish of the recipe to share for a potluck dinner. This can be done with just one or two grades at a time if the school is too large to arrange such a presentation in one night.
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4. Make it real with field trips

Field trips are also a wonderful way to really see the fruits of multiculturalism. Visits to local workplaces, restaurants, museums, and government facilities allow students to witness diversity not only in the classroom but in the communities in which they live. You can even go on a virtual field trip. (For those schools in large urban areas, this may be just a short walk away).

5. Encourage playful participation

Different cultures play different games - and which child doesn't love games? Invite family members to describe and demonstrate cultural games with the students. Students can play and learn!

Teaching across cultures

American classrooms are multicultural and should be celebrated for their diversity. That's why it's so important to teach our students about a plethora of cultures, foods, games, and knowledge about others that they may otherwise not experience. These five ideas can expand the horizons not only for the students but for the whole school faculty.

Let's stir the melting pot!
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5 Great Multicultural Classroom Activities To Involve Parents - ClassTag

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America is often referred to as a "melting pot" and this is reflected in the multicultural nature of many of our schools. It's therefore very important to create multicultural classroom activities that embrace the range of cultures represented; not only to help all students feel included but also to help the uninitiated explore your school's rich diversity.

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6Ways Teachers Can Foster Cultural Awareness in the Classroom

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6Ways Teachers Can Foster Cultural Awareness in the Classroom

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Description: This blog contains ideas on how to foster awareness of other cultures with students.

Lesson Ideas: Find topics or cultures that students are interested.  Polls or multiple-choice questions created in Google Classroom can be used to determine what culture or landmark you focus on as a class.  Creating or finding lessons that are inclusive are another way to encourage diversity.

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6 Ways Teachers can Foster Cultural Awareness in the Classroom

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Schools that acknowledge the diversity of their student population understand the importance of promoting cultural awareness.

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We the Civics Kids - National Constitution Center

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We the Civics Kids - National Constitution Center

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Description: This website provides different ways to explore the constitution and American Civics. Students learn through lectures, videos and virtual exhibits.

Lesson Ideas: Creating lessons around virtual field trips can engage students and give them a feel of being immersed in the topic without physically being there. Videos are ways to bring guest speakers into the classroom when the experts are not local.

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The National Constitution Center is a one-stop civic education headquarters and Philadelphia's premier field trip destination. The museum brings the story of "We the People" to life for students through a hands-on museum experience and innovative tools for teaching the Constitution in your classroom.