Global Competencies Oral Presentation Ideas by Kim Baker

Cultural Case Study: Valuing Differences

kimbaker8 — 2025-08-21 14:09:59 UTC

Summarize with a partner verbally using sentence frames like “Today I will tell you about what life is like for kids in __________. One thing that surprised me was ___________________.”

Valuing differences

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I can identify and respect different cultures, traditions, and beliefs.

Global recipe book. (Global music book, global activities (dances and sports), global art, global stories and traditions, ect)

3rd Grade

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Intercultural Understanding

Students will get in groups and investigate how the Spanish dialect differentiates between countries. Students will come up with 5 words that mean the same but are said different.

Ex. Beans = frijoles or habichuelas

2nd Grade- Valuing Differences

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On the first day of school students are bringing in three small items that represent them to share with the class. We will share and listen and ask further questions and make connections. We will reflect as a class how our different interests make our community stronger. And reflect on our respectful listening skills.

Holidays around the world - Curiosity

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Students will rotate from classroom to classroom to explore 4 different cultures and the traditions that come with each.

Activities: kwanza slide

Caroling

Personal presentation of own holiday traditions

First Grade: Curiosity

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Socratic seminar to analyze the various Cinderella outfits of different cultures. How does the culture impact the dress?

4th/5th

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Empathy- analyzing how words and actions impact others

Restorative Justice- what did you do, how did it make them feel, how can you make it right
Same process but with characters in Stories we read
Work with students on identifying their OWN emotions so they can recognize them in others (don’t say ‘happy’, ‘sad’, ‘mad’ - more specific
Tie specific emotions to direct actions - cause and effect
Sequence- snowballing; I did this, so he did that, and then I did this …
Compare and contrast - you did this, but what would have been a BETTER choice

6-8 Curiosity

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Across all content areas, analyzing and synthesizing information can be done through comparing various data from different countries on various topics.

IE: energy consumption and CO2 emissions across several countries