In these lessons, students learn a traditional Chinese folktale and examine a contemporary artwork that’s based on it. The work, Xu Bing’s Monkeys Grasp for the Moon, is an installation made up of the word monkey in more than a dozen languages. Students create their own word-based works. This set of four lessons is divided into grades K–2, 3–5, 6–8, and 9–12. Younger students arrange cut-out letters into a picture. Older students create an animation.

Join us for our last Zoo Science as Bruce and Henry show you how to make your own traditional beehive. UNITE teachers and students build beehives not only for the honey but also to help make sure their crops get pollinated. Bees are critical for pollinating approximately 1/3 of the food we eat.

In this activity, students learn about traditional elements of the Kwanzaa holiday and then create a multicultural mat showing umoja, or unity, among people. Students will also research the other six Kwanzaa principles and prepare a presentation to share information with classmates.

Students use this bookmark to prepare a dish of diversity where they create a "dish" to share with classmates. Students discuss the book, Everybody Cooks Rice by Norah Dooley and the ways in which their families are alike and different. Students also describe their neighborhood and what it would be like to live in a multicultural neighborhood.

In this lesson, students look at the contributions made by people from other countries who have come and made their homes here. These include traditional foods, language and celebrations that are now part of the American experience. It also acts as a springboard for other activities as students investigate diversity within their class, as well as across the United States.