Students will identify and share different table manners and understand that they will be considered acceptable and appropriate depending on the culture you are looking at. Students will collaborate and share their own customs and table manners in their families.* This lesson was developed by Sandra Bays as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.  * This is an adaptation from Pamela Gordon. 

Enrich your lessons of North Carolina history and culture by connecting the past to crafts that are easy and fun to make in your classroom. Supply lists and instructions are provided on each page! Make copies as needed for your students and share accompanying histories to add meaning to the activities. This resource's link takes you to a very short form that gives you free downloadable access to the complete PDF book.

Using both families and schools as a lens for study, 1st grade students learn about geography, history, economics, and civics with strong connections to the literacy block!

Students will practice basic paper folding to partition squares into halves and fourths and apply this to the art of origami, Japanese paper folding. This lesson was developed by NCDPI as part of the Academically and/or Intellectually Gifted Instructional Resources Project. This lesson plan has been vetted at the state level for standards alignment, AIG focus, and content accuracy.

Students will identify and share different table manners that are deemed acceptable and appropriate. Students will collaborate and share their own customs and table manners in their families.This lesson was developed by Sandra Bays as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

Students will explore table manners and customs of different cultures. They will then begin to discuss similarities and differences compared to their own customs and table manners.This lesson was developed by Sandra Bays as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

Students learn about table manners and customs of South Korea through a video created by American students currently living in South Korea. Students then compare and contrast with our table manners in the United States.This lesson was developed by Sandra Bays as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.

After reading about a traditional meal in South Korea, students will have a chance to help prepare Bibimbap, a traditional South Korean meal, and practice eating using the same customs and manners as South Korean families.This lesson was developed by Sandra Bays as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

Three activities to build background and interest in the topic and to activate any prior knowledge students have about cultures. This lesson was developed by Julie Glaser as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

Students will research information about a culture in order to teach others about it. This lesson was developed by Julie Glaser as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.            

In this lesson, students will explore with Google Earth in order to find where the Asian Continent is located. Students will read about food around the world and focus their attention in some Asian countries. The lesson is designed for a Spanish Immersion setting so many of the resources and lesson components will be in Spanish. This lesson was developed by Paola Contreras-Ramirez as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.

This lesson has been designed to be delivered in literacy rotation centers. In order to have a successful experience it is suggested to have a teacher and a teacher assistant to support the reading and writing center. The lesson is designed for a Spanish Immersion setting so many of the resources and lesson components will be in Spanish. This lesson was developed by Paola Contreras-Ramirez as part of their completion of the North Carolina Global Educator Digital Badge program. This lesson plan has been vetted at the local and state level for standards alignment, Global Education focus, and content accuracy.

Students will use Google Slides to play a Guess Who game. The teacher will share one Google Slide presentation to all students. Each student will create one slide, and type two sentences describing themselves on that slide. Students will then be given a slide number randomly, they will have to guess who that person is.

This video series is broken up into two-part mini programs which each include a short video history lesson followed by a second video with a craft activity. These videos are designed to be viewed together to learn about history of Vance Birthplace State Historic Site in the mountains of North Carolina and life in the 1800s.