Connected Cultures
Reading and Materials List
Required Books
- Xochitl and the Flowers by Jorge Argueta
Lesson 6
Materials
Common Materials
- colored pencils or markers
- materials vary depending on your child's exhibit
- journal
- paper
- film canisters
- Indian spices
- construction paper
- scissors
- world map
- salt
- spatula
- measuring spoons
- mixing bowl and spoon
- oil
- onion
- pan
- eggs, butter, and milk
- bread
- cotton balls
- cotton, wool, and silk garments
- cumin, turmeric, and coriander
- glue
- library books about India
- library books about Mexico* (3.2 - optional)
- map of North and South America
- marker or paint
- ingredients for a Mexican meal
- can of refried beans
- bat or broom handle
- blindfold
- box of Mexican rice
- piñata and treats to fill it
- rope
- tile
- video of Disney's Mulan* (4.optional)
- stapler
- tape
- ruler
- fortune cookie
- pencil
- decorations
- large piece of construction paper
- library books about China* (4.2 - optional)
- markers
- thank you note
- digital camera
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used