Sara,
Thanks for your ideas, the part about human sacrifices really
made me laugh.

On 12/24/08, Sara wrote:
> On 12/24/08, heroleander01 wrote:
>> I teach Grade 6 Geography and I am looking for some ideas
>> about how I can "jazz" up a Culture Project. Right now we
>> do the boring, "Bring in a Poster" thing which the
>> students just hate. Also, we have limited access to
>> computers in our building so most of the work is done at
>> home. Any ideas will be greatly appreciated.
>
> can they film themselves with a camcorder? My kids dress up
> and pretend to be members of the culture they've studied -
> sometimes I let them make up a culture but in both cases, the
> project/performance is filmed and we watch them in school.
> Questions are allowed at the end and sometimes I tell the
> grtuoup they must answer in 'culture character'.
>
> Or without camcorders and the like, I tell the groups to find
> a ceremony or ritual traditional to the culture they studied
> and come in and perform that ceremony or ritual ( no human
> sacrifices etc. etc - it has to be a ritual or ceremogny
> acceptable - they like to do weddings - a Hmong wedding, a
> Baka wedding etc. Sometimes they've done a funeral - they
> always do a good job and the others kids are Fascinated to
watch.
>
> One group did a ritual tattooing ceremony but used marking
> pens. Another recited the lengthy genealogies as did the
> Maori and Hawaiian Islanders ( I'm not sure the kids liked
> that one as much as others....)

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