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American Museum of Natural History

Multiple Cultures, Multiple Identities

What defines you: your ethnic background, the region you live in, your age, or your gender? Correct answer: All of the above. Assemble the pieces of your identity in a cultural chest. 

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    • In this Moveable Museum lesson plan, students examine their personal multiculturalism by creating "cultural chests" and filling them with objects that represent the social and cultural groups they identify with. This 10-page PDF guide includes:

        • background information
        • teacher strategies
        • assessment guidelines

    • Completion Time

      Less than a week

    • Topic

      Anthropology

    • Subtopic

      General

    • Subtopic

      Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
      Grades 5-8:

      • Culture• Individual Development and Identity• Individuals, Groups, and Institutions

    • Learning Standard

      Curriculum Standards for Social Studies
      Grades 5-8:

      • Culture• Individual Development and Identity• Individuals, Groups, and Institutions