Proud To Be Me

Theme: The Pull Between Maintaining a Stong Cultural Identity and Assimilation

Your students will capture the importance of recognizing the value of cultural differences as they learn that people can identify with and belong to their own culture, while being a part of mainstream culture.

In a “What doesn’t belong in this group?” exercise, Arthur says Cat-a-lion doesn’t belong because of his cultural differences. Ms. Ahenakew returns to class dressed in the traditional clothing of her Native American people. The puppets conclude that she looks very different, but is still their familiar teacher. She explains that she was teased as a child, but came to realize that being a Native American is special. The puppets decide to share their cultures with one another.

Activities:Celebrate differences with cultural show-and-tell, grouping exercises, and a heritage festival.

The DVD has chapters, a PDF of the complete Teacher Guide and a Training Video and Guide.

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The teacher's and training guides are provided on the DVD.  A printed copy is provided free with the purchase of the complete series

Ideal for Grades 1-3
Duration: 15 minutes
Closed-Captioned
©1995 Family Communications Inc,
Series # 614