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Lesson Plan: Understanding Culture

Micronesia: Understanding Its People and Culture. Guam is rich in diversity. It has a multicultural community with people from many parts of the world, particularly from within the Pacific Region and specifically from Micronesia.

Lesson Plan: Let’s Talk Story

Through their story, students will learn the importance of oral storytelling and how it plays an important role in Pacific Island cultures.

Lesson Plan: Diving With Sirena

Students will explore the historical background of the story of Sirena, a well known legend in Guam. Students will also draw personal connections to the cultural aspects in the story of Sirena.

Lesson Plan: Personal Narrative Essay

This lesson will allow students explore a moment in their lives to write a personal narrative essay. Personal narratives allow them to share their life with others and vicariously experience the things that happen around them. Their job as the writer is to put the reader in the midst of the action, letting him or her live through an experience.

Lesson Plan: Our Place In The World

This is an introductory lesson to 5th grade geography, culture, history, and government. Students will learn to locate islands and key features on maps in the region in which they live. They will later use these skills to locate countries, states, and key features on a map or globe of the United States and the world as well as build background knowledge for future Social Studies lessons.

Lesson Plan: Oh, Where Can I Be?

In this lesson students will revisit cardinal directions and gain map reading skills. Then students will locate places on a map. Students will then be placed in pairs and create a map to different locations in school.

Lesson Plan: I Am Different

What do most students like to talk about when they come back to school in August? You probably guessed it. They like talking about themselves! So, why not find time letting them do just that? Help students celebrate their individuality and learn about likenesses and differences. This lesson builds those important skills and a sense of family in your classroom.

Lesson Plan: Geography of Micronesia

Geography of Micronesia: Reading Maps. Students will use their map skills to be able to identify islands in Micronesia based on their latitude and longitude, and determine the approximate distance between identified islands.

Lesson Plan: Gender Roles

Comparing and Contrasting Gender Roles in the Family and Culture. In this lesson, students will analyze their roles in their families and cultures, to compare and contrast the similarities and differences in gender roles that they have experienced and observed.

Lesson Plan: Vegetables and Fruits

Let’s Eat Fresh Vegetables and Fruits. Students will develop skills to examine a group of vegetables and fruits, and sort them into (1) Vegetable Group and (2) Fruit Group with 90 – 95% accuracy.