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- Year 2
The people in our school community
I can explain what culture means and describe different cultures in my class and country.
- Year 2
The people in our school community
I can explain what culture means and describe different cultures in my class and country.
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Lesson details
Key learning points
- There are many different cultures in our class.
- We might not understand other cultures, but we should be curious and positive about them.
- Other schools will have a different range of cultures.
- There are many different cultures in our country.
Keywords
Culture - the way of life for a group of people, including foods, language, music and celebrations
Celebrate - to praise someone for who they are or something they have done
Common misconception
My culture is normal and the other ones are strange.
We are all born into a culture. Every culture has interesting and positive things about it. We should be open-minded and curious about the lives and cultures of people around us.
To help you plan your year 2 RSHE (PSHE) lesson on: The people in our school community, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs...
To help you plan your year 2 RSHE (PSHE) lesson on: The people in our school community, download all teaching resources for free and adapt to suit your pupils' needs.
The starter quiz will activate and check your pupils' prior knowledge, with versions available both with and without answers in PDF format.
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Prior knowledge starter quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the word to the definition.
treating others kindly and valuing their feelings, ideas & boundaries
unlike anything else
something special that a family or group does again and again
Q2.Each family is...
Q3.Which statements are true?
Q4.How should we treat other people at school?
Q5.People are , no matter what they look like or who they are.
Q6.Match these things that might be part of different cultures.
meals that families like to eat together
words people speak to each other
songs and instruments people enjoy
special days that are important to families
Assessment exit quiz
6 Questions
Q1.Match the words to the definitions.
the way of life for a group of people, including foods and music
to praise someone for who they are or something they have done
the people we live with and may be related to
Q2.There are cultures in our class.
Q3.Which statements are true?
Q4.Match these cultures with things that people from these cultures might enjoy.
might speak Mandarin
might wear a kilt
might listen to reggae music
might practise Irish dancing