Grade 5 · Social Studies · Lesson 28

Cultural exchange project

Every classroom is full of cultures — the food families cook, the languages spoken at home, the holidays they celebrate, the music in their cars. CULTURAL EXCHANGE means SHARING something about your own culture and LEARNING about someone else\u2019s, with RESPECT. It is not a competition about which culture is "best". It is two-way: you teach, and you listen. Today you will plan a cultural exchange project — pick a partner culture, research three aspects of it, and present what you learned in a way that honors the people who live it.

What this lesson teaches

1Define cultural exchange as sharing and learning with respect
2Identify common aspects of culture and real examples of each
3Plan a cultural exchange project using research, choose, present, and reflect
4Apply respectful practices like citing sources and avoiding stereotypes

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