Culturally+Aware

== =Culturally Aware=

A quality PBL lesson, unit or activity should be culturally appropriate and culturally sensitive. Use the information below to guide you in adding your example to our list.

Title of Project URL - if you copy and paste the URL, it will be automatically "hot". Explanation - Explain why this project meets this criteria.

1.World holidays http://www.epals.com/projects/info.aspx?DivID=holidays_overview around the world Study and compare cultures and holidays

2. 27 Ways to Make You Smile http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/detail/1795110 Students at High Tech High created a bilingual multicultural cookbook by sharing recipes from their own families or communities.

3. Holocaust Remembrance Essay Contest [] High school students can enter a national essay prompt following the studying of the Holocaust; however, these prompts could be used as an essay/project for your own classroom. They should answer one of the two prompts (change from year to year, but always similar) - (a) analyze why it is vital that the remembrance, history and lessons of the Holocaust be passed on to a new generation; and (b) suggest what young people can do to combat and prevent prejudice, discrimination and violence in our world today.