Cultural Traditions Matching

2nd Grade Social StudiesCultural Diversity5 pages

About this worksheet

Three matching sets make up this 2nd grade cultural diversity sheet. Students first join Lunar New Year, Diwali, Hanukkah, and Cinco de Mayo to pictures such as a menorah with a dreidel and glowing diyas. Next they match five greetings, from Hola to Jambo, to Spanish, French, Japanese, Swahili, and English, with a pronunciation guide beside each. The third set pairs latkes, dumplings, samosas, and tamales with their celebration. A closing prompt asks about a special food in their own family. The five pages link to C3 Framework indicator D2.Geo.6.K-2 and come with an answer key.

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Curriculum objectives covered

D2.Geo.6.K-2

โ€œIdentify some cultural and environmental characteristics of specific places.โ€

All three matching sets, which tie celebrations, greetings, and foods such as samosas and tamales to specific cultures and places.

What's inside this worksheet

Celebrations Picture Match

Students draw lines from four celebrations to pictures, including a red paper lantern with a parade dragon and people playing guitars among paper decorations.

Greetings

Students write a letter to match Hola, Bonjour, Konnichiwa, Jambo, and Hello to their language. Hola to Spanish is the worked example, and each greeting shows how to say it, such as "kohn-nee-chee-wah."

Traditional Foods

Four foods, from potato pancakes called latkes to corn dough stuffed with meat called a tamale, match to Hanukkah, Lunar New Year, Diwali, or Cinco de Mayo.

My Family Tradition

Students name a special food their family eats and the celebration or event it goes with.

How teachers use it

Say it aloud

Practice the five greetings as a class before students match them. The pronunciation guides help, and Jambo is usually the new one.

Culture share

Invite families who celebrate any of the four holidays to send in a photo or object. Students then match the real item to its picture on the sheet.

Fast finishers

Hand the Traditional Foods set alone to students who finish early. Samosas and dumplings are the pair most likely to get swapped.

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