tradition

//This unit was designed for a critical thinking class at the sixth grade level.//

=Traditions…why are they important?=

Enduring Understandings:
===Content Understandings: === * To engage students in thinking about their family traditions * To assist students in the understanding of why traditions are important * To aid students in the appreciation of the cultural diversity of their classmates' traditions

Content:
* Passages from articles on traditions * An [|online article about Thanksgiving] as a prototype for an expository writing about their own family tradition.

Assessment:
* One-sentence summary frames about traditions

Preparing for understanding
* Think-Pair-Share – What is a tradition? * 	Pre-reading concept map- * See Sample

Engaging students with content and transforming information
Students will use sample questions to conduct research about a family tradition by interviewing family members. Students write an expository essay about their favorite family tradition. Sample rubric