Education Kits

The World Room Education Kits for 3rd, 6th, 9th, and 10th graders promote better global understanding by introducing students to different cultures and international issues through interactive activities tailored to different ages and educational levels. The programs are designed to help students better understand the culturally diverse world we live in, through activities that complement the curriculum for these grades. Each 50-minute activity is designed to help meet the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills requirements, and can be tailored to the grade level and international experience of the children.

The following Education Kits are available for use in your classroom. Kits may be picked up at the Office of International Outreach or sent to schools by mail. Use of the Education Kits if free, but there is a $5.00 mailing fee. Use is limited to a two week period. Return of the Education Kit is the responsibility of the borrower.

A Kaleidoscope of Cultures

Students watch a video featuring the life cycle of humans as celebrated in different cultures and answer various levels of questions about the different cultures they saw and compare them to their own. Lesson plans and activities are included on the meaning of culture and developing greater cultural sensitivity.

TEKS Codes
113.5(b) Social Studies Grade 3 Knowledge and Skills
3.16 (A) Social Studies Skills
3.16 (C) Social Studies Skills
3.17(A) Social Studies Skills

113.22(b) Social Studies Grade 6 Knowledge and Skills
6.16(A) Culture
6.15 (C) Culture

13.34 (c) World Geography Studies Knowledge and Skills
17(A) Culture
17(B) Culture

What's For Dinner

Students find out where their favorite foods were originally created and how people in those countries greet a dinner guest. Using maps and globes, older children learn where the ingredients in those foods are produced and how those products are transported around the world. Through Power Point presentations and manipulatives, students learn Chinese, Indian, and Turkish dinner traditions in a role-playing activity

TEKS Codes
113.5(b) Social Studies Grade 3 Knowledge and Skills
3.5(C ) Social Studies
3.17 Social Studies

113.22(b) Social Studies Grade 6 Knowledge and Skills
6.4(A) Geography
6.16(A) Culture
6.16(B) Culture

113.32(c) United States History Studies Since Reconstruction Knowledge and Skills
21(A) Culture

113.33(c) World History Studies Knowledge and Skills
12(C) Geography
19(B) Culture
21(A) Culture

Flags of the World

The lesson guides students to learn about the fascinating symbolism and history of the world’s flags. Students will study flags, then draw and explain their own personal flag. Students research the origin, history, colors and insignia of a particular country and report their findings to their classmates. Manipulatives are provided to enhance the learning experience.

TEKS Codes

113.5(b) Social Studies Grade 3 Knowledge and Skills
3.1 (A) History
3.16 (B) Social Studies Skills

113.22(b) Social Studies Grade 6 Knowledge and Skills
6.2(B) History
6.15(B) Culture
6.17(C) Culture

International Cities

Students view a 60-minute video, Understanding Cities, from the Discovery Channel and participate in a discussion based on the video. Students then take a virtual tour of international cities via the Microsoft Encarta Virtual Globe CD-Rom and learn geographic locations of international cities and mapping skills using small maps and a large inflatable globe.

TEKS Codes

113.5(b) Social Studies Grade 3 Knowledge and Skills
3.4(A) Geography
3.4(D) Geography
3.5 (B) Geography

113.22(b) Social Studies Grade 6 Knowledge and Skills
6.3(B) Geography
6.4(A) Geography
6.4(D) Geography
6.15(C) Culture

113.32(c) United States History Studies Since Reconstruction Knowledge and Skills
9(A) Geography

113.34(c) World Geography Studies Knowledge and Skills
4(C) Geography

International Trade Scavenger Hunt

Through this activity, students discover the economic relationships between their families and people in other nations of the world. Students undertake a “virtual” scavenger hunt using the Internet to find goods made in other nations that are exported to the United States.

TEKS Codes

113.5(b) Social Studies Grade 3 Knowledge and Skills
3.4(A) Geography
3.7(C) Economics
3.8(B) Economics

113.22(b) Social Studies Grade 6 Knowledge and Skills
6.8(A) Economics
6.8(C) Economics
6.9(A) Economics

113.34(c) World Geography Studies Knowledge and Skills
12(C) Economics
10(A) Economics

Where in the World?

While sharing with the group what they know about their community, their city, their country and the world as a whole, students use maps and Internet resources such as Google World to discover geographical locations of ethnic groups, animals or well known world monuments.

TEKS Codes

113.5(b) Social Studies Grade 3 Knowledge and Skills
3.4 Geography

113.34(c) World Geography Studies Knowledge and Skills
3(B) Geography
4(A) Geography
4(C) Geography
5(A) Geography
9(A) Geography
16(C) Culture
17(A) Culture

Mapping the International Pencil

Students use the Internet to learn about the resources used in making an International Center Pencil and the countries where these resources are located. Next, students use a large globe to track the route the materials take before completing its final destination as an International Center Pencil.(Requires internet access)

TEKS Codes

113.22(b) Social Studies Grade 6 Knowledge and Skills
6.5(A) Geography

113.34(c) World Geography Studies Knowledge and Skills
4(C) Geography