PEOPLE OF THE WORLD training for tiny welcomers
PEOPLE
OF
THE
WORLD
is
a
10-part
educational
experience for kids grades TK-4 exploring why people move around the world, how it feels to be new, and how we can help those who are new in our classrooms, playgrounds
and
communities.
Through
storytelling,
activities, and food, students get an immersive, honest, and
age-appropriate
understanding
of
immigration
and
how we can welcome resettling Angelenos. People of the World piloted at LAUSD school Eagle Rock Elementary in Spring 2019.
Each lesson focuses on a different element of migration, allowing students to contextualize and incorporate what they learn week-to-week. Sessions begin with a reading relevant to the lesson theme and end with a snack from a place in the world we discussed that week. Š 2020 Miry Whitehill. All Rights Reserved.
PEOPLE OF THE WORLD training for tiny welcomers Lesson 1: PEOPLE
SUBJECT:
QUESTION:
PEOPLE
Who are the people who are special to you?
READING: Wherever we find land and plants, we find people and animals, living and growing and making a home.
ACTIVITY
OBJECTIVE
Using materials provided, create the people who belong in your home
Identify the people and animals who are your family
MATERIALS
SNACK
Wooden stick figures, cut fabric clothing, yarn, markers, glue
Syrian baklava (contains dairy and nuts)
SAMPLES
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PEOPLE OF THE WORLD training for tiny welcomers Lesson 2: PLACE
SUBJECT:
QUESTION:
PLACE
What does nature feel like around your home?
READING: People live in cold places and hot places, dry places and wet places, they live on mountains and on rivers, in big cities and in small towns.
ACTIVITY
OBJECTIVE
Using materials provided, create the place that is home to you.
Explore maps and globes and identify the place, plants, and weather that make your home.
MATERIALS
SNACK
Plastic poster board, construction paper, foam stickers, washi tape, glue, scissors
Afghan tea cookies (contains nuts)
SAMPLES
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PEOPLE OF THE WORLD training for tiny welcomers LESSON 3: HOME
SUBJECT:
QUESTION:
HOME
What does your home look like?
READING: But there are places in the world where it stops being safe for people to live.Sometimes it becomes so unsafe that children can’t go to school and parents can’t go to work and no one can play outside.
ACTIVITY
OBJECTIVE
Using materials provided, build your home with floors, walls, ceilings, doors, and windows.
Explore the physical attributes and construction of your home.
MATERIALS
SNACK
Plastic poster board, construction paper, washi tape, glue, scissors
Fresh labneh and cucumbers (dairy)
SAMPLES
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PEOPLE OF THE WORLD training for tiny welcomers Lesson 4: THINGS
SUBJECT:
QUESTION:
THINGS
What things make your home special to you?
READING: When people come to a new place, they might miss their old home. Maybe they had to leave behind special things.
ACTIVITY
OBJECTIVE
Using materials provided, add things to your home to make it special to you.
Identify the things in your home that make it special to you.
MATERIALS
SNACK
Furniture catalogs, scissors, glue
Afghan Jolabi (vegan)
SAMPLES
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PEOPLE OF THE WORLD MIGRATION CLUB Lesson 5: TRANSPORTATION
SUBJECT:
QUESTION:
TRANSPORTATION
How do you move around your world?
READING: People move around our world in so many ways. By car. By bus. By plane. By foot. Even by donkey! They might travel a very long way to find a place where it is safe and quiet.
ACTIVITY
OBJECTIVE
Using materials provided, show us the modes of transportation that help you move around your world.
Identify the ways that you move around the world. Write a travel story.
MATERIALS
SNACK
Construction paper, markers, popsicle sticks, glue, scissors
Lavashak- Iranian fruit leather
SAMPLES
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PEOPLE OF THE WORLD training for tiny welcomers Lesson 6: TRAVEL
SUBJECT:
QUESTION:
TRAVEL
What does it feel like to travel away from home?
READING: People move around our world in so many ways. By car. By bus. By plane. By foot. Even by donkey! They might travel a very long way to find a place where it is safe and quiet.
ACTIVITY
OBJECTIVE
Using materials provided, write a packing list, send a postcard and write a travel story.
Understand the steps we take to prepare for travel away from home and the need to keep in touch while away.
MATERIALS Construction paper, markers, cardstock, stapler
SNACK Afghan samosas
SAMPLES
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PEOPLE OF THE WORLD training for tiny welcomers Lesson 7: LANGUAGE
SUBJECT:
QUESTION:
LANGUAGE
What languages are spoken in your home?
READING: All around the world, people speak different languages. Hello! Hola! Ni Hau! Bonjour! Salaam! Hallo! Konnichiwa! Ciao! Shalom! Jambo!
ACTIVITY
OBJECTIVE
Using materials provided, learn to write hello, welcome, I love you and I’m here in 5 languages
Learn how to say 5 phrases in 5 languages.
MATERIALS
SNACK
Index cards, markers, poster board with phrases and translations
Filipino Siapow
SAMPLES
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PEOPLE OF THE WORLD training for tiny welcomers Lesson 8: HELPING
SUBJECT:
QUESTION:
HELPING
How has somebody helped you? How have you helped somebody else?
READING: When we see someone new in our neighborhood, what can we do to help them feel safe and loved and important? You can say it with a smile. You can say it with a gift. You can say it with food. Or you can just say, “I’m here.”
ACTIVITY
OBJECTIVE
Students help each other compile their projects and receive People of the World certificates of completion.
Compile your home and deliver a house-warming gift for a friend.
SNACK
MATERIALS People of the World certificates, envelopes, glue, pens
Syrian Kubbeh (meat & nuts) and hummus (vegan)
SAMPLES
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PEOPLE OF THE WORLD training for tiny welcomers Lesson 9: NEIGHBORS
SUBJECT:
QUESTION:
NEIGHBORS
How can we make our neighbors feel safe, loved and important?
READING: People live all over our big blue world. And when we work together, we find a place for everyone.
ACTIVITY
OBJECTIVE
All the neighbors and pets got mixed up! Match everyone and get them home.
Understand the concept of community and how neighbors can help each other.
SNACK
MATERIALS Home projects set up as a neighborhood, box to mix up people
Falafel and tehini
SAMPLES
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PEOPLE OF THE WORLD training for tiny welcomers Lesson 10: WELCOME
SUBJECT:
QUESTION:
WELCOME
How can we make our home and school more welcoming?
READING: You can say it with a smile. You can say it with a hug. You can say it with a gift. You can say it with food. Or you can just say, “I’m here.”
ACTIVITY
OBJECTIVE
Make invitations to community lunch at school with new neighbors for parents and teachers.
Empower the kids to host their friends and neighbors for a community lunch.
SNACK
MATERIALS Cardstock, markers, envelopes, stickers
Assortment of class favorite snacks from previous sessions.
SAMPLES
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PEOPLE OF THE WORLD MIGRATION CLUB
About the Creator Miry Whitehill is a social entrepreneur, community activist, speaker, and educator. Her work over the past decade focuses on immigration, community activism and social media and digital marketing. Miry is best known as the founder of Miry’s List, the first nonprofit organization to utilize crowdsourcing and social media
to
address
the
needs
of
families
resettling
in
America as refugees. Since its founding in 2016, Miry’s List has served over 350 families from countries including Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq and Iran by connecting them with their new America neighbors. To learn more about Miry, visit mirywhitehill.com To learn more about Miry's List, visit miryslist.org
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