Cultural Horizons of Wisconsin[series info]

Growing New Roots

When Andy, who is of Mexican descent, brings a pinata to the Exploratorium to celebrate his birthday, some of the other children wonder how living in Wisconsin affects Andy`s cultural identity. Mr. Kelly suggests studying several groups of recently arrived people to learn about how cultural identity changes - and how it stays the same - after moving to Wisconsin. The children meet several Tibetan exiles and two Mexican-American families who travel north each spring to work on farms. They also learn to distinguish between aspects of surface cultural and aspects of deep culture.

SOCIAL STUDIES
Fourth Grade-Sixth Grade
Taping Rights Available until: Aug 31, 2011

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