Cultural Horizons of North America[series info]

Embracing Tradition

Students begin to think about private traditions when they see three families engage in variations on a theme: an extended family`s birthday celebration; a Mexican-American girl`s fifteenth birthday, called a quinceñera; and a family`s observance of the day their adopted son arrived from Russia, which they call Coming Home Day. They also observe a regional tradition dependent on environment as they see a cattle drive in Western Colorado. Finally, an example of a public celebration spotlights the African World Festival in Milwaukee. There, African Americans, people from many African nations, and others gather to express and observe African and African American culture and heritage.

SOCIAL STUDIES
Fourth Grade-Sixth Grade
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