Connecting Cultures Requirements

Task	Requirements	Number of Raffle Tickets
Library Card	Present your valid library card to the Easton Public Library If you do not have a library card, register for one.	1 ticket
Multi-cultural booklist (This is a list of books centered around different cultures. The list is available in both the Easton Public Library and the HKMS Media Center)	Check out book from pre-selected list from either library. Read the book. Fill out questionnaire (available at either library). Turn in questionnaire to the specially marked box in the HKMS Media Center. Create a visual: an advertisement, gossip column, newspaper article, book jacket, board game or diorama to depict the theme of your book.	1 ticket per completed questionnaire 3 tickets per visual
Logo	Design a logo depicting the theme, Connecting Cultures. The Allied Arts Team will judge Logos.	1 ticket for each entry. 5 tickets for the winning logo.
Original story (Stories will be compiled into a booklet and distributed at the Connecting Cultures Smorgasbord).	Write a multi-cultural original story (no longer than 200 words). The story must be typed and double-spaced. Illustrate your story.	2 tickets for story. 4 tickets for story with illustrations

ACTIVITY	TIMELINE
Large Group Activities:
Orientation of program to the full sixth grade	January 5, 2000 (SSR)
Multicultural Panel (Students will prepare questions that they can ask of each panelist). Cultures included are Indian, Russian and Greek.	March 9, 2000
Food Demonstration (Students will assist in preparing a favorite dish of Holland).	March 9, 2000
Origami Demonstration (Students will participate in an origami workshop, a Japanese paper-folding activity).	March 9, 2000
Storyteller (This African-American gentleman will take one story and share it with the students as it takes on different meanings in different cultures).	March 9, 2000
Music (Bagpipe demonstration symbolic of the United Kingdom).	March 9, 2000
Culminating Event (Multi-cultural food-tasting event). Parents, students, staff and members of the community will come together at the Easton Public Library where they will share in foods of different cultures. Parents will be asked to prepare culinary samples representative of their ethnic background with their children in order to encourage parent/child involvement and to stress the importance of working together on a project. Entertainment for the evening will be a multi-cultural storyteller and drummer.	March 30, 2000 6:30 P.M.– 8:30 P.M.

Individual Homerooms:
Irish Step Dance (demonstrated by Philippa Brillis and Meghan Lucey).	February 1, 2000 (SSR)
Multi-cultural booklist (Students will be encouraged to answer a questionnaire on their selected book and do an activity-based project).	January 5- March 24, 2000
Every Person Has a Story to Tell. Students will select an object, a person or a special food that has cultural significance to his or her family and write an essay for Language Arts. (Essay should be typed, about 200 words and fit on one piece of paper). Students will be asked to bring in a picture or the object so we can take digital photos of it to be included in a 6^th grade multicultural booklet.	January 6- February 14, 2000
Raffle (Points will be aligned with aspects of the incentive program and raffle tickets distributed accordingly. Community resources will be approached for donations).	January 5- March 24, 2000