Haitian Culture Curriculum Guide

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Writing Team................................................................................................................................. i
Introduction ................................................................................................................................... ii
Background Information
Lessons
Kindergarten
First Grade
Second Grade
Third Grade
• Haitian History........................................................................................................... 1
• Contemporary Haiti.................................................................................................... 8
• Haitian Folklore ......................................................................................................... 16
• Haitian Tradition ....................................................................................................... 19
• Counting ................................................................................................................... 22
• Transportation............................................................................................................ 24
• Colors ....................................................................................................................... 27
• A Haitian Folktale ...................................................................................................... 30
• Children’s Lives ........................................................................................................ 32
• Haitian Proverbs ........................................................................................................ 34
Fourth and Fifth Grade
Activities
• Haitian Cooking......................................................................................................... 36
• Haitian Art.................................................................................................................. 38
• Haitian Art: Tap-Tap ................................................................................................. 41
• Trees, Trees Everywhere: They’re our friends, too..................................................... 43
• Activities..................................................................................................................... 45
• Haiti Board Game
(Game board, directions, game cards, answer key) ..................................................... 47