Haitian Culture Curriculum Guide

CREATE A HAITIAN LEARNING CENTER
(Primary)
Create a learning center in which your students can explore Haiti’s culture and people. This
learning center will allow students to work independently or in pairs on a variety of skills.
Materials:
• Globe
• Map (Haiti, Florida)
• Books about Haiti
• Paper
• Index cards
• Pencils, color pencils
• Crayons, color markers
• Water color palettes
• Travel brochures of Haiti
• Scissors, glue
• Tape player
• Popsicle sticks
• String or yarn
• White construction paper
• Strips of color construction paper
• Multicolor tissue paper
• Modeling clay
• Square pieces of cardboard
• The Word by Word - Haitian Creole Dictionary (Prentice Hall Regents)
Set-Up Ideas:
• Use a bulletin board with a table or two desks put together to set up materials.
• Display boards with folder pockets on a table, countertop or desks pushed together.
• Use a corner of the room marked off with two palm trees made with green and brown bulletin
board paper.
• Use a refrigerator box covered with color paper. Each side could display work from each area
of study about Haiti (language, transportation, children, geography).
• Use a variety of containers to hold materials on tables, desks, or counters (boxes, gift bags,
plastic tubs, coffee cans, resealable plastic bags, etc.).
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