Haitian Culture Curriculum Guide

CREATE A HAITIAN LEARNING CENTER
(Intermediate)
Create a learning center in which your students can explore Haiti, visit its past, and learn about the
people and culture. This learning center integrates a wide variety of skills.
Materials:
• Globe
• Atlas
• Maps (World, Haiti)
• Books about Haiti
• Encyclopedia
• Newspapers
• Paper
• Index cards
• Pencils, color pencils
• Crayons, color markers
• Color construction paper
• Travel brochures of Haiti
• Tag board
• Scissors, glue, stapler
• Aluminum foil
• Pieces of cardboard
• The Word by Word - Haitian Creole Dictionary (Prentice Hall Regents)
Set-Up Ideas:
• Use a small bulletin board with a table in front to set up materials.
• Use a display board on a table. Create folder pockets and attach to board to hold instructions
and materials.
• Share space with a Social Studies or Language Arts display.
• Use a refrigerator box covered with color paper and use each side to display work and maps.
Attach folder pockets with activities, etc.
• Use a variety of containers to hold materials on tabletops or counters (for example: storage
tubs, boxes, gift bags, resealable plastic bags).
• Create a class mural of Haiti as a background for the center.
• Use green and brown bulletin board paper to make palm trees.
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