Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

Lesson
Title/Focus

Introduction to Ukrainian Traditions:

Food, Music, Dance, In relation to
Saskatoon and Personal life.

Date

November 3rd.

Subject/Gra
de Level

Grade Two. Social Studies.

Time
Duratio
n

1.15 hours.

Unit

Communities.

Teacher

Kelsey Galbraith

OUTCOMES FROM ALBERTA PROGRAM OF STUDIES

General
Learning
Outcomes:
Specific
Learning
Outcomes:

2.2: A Community in the Past: Students will demonstrate an understanding and

appreciation of how a community emerged, and of how the various interactions and
cooperation among peoples ensure the continued growth and vitality of the
community.
2.2.4 Students will appreciate how connections to a community contribute to ones
identity.
2.2.5 Students will appreciate how cultural and linguistic exchanges connect one
community to another.
2.2.6 Students will analyze how the community being studied emerged by exploring
and reflecting upon the following questions for inquiry.
What is unique about their community?
What are the origins of their community?
What are the reasons for the establishment of their community?

LEARNING OBJECTIVES
Students will:
1. Understand what a Tradition is, and that different cultures have different traditions.
2. Understand that Saskatoon has a Ukrainian population because of Ukraine Settlers.
3. Understand that European Settlers brought with them their traditions music, dance, art, and
food.
4. Identify traditional Ukraine Musical instruments, Dance and Costume. Bandura, tsymably,
kuvytsi (Panpipes)

ASSESSMENTS
Observations:
Key Questions:

Products/Performan
ces:

What is a tradition?
Why does Saskatoon have the Ukrainian Museum of Canada?
Besides their knowledge for farming, what else did the European
Settlers bring with them?
Image and identifying words matching.

LEARNING RESOURCES CONSULTED

Many voices texts. Communities looking at
people.
YouTube clips.

MATERIALS AND EQUIPMENT

Babushka nesting dolls.
Smart board.
Communities: Looking at People.
Curriculum book.

PROCEDURE
Prior to lesson

Assessment of
Prior Knowledge

Have YouTube clips pre uploaded and at start points.

Have hand outs printed, 18 in total.
Have power point uploaded. pre upload
Introduction
I will ask students what they can tell me about Saskatoon.
Who can tell me where Saskatoon is? What land
(Geography) region is Saskatoon located in? Was Saskatoon a
settlers community Can anyone tell me one of the European
Countries that settled Saskatoon?

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

Time
16
minutes
3 minutes.

Attention Grabber

Expectations for
Learning and
Behaviour

Advance
Organizer/Agenda
Transition to Body

Learning Activity
#1

Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

-Talk about Ukrainian culture being a part of Saskatoon
Savella Stechishin story about Ukrainian Heritage.
Today we are going to learn about some of the Ukrainian
traditions
After story, pass around Babushka nesting dolls. They are a
Ukrainian traditional art piece.
What do you notice?
Are the colours different or the same?
8 minutes
Are there any similarities?
This is an example of a Tradition. Has any one heard this word
before? (Show of hands) Not all traditions are the same, they
can have many differences, and do you know that there are
many types of traditions?
Today we are going to learn about some of the Ukrainian
traditions
I will read a short story and there will be images on the smart
board.
If you have any questions what do we do? Raise our hands.
If you have a comment, what do we do? Raise our hands.
When I am talking, what do we do? Be respectful and Listen.
When someone else is talking, what do we do? Be respectful
and listen.
We are going to learn about Ukrainian traditions.
We are going to read about Ukrainian food dishes, musical
instruments, and dances.
You are going to draw out some of your own familys traditions.
Quickly move to our desks, you do not need anything on your
desk, all I need is your attention.
-Time how quickly they move, get them to move again if it
could be done better. Comment on behaviour .
Body
Read Curriculum story from the book, and have power point
with images of key words from the story for students to
visualize and follow along.
Video clips linked to YouTube of Ukrainian Dance, and bandurist.
-Have students say out the Key words as I write them on the
board to keep them engaged and familiar with language.
Remind students to have eyes forward, hands on their desk.

Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Handout of matching images to the words that we learnt in the

lesson. To be handed out AFTER activity 2.

Learning Activity
#2

Applying content to their own experiences of tradition.

Every culture, including our own, celebrates traditions.
Can anyone give me an example of their own familys
tradition?
-Use dialogue to bridge activity.
A holiday is an example of a tradition, what holiday did we just
celebrate?
-Make a concept map about Halloween on the board with the
class.
What do we always do on Halloween, What makes Halloween
special?
What are some things you do at school on that holiday?

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe

2 minutes.

1 minute.

2 minutes.
Time
36-40
min.

15
minutes.

6 minutes.

Lesson Plan Template ED 3501 (Version C)

What are some things you do at home on that holiday?
Do you do these things all the time, or just once in a while?
Can you tell me why we only do_______ once in a while?
Teacher Notes:
Assessments/
Differentiation

Handout- double sided.

Front:
One of the traditions my family does looks like______________
Draw and write about a tradition your family does.
Back:
Matching images of Ukrainian tradition to identifying words.

15-20
minutes.

Formative assessment techniques.

Will be taking these in at the end of the allotted time.
Consolidation of
Learning:

Feedback From
Students:
Feedback To
Students
Transition To Next
Lesson
Sponge
Activity/Activities

Closure
Wrap up hand out activity. Have students put pencils, crayons
away.
Ask to use a number of drawings as an example for showing
how there are different traditions even in our classroom.
When a community has different cultures this gives everyone
a chance to learn about certain traditions. When a community
has a large population of people from the same culture, that
community will some times include celebrations, museums and
festivals for that culture.
Saskatoon has what kind of museum there?
They also have a Ukrainian days at the park every year
where anyone can go taste tradition food, listen to traditional
music, and watch traditional dance, and also have a chance to
make Traditional Art.
Exit slip.
One thing I learned.
One thing I have a question about.
Comment on behaviour.
What could be improved upon, what was excellent?

Time

12
minutes.

2 minutes.

Ukrainian Egg Art- What we will be learning about next class.

Colour the Ukrainian images on the matching handout.

Reflections from the

lesson

Adapted from a template created by Dr. K. Roscoe