People Around the World

Reading and Materials List

Required Books

• The Usborne Children's Picture Atlas by Ruth Brocklehurst and Linda Edwards
• Explore South America by Bobbie Kalman
• Africa is Not a Country by Margy Burns Knight
• Three Young Pilgrims by Cheryl Harness
• Explore Asia by Bobby Kalman

Lesson 2

• Christmas Around the World by Mary D. Lankford

Materials

Common Materials

• crayons, colored pencils, or markers
• scissors
• world map (kit)
• construction paper (kit)
• Spelling Journal (kit)
• paper plate (kit)
• ruler (kit)
• stapler
• flashlight

Lesson 2

• toilet paper roll
• water* (2.2 - Option 2)
• acrylic paint* (2.2 - Option 2)
• Chinese New Year foods
• flour* (2.2 - Option 2)
• library books on holidays of different cultures
• masking tape
• plastic egg* (2.2 - Option 2)
• rice
• strips of newspaper and paper towel for paper mache* (2.2 - Option 2)

Lesson 4

• craft sticks, Legos, or other building toys/craft material
• 3-5 small dolls or action figures

Lesson 5

• cup, bowl or sack
• red and blue pen
• variety of toy vehicles

Lesson 6

• tape or glue
• "Leaders in America" sheet (kit)

Lesson 7

• "The First Thanksgiving Foods" sheet (kit)
• bar of soap (kit)
• blank paper (kit)
• suitcase
• toothpick (kit)

Lesson 8

• glue
• drinking straw (kit)
• Guidebook to Asia (kit)

Lesson 9

• empty egg carton from a dozen eggs
• Guidebook to Africa (kit)
• old boxes, rags, string
• paper clips (kit)
• tape* (9.8 - Option 1)
• stapler, tape, or glue

Lesson 10

• ribbon (kit)
• snorkel
• Guidebook to South America (kit)
• face mask or goggles
• blanket
• 9-12 inch Y-shaped branch * (10.5 - Option 2)
• acrylic or spray paint* (10.5 - Option 2)
• 10-14 bottle caps* (10.5 - Option 2)
• baseball bat, long stick, or wrapping paper roll
• beads and feathers* (10.5 - Option 2)
• wire* (10.5 - Option 2)
• wire cutters* (10.5 - Option 2)

* - denotes an optional material that may or may not be used