ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
HUNGARIAN CULTURE WELCOME! The aim of Hungarian Culture is to provide exposure to the host country’s culture as well as to aid in the utilization of Hungary’s diverse resources. It is our firm belief that experiencing and appreciating other cultures facilitates a heightened awareness of one’s own, as well as respect for the culture of others. In Hungarian Culture students discover and practice the traditions of their host country. In the early years they learn folk songs, folk tales, and children’s games, and practice basic vocabulary. First and Second Graders focus on Hungary’s geography, history, and Budapest, while in Third
Culture makes people understand each other better…
Grade the overriding theme is various aspects of traditional folklife such as folk dress
But first they have
and folk music. In the Fourth Grade Hungarian Culture is integrated into the Social
to understand that
Studies curriculum, as it is in Grade 5, when students explore the various forms of
their neighbor is, in
government. Each grade level participates on a Hungarian Culture related field trip.
the end, just like them, with the
YEARLY OVERVIEW •
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same problems,
Grades 1-3 have two 40 minute
the same
lessons per week
questions.
Host Country’s culture (history, literature, geography, music, folk life
~ Paulo Coelho ~
studies) and language
APPROACHES TO LEARNING •
Collaborate and integrate with the core Units of Study
Special Note: please visit our website throughout the year for updates and pictures of classroom activities and field trips.
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