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
• colored pencils or crayons
• stapler
• world map or globe
• spelling journal
• paper plate
• ruler
• flashlight

Lesson 2

• toilet paper roll
• water* (2.2 - Option 2)
• world map
• 3 or 4 bright colors of construction paper
• 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
• construction paper

Lesson 7

• bar of soap
• suitcase
• square cut out of white construction paper
• map of the United States
• toothpick

Lesson 8

• world map or map of Asia
• glue
• green construction paper
• plain or origami paper
• black construction paper
• drinking straw

Lesson 9

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

Lesson 10

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

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