What Is Our Culture?

Let’s learn about culture!

Children around the globe representing culture
Social Studies Interactive Reading for Year 1

What is Culture?

Culture is made up of many things, like art, music, dancing, food and clothes.

Tap each card to explore what can be part of culture:

Art category
ART
Music category
MUSIC
Dancing category
DANCING
Food category
FOOD
Clothes category
CLOTHES
Activity Checkpoint Which one can be part of culture?

Different Cultures and Art

Art visual
Art

People in different countries can have different cultures.

Different cultures can have different kinds of art.

Activity Checkpoint Different cultures can have different kinds of:

Music and Dance

Music and dance are important parts of many cultures.

Different cultures have their own kinds of music and dance.

Music visual
Music
Dancing visual
Dancing
Activity Checkpoint Music and dance can be part of:

Food

People in different cultures eat different kinds of food.

Middle Eastern food · Asian food

Drag & Drop Activity Match each food to its culture:

Drag a food label to its matching box, or tap a food and then tap its box!

Pizza - Italian
Italian
Drop here or tap to match
Taco - Mexican
Mexican
Drop here or tap to match
Asida - Sudanese
Sudanese
Drop here or tap to match
Maqloba - Palestinian
Palestinian
Drop here or tap to match
Koshari - Egyptian
Egyptian
Drop here or tap to match

Clothes and Weather

People in different countries may wear different kinds of clothes.

The weather and the culture of a place can affect the clothes people wear.

Hot weather: T-shirt, shorts and sandals
HOT WEATHER People wear light clothes like T-shirts, shorts and sandals.
Cold weather: Jacket and warm clothes
COLD WEATHER People wear jackets and warm clothes.
Activity Checkpoint In hot weather, people wear:

Traditional Clothes

Traditional clothes examples:

Toub · Kimono · Sari · Jalabiya · Thobe and ghutra · Galabiya, tarboosh and cane

Drag & Drop Activity Match each clothing name to the person:

Drag each traditional clothing item to who wears it, or tap the item and then tap its box!

Sudanese women - toub
Sudanese women
Drop here or tap to match
Japanese women - kimono
Japanese women
Drop here or tap to match
Indian women - sari
Indian women
Drop here or tap to match
Sudanese men - jalabiya
Sudanese men
Drop here or tap to match
Saudi men - thobe and ghutra
Saudi men
Drop here or tap to match
Egyptian boy - galabiya, tarboosh and cane
Egyptian boy
Drop here or tap to match

Opposites

Hot is the opposite of cold.

Same is the opposite of different.

same ≠ different  ·  hot ≠ cold

Part A · Same or Different (Card 1 of 4)
Two matching plates of food
Part A · 1 of 4 Are these the same or different?

Vocabulary

Hot weather is the opposite of cold weather.

Same is the opposite of different.

Tap a word to hear it and explore what it means:

Activity Checkpoint Which word means things like pizza, tacos and asida?

Great work!

You learned about culture!

You explored:

Art
Music
Dancing
Food
Clothes
same ≠ different