Elba Zipitria Digital Center for Anthropology Education

Anthro in the Schools is a program designed to immerse students in global cultures. Through interactive games, arts & crafts, and hands-on activities, it fosters understanding and appreciation of diverse traditions. Educators receive a blueprint for integrating cultural learning into their classrooms, promoting global awareness and empathy among students.

Alaska

Quick Facts About Alaska - Capital: Juneau - Largest City: Anchorage - Official Languages: English & 24 Indigenous Languages - Population: 740K	Build a [Fat] Bear - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Felt Sheets, Scrap Paper, Stapler	Students learn about Alaska's Fat Bear Week by attempting to create the fattest stuffed bear they can. Students cut out the outline of a bear on two sheets of felt, then fill their bear between the two sheets with shredded scrap paper before stapling the bear closed.
	Reading Rainbow - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Children's Book, Coloring Sheets & Crayons (Optional)	Reading Rainbow is an activity in which an educator reads a children's book to the students and can optionally give students some activity to do while the adult is reading- like coloring sheets related to the book the adult is reading.
	Bears & Salmon - Outdoor Activity	In a game similar to Sharks & Minnows, students attempt to go from one end of a field or court to another. Choose 1 student out of 8 to be a bear who must tag the salmon (shoulder tags only) as they attempt to "swim" across the field or court to the other side. Each time a "salmon" is tagged, that student becomes a new bear.
	Native Youth Olympics - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: String, small ball (like a tennis ball)	Students learn about the unique Native Youth Olympics by trying several events athletes compete in including the one-foot high kick (in which students will need to kick a small ball like a tennis ball suspended from a string at roughly shoulder-height, then land on a single foot), the seal hop (in which students lie on their stomach and hop on their stomach across a short distance), and the knee jump (in which students attempt to jump from a kneeling position onto their feet).

Australia

Quick Facts About Australia - Capital: Canberra - Largest City: Sydney - National Language: English - Population: 27.8M	Swing Dancing - Outdoor Activity (or indoor with enough space)	Students learn to dance East Coast Swing with the educator showing basic footwork, then showing the students how to match steps to the rhythm, then allowing students to dance with partners to learn basic turns. Link to East Coast Swing Steps: https://www.dancing4beginners.com/swing/
	Gravity Lab - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Balloons, water	Students learn about the work of researchers at Australia's Gravity Discovery Centre by filling water balloons and dropping them from a safe height determined by the educator who drops a normal tennis ball with each water balloon students drop to show how objects of different weight fall at the same speed.
	Boomerang Disc Golf - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Construction paper, baskets	Students construct origami boomerangs using construction paper (this is important as normal paper will be too flimsy), then use their paper boomerangs to play disc golf- attempting to reach a number of buckets in as few throws as possible. Link to how to make origami boomerangs: https://www.foldnfly.com/56.html#Boomerang
	Kangaroo Hop Relay Race - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Cones (for marking stations)	Students are paired into teams with relay stations every 25 feet showing how far a kangaroo can hop in a single jump. Students must "hop" from a starting line to a relay station, then tag a teammate who then hops to the next station, and so on.
	Reading Rainbow - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Children's Book, Coloring Sheets & Crayons (Optional)	Reading Rainbow is an activity in which an educator reads a children's book to the students and can optionally give students some activity to do while the adult is reading- like coloring sheets related to the book the adult is reading.

Botswana

Quick Facts About Botswana - Capital: Gaborone - Largest City: Gaborone - National Language: Tswana - Population: 2.4M	Tswana Basket Weaving - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Construction paper (preferred colors: brown, black, & white), scissors, glue	Students learn how to weave baskets using construction paper to learn about Tswana basket weaving. Link to how to weave paper baskets: https://www.thecraftaholicwitch.com/recycled-paper-basket-weaving/
	Reading Rainbow - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Children's Book, Coloring Sheets & Crayons (Optional)	Reading Rainbow is an activity in which an educator reads a children's book to the students and can optionally give students some activity to do while the adult is reading- like coloring sheets related to the book the adult is reading.
	Kalahari Animal Face Masks - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Face Mask Print-outs (see link provided), scissors, string, glue	Students make face masks of several types of animals that can. be found in the Kalahari such as rhinos, giraffes, zebras, and leopards Link to Face Mask Print-outs: https://media.savetherhino.org/prod/uploads/2019/07/AnimalFaceMask.pdf?_gl=1*9p6jc2*_gcl_au*MjExMjY0OTA2NC4xNzY1MTc3NjE0
	3-D Okavango River - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Blank white paper, scissors, pencils, colored pencils (or markers or crayons)	Students create a 3-D Okavango River scene by folding a piece of printer paper accordion style into 8 segments (or 4 "hills"), trace a scene of a river onto the "hills" then cut out the sky on the front three "hills" to create a 3-D safari scene. Students can then color in their scene. *Important: Make sure students leave space on the sides of each "hill" (at least 1 inch on either side) that is never cut as those enable the entire scene to remain held together. If working with a younger group (ages 5-7), the instructor may want to create their own, then create copies for students to simply cut out and color in.
	Constellation Creation - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Printout of the Night Sky Star Map for the Southern Hemisphere	Students learn about the importance of astronomy in Tswana culture by taking a map of the night sky and creating their own constellations (exact number up to the educator), then creating a story about the constellations they create.

Brazil

Quick Facts About Brazil - Capital: Brasilia - Largest City: São Paolo - National Language: Portuguese - Population: 213.4M	Samba Dancing - Outdoor Activity (or indoor with enough space)	Students learn to dance the Samba with the educator showing basic footwork, then showing the students how to match steps to the rhythm, then allowing students to dance with partners to learn basic turns. Link to Samba Steps: https://www.dancing4beginners.com/samba/
	Reading Rainbow - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Children's Book, Coloring Sheets & Crayons (Optional)	Reading Rainbow is an activity in which an educator reads a children's book to the students and can optionally give students some activity to do while the adult is reading- like coloring sheets related to the book the adult is reading.
	Santeria Doll Craft - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Felt Sheets, Scissors, Googley Eyes, Glue	Students learn about the nature spirits of Brazilian Santeria by creating dolls personifying aspects of nature such as the forest, the ocean, or wild animals.
	Amazon Explorers - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Paper, Pencils, Colored Pencils or Crayons, a Compass (Optional), a Spyglass (Optional)	To learn about how teams of scientists explore the Amazon, students will go on a wildlife expedition around their school by electing an expedition captain (to select where to go to look for wildlife), quartermaster (to carry supplies), navigator (to determine how to get there), and explorers (to draw what animals and plants they see along the way). * The educator can additionally allow each of the three officers to appoint an assistant or "mate" to help them with their unique jobs, and- with larger groups- the captain may elect a "Marine Lieutenant"to keep the other explorers on task during the expedition.
	Carnival Masks - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Carnival Mask Cut-outs, Markers, String, Glue Sticks, Glitter, Feathers	Students learn about Carnival in Brazil by making Carnival masks. Link to mask templates: https://123kidsfun.com/free-printable-masquerade-masks-template/

China

Quick Facts About China - Capital: Beijing - Largest City: Shanghai - National Language: Mandarin - Population: 1.4B	Silk Road - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: 5 Hula Hoops, 5 Pieces of Paper or Notecards with the word "Gold", 36 Pieces of Paper or Notecards with the word "Food", 7 Pieces of Paper or Notecards with the word "Silver", 7 Pieces of Paper or Notecards with the word "Spices", and 5 Pieces of Paper or Notecards with the word "Silk."	Students learn about what it was like to trade along the Silk Road by competing to see which station along a mock Silk Road can obtain at least 1 of each resource card. From one end to the last, stations represent Rome, Persia, Bactria, India, and China. The instructor divides the students into 5 teams who must stand with their team at their respective station. Teams must negotiate with neighboring teams (meaning Rome can only trade with Persia, Persia can trade with both Rome and Bactria, etc) in an attempt to get at least 1 of every resource card. Starting resources are as follows - Rome: 5 Gold, 10 Food - Persia: 7 Silver, 3 Food - Bactria: 10 Food - India: 7 Spices, 3 Food - China: 5 Silk, 10 Food
	Reading Rainbow - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Children's Book, Coloring Sheets & Crayons (Optional)	Reading Rainbow is an activity in which an educator reads a children's book to the students and can optionally give students some activity to do while the adult is reading- like coloring sheets related to the book the adult is reading.
	Great Wall Build - Indoor or Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Jenga blocks (or any kind of wooded blocks)	Students learn about the Great Wall of China by working as teams to build the longest "Great Wall" they can with limited supplies. Working in teams of 3-4, each team must attempt to assemble the longest wall which must include at least one gateway and at least two towers which must be free standing and survive the instructor shaking the table gently for five seconds.
	Tao of Recess - Outdoor Activity	Students learn about the philosophy of Taoism by learning to clear their mind. The instructor should sit their students under a shaded tree or any shaded area and tell them to close their eyes, focus on their breathing, and clear their mind- focusing on the feel of the wind or sound of nature around them.

The Congo

Quick Facts About the Congo - Capital: Kinshasa - Largest City: Kinshasa - National Language: French - Population: 114.4M	Ornithology Explorer - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Paper, colored pencils	Students learn what it's like to explore the wildlife of the Congo by going on a nature walk to bird watch and sketch the birds they find along the way. The Instructor should walk the students around their school or other location and stop every 5 minutes- or whenever they spot a bird- and point out birds they see to the students and have students sketch the bird(s) they see throughout the walk.
	Bokwele - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: 2 hula hoops, 4 handkerchiefs or other items that can be used as "flags."	Students learn about the Congolese playground game of Bokwele- a version of Capture the Flag in which each team has 2 flags (located inside of a hula hoop) instead of 1 and a team can only win a game by capturing all 4 flags. Students may be tagged anywhere in the playing area, and students holding a flag who get tagged must surrender their flag to the student who tagged them. Additionally, any student who gets tagged must remain standing where they got tagged until a teammate comes to tag them to bring them back into the game.
	Ding-Dingo - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Several hula hoops	Students learn about the Congolese playground game of Ding-Dingo by playing a game in which several hula hoops are laid out in a maze pattern on a playing field. Students line up and attempt to navigate the maze. If they complete the maze, they may move 1 hula hoop anywhere they'd like. If the next student cannot complete the maze, the student who moved the hula hoop is knocked out of the game- meaning each students wants to make the maze easier to complete instead of harder in order to remain in the game.
	Reading Rainbow - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Children's Book, Coloring Sheets & Crayons (Optional)	Reading Rainbow is an activity in which an educator reads a children's book to the students and can optionally give students some activity to do while the adult is reading- like coloring sheets related to the book the adult is reading.

Ethiopia

Quick Facts About Ethiopia - Capital: Addis Ababa - Largest City: Addis Ababa - National Languages: Afar, Amharic, Oromo, Somali, & Tigrinya - Population: 135.5M	Mega-Mancala - Outdoor or Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: 1 long piece of cardboard with two large ovals drawn on either end with six large circles drawn on either side OR 14 paper plates (but beware of wind), 24 paper balls (or any other small objects)	Students learn how to play the game Mancala on a large board with students divided into two teams to learn about the board game popular throughout Indian Ocean nations.
	Food Chain Musical Chairs - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Several notecards with the following labels and descriptions -- 1 "Lion" card with description: "Food: Giraffe, Warthog, Antelope, Zebra, Wildebeest" -- 1 "Vulture" card with description: "Food: Any Animal" -- 1 "Cheetah" card with description: "Food: Warthog, Antelope, Zebra, Wildebeest" -- 1 "Hyena" cards with description: "Food: Warthog, Antelope, Zebra, Aardvark, Wildebeest" -- 1 "Giraffe" card with description: "Food: Tree" -- 1 "Elephant" card with description: "Food: Tree" -- 1 "Warthog" card with description: "Food: Grass" -- 1 "Antelope" card with description: "Food: Grass" -- 1 "Aardvark" card with description: "Food: Bugs" -- 1 "Zebra" card with description: "Food: Grass" -- 1 "Wildebeest" card with description: "Food: Grass" -- 1 "Bug" card with description: "Food: Grass" -- 3 "Tree" cards -- 5 "Grass" cards	Students learn about the food chain of Ethiopia by playing a game in which they must create human chains connecting top predators all the way to the grass or trees at the bottom of the food chain. In this game, each student receives a card with 1 plant or animal on the food chain and must find another student who holds card listed under their animal's listed food (for example, the student with the Giraffe card needs to find a student with a tree card). Students with grass and tree cards do not need to find any other students to remain in the game, but any student with an animal card who is not able to find a student with a card they need to "eat" is eliminated from the game and becomes a "Grass" for future rounds. Students have 5 minutes to form a human chain, so if the Cheetah forms a chain with the Warthog, no other player can form a chain with the warthog. After each round, the instructor eliminates one tree or grass player from the game to simulate deforestation or drought to show how these phenomenon impact the food chain of the African savannah.
	Ethiopian Steles - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: 1 piece of (stiff) construction paper per 4 students, tape	Students learn about Ancient Ethiopian architecture by attempting to work in teams of 4 to create the tallest free standing stele they can build with just a single piece of construction paper and tape.
	Reading Rainbow - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Children's Book, Coloring Sheets & Crayons (Optional)	Reading Rainbow is an activity in which an educator reads a children's book to the students and can optionally give students some activity to do while the adult is reading- like coloring sheets related to the book the adult is reading.

France

Quick Facts About France - Capital: Paris - Largest City: Paris - National Language: French - Population: 69.1M	Zydeco Two-Step - Outdoor Activity (or indoor with enough space)	Students learn to dance the Zydeco Two-Step with the educator showing basic footwork, then showing the students how to match steps to the rhythm, then allowing students to dance with partners to learn basic turns. Zydeco Two-Step Steps:
	Pipe-Cleaner Eiffel Towers - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Pipe Cleaners	Groups of 3-4 students attempt to use pipe cleaners to build the tallest free-standing Eiffel Tower replica possible. The educator should show an image of the Eiffel Tower to the students so they can see what the real tower looks like.
	Pool Noodle Fencing - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: 6-8 Pool Noodles	Students learn about the sport of fencing by learning to fence using pool noodles. The educator should show the basic footwork of fencing including advance, retreat, and lunge before explaining the target area (chest, stomach, and back), then allow 3-4 pairs of students to fence at a time. Each pair should fence until one fencer reaches 5 points, then hand off the pool noodles to the next pair of fencers waiting in line to try.
	Trebuchet Build - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: See Below -- 3x 6ft x 1in x 1in round pieces of wood -- 6x 4ft2.5in x 1in x 1in round pieces of wood -- 2x 1ft1.25in x 1in x 1in round pieces of wood -- 2x 3ft x 1in x 1in round pieces of wood -- 1x 1ft6in x 1in x 1in round pieces of wood -- 50 feet length of 1/4in rope (and scissors strong enough to cut it) -- 2x 2ft9in length of 1/4in rope -- 1 piece of cloth (or 1 medical face mask) -- 1 small basket (capable of holding up to 20 pounds of rope) -- Several rocks or other heavy objects weighing no more than 20 total pounds -- 1 or more tennis balls	Students learn how to build complex machines using only wood and rope using lashings to construct a miniature trebuchet- a French Medieval catapult- capable of launching a tennis ball roughly 100 feet. The educator should go over important safety procedures before building including unsafe spaces near the device (within 6 feet in front of and behind the device). The instructor should then show the students how to last pieces of wood together using rope in a figure-eight pattern before allowing students in teams of two to create the lashings at each joint to create two bipods with four of the 4ft2.5in pieces, adding one 3ft and one 1ft1.25in pieces to each bipod as well as the last two 4ft2.5in pieces lashed to the 1ft1.25in joints. The two bipods should then be lashed to two of the 6ft pieces which serve as the "floor" of the device. To construct the arm of the trebuchet, tie one end of one 2ft9in ropes to one end of the device with a "pin" such as a pencil or nail with the other end of the rope tied to one end of the cloth. Then tie one end of the second 2ft9in rope to the opposite end of the cloth and tie a small loop onto the end of this rope to be loosely places on the arm's pin. At a distance of 1ft2.5" from the opposite side of the arm, tie the 1ft6in piece of wood whose ends will rest within the top of the top joint of the two bipods. At the end of this end of the arm, tie on the basket with roughly 4in of rope distance from the arm to the top of the basket. Additional pieces of wood can be added to brace the device, but keep the front of the trebuchet clear as the arm and its counter weight will need to be able to swing freely. From here, the adult educator should add weight to the basket and begin using the device by loading the tennis ball into the cloth, looping the string onto the pin, and pulling the cloth under the trebuchet to roughly directly under the counter weight, then holding the weight end of the arm in the air until ready to launch.

Germany

Quick Facts About Germany - Capital: Berlin - Largest City: Berlin - National Language: German - Population: 83.5M	Waltz - Outdoor Activity (or indoor with enough space)	Students learn to dance the Waltz with the educator showing basic footwork, then showing the students how to match steps to the rhythm, then allowing students to dance with partners to learn basic turns. Waltz Steps:
	Reading Rainbow - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Children's Book, Coloring Sheets & Crayons (Optional)	Reading Rainbow is an activity in which an educator reads a children's book to the students and can optionally give students some activity to do while the adult is reading- like coloring sheets related to the book the adult is reading.
	Wandergeselle Birdhouses - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Paper birdhouse template (see right), gluesticks, crayons (or colored pencils)	Students learn about Germany's Wandergeselle- wandering craftsmen- by constructing paper birdhouses. Paper birdhouse template:
	Krampus Cards - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Krampus Card Print-outs (see right), crayons (or colored pencils)	Students learn about Krampus from Alpine folklore by creating Krampus cards, writing jokes in their card for a teacher or adult leader. Krampus card print:
	Gummitwist - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Yarn, thin rope, or exercise band	Students learn about Germany's Gummitwist game. Similar to double dutch, two students stand roughly 6 feet apart with string, yarn, or an exercise band wrapped around them to create two lines on either side of their lags over which a student must jump without touching the string to the beat of a song.

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Mongolia

Quick Facts About Mongolia - Capital: Ulaanbaatar - Largest City: Ulaanbaatar - National Language: Mongolian - Population: 3.5M	Yam Relay Race - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Several Hula Hoops, Measuring Tape (Optional), Stopwatch (Optional)	Students learn about the Mongol Empire's Yam road network by competing in a timed relay race mirroring the relaying of messages across the Yam. The instructor should set out one hula hoop per 30 feet representing the 30 miles between each post on the Yam, then have 1 student at each station. Students are then timed by how quickly they can run to high five the hand of the student at the next station until the last student receives a high five. * An alternative version of the game can pit two teams against each other to see which team can complete the relay fastest.
	Marco Polo - Outdoor Activity	Students learn about world famous explorer Marco Polo and his exploration of the Mongol Empire by playing the also world famous pool game Marco Polo, but on land.
	Great Khan - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Several Hula Hoops	Students learn about how the Ghengis Khan united the tribes of Mongolia by playing a game of conquest. The instructor should place several hula hoops in a field or playing area in a number less than the number of players. When the instructor says "Go!" all students start as a 1-person team all attempting to get as many hula hoops as they can. If another student challenges them to "battle" the two students play "Rock, Paper, Scissors." The loser must surrender any hula hoops they have to the winner AND join the winner's team. The game continues until all players and all hula hoops are on one, singular team with the player who founded the team earning the title of "Great Khan." * This is also a great way for students to develop complex strategies for how to best win, so the instructor should encourage creativity by informing students they may form alliances without needing to "battle", reminding students that a student who loses a "battle" only loses the hula hoops they are personally holding and not all those belonging to their team, and that a student who loses a "battle" is the only one who joins the winner's team and not all players on the loser's team.
	Reading Rainbow - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Children's Book, Coloring Sheets & Crayons (Optional)	Reading Rainbow is an activity in which an educator reads a children's book to the students and can optionally give students some activity to do while the adult is reading- like coloring sheets related to the book the adult is reading.

Morocco

Quick Facts About Morocco - Capital: Rabat - Largest City: Casablanca - National Language: Arabic, Tamazight - Population: 37.5M	Akseltag - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: 1 wiffle ball, 1 half-length pool noodle per student	Students learn about the Moroccan sport of akseltag by playing the game. Similar to field hockey, players attempt to get a small ball into a goal by using "sticks" (in this case pool noodles). The adult leader should inform students the ball must remain on the ground throughout the game and the pool noodles must not be raised above the user's head. Additional safety measures the leader can add if the number of students exceeds 4 per team is to require some players to remain on "defense" (their team's half of the field) to prevent students from hoarding around the ball.
	Desert Triage - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Several cards or pieces of paper with different injuries or ailments a person can sustain in the desert (see below) including the severity of the ailment and the appropriate 1st aid response - Examples: - - Sunburn (1st Degree); Priority: Low; Treatment: Aloe Vera, Drink Water, Get out of Sun - - Sunburn (2nd Degree); Priority: Medium; Treatment: Aloe Vera, Drink Water, Get out of Sun - - Dehydration; Priority: Low; Treatment: Drink Water, Get out of Sun - - Heat Exhaustion; Priority: Medium; Treatment: Drink Water, Get out of Sun - - Heat Stroke; Priority: High; Treatment: Drink Water, Get out of Sun, Call for help - - Scorpion Bite; Priority: High; Treatment: Elevate limb, Call  for help	Students learn about how to treat injuries and ailments that may occur while in the Sahara (or any desert) in a game that tests how students are able to prioritize treating several injured people under time constraints. The adult leader should select one student to be the "doctor" who is responding to several people who are injured and must identify what victims should be treated first, second, and last based on the severity of their injuries as well as provide the appropriate 1st aid. The instructor can add a timed element in which high priority victims "die" (are eliminated from the gamer) if the "doctor" does not save them by a certain time threshold. The "doctor" should try to save as many lives as possible under the time constraint. * An additional amendment to the game can be for the adult leader to inform one or more injured students that their ailment includes a back injury- which means the "doctor" cannot move them out of the sun to create an extra level of difficulty.
	Pool Noodle Buhurt - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Pool Noodles (some full-length, some half-length)	Students learn about the Medieval wars between the Moroccan Moors and the Spanish knights by learning Medieval combat. Using pool noodles, teams of players attempt to survive a mock battle. Whenever a student's arm gets hit by the pool noodle of another team's players, that student must put their arm behind their back. If they lose both arms, they can no longer carry a pool noodle. If a leg is hit, they must lift the leg and hop on their other foot. If they lose all four limbs, they are eliminated from the game which goes until only one team remains. * Additional elements the adult leader can add to the game is to have a "wizard" or "doctor" for each team who can tag a teammate with a missing limb to get that limb back.
	Magic Carpet Loom - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Two wooded bars or rods roughly 3 feet long, yarn	Students learn about Morocco's famous rugs and carpets by learning how to weave a carpet using yarn and a hand-made loom. With two bars placed six feet apart, yarn is tied to one end of one rod, then stretched across the length of a table to the other end, looped around the second rod, then stretched back to the original rod; then repeated several times to create the horizontal threading. Students then receive a piece of yarn to weave over/under through the horizontal threads, then pulled down to one end to slowly assemble a carpet. Once shifted to one end, sets of three vertical yarn pieces can be tied off to prevent them from coming undone.

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Pakistan

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The Philippines

Quick Facts About the Philippines - Capital: Manila - Largest City: Quezon City - National Language: Filipino - Population: 112.7M	Reading Rainbow - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Children's Book, Coloring Sheets & Crayons (Optional)	Reading Rainbow is an activity in which an educator reads a children's book to the students and can optionally give students some activity to do while the adult is reading- like coloring sheets related to the book the adult is reading.
	Straw Hut Typhoon - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Empty 8oz milk cartoons, glue sticks, scrap paper, pipe cleaners, fan or wind-simulation device, water	Students learn about city planning and preparing Filipino villages for natural disasters by working together to create a miniature village out of empty milk cartoons. The instructor should give the students 15 minutes to construct a village capable of surviving a typhoon before hitting the model village with a fan and water to simulate a typhoon. Afterwards, the instructor should assess how flooded the village became and how damaged the village's houses are from the simulated storm.
	Pool Noodle Eskrima - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: 8-12 Pool Noodles (ideally 4-6 pool noodles each cut in half)	Students learn about the Filipino sport of eskrima by learning to compete using pool noodles. The educator should show the basic footwork of eksrima before explaining the target area (chest, stomach, and back), then allow 2-3 pairs of students to fence at a time. Each student should receive two pool noodles and each pair should compete until one student reaches 3 points, then hand off the pool noodles to the next pair of students waiting in line to try.
	Tinikling Dance - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: 2 Pool Noodles per 3 Students	Students learn the tinikling dance game by attempting to dance to the beat of the tinikling music. The instructor should pair off students into groups of three with two students holding either end of two pool noodles (like jump ropes in double dutch) and the third standing in the middle. Students holding the pool noodles should follow the rhythm of two beats against the ground then one beat against the pool noodles so that the student in the center must avoid having the pool noodles hit their ankles on the third beat. The student in the center should hop on each beat and should switch out with another student in their group whenever the pool noodles hit their ankles. * A great song to practice to is "We Will Rock You" by Queen
	Cross Crocodile Pond - Outdoor Activity	Students learn about the Philippines' crocodiles by playing a game similar to sharks and minnows. For every 8 students, 1 student is a crocodile who stands in the middle of a play area while the other students line up along one side. When the crocodile announces "cross crocodile pond," the other students attempt to cross the play area to the safety of the other side. If the crocodile tags a student, that student becomes the new crocodile and the old crocodile can join the other students.

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Sri Lanka

Quick Facts About Sri Lanka - Capital: Colombo - Largest City: Colombo - National Language: Sinhala & Tamil - Population: 23.3M	Cricket - Outdoor Activity - Supplies Needed: 1 youth-sized cricket bat, 1 tennis ball, three small hula hoops (or other device to mark bases and bowler's mound	Students learn about the sport. of cricket by playing the game. Depending on the age of the students, the instructor should place three hula hoops in a line with roughly 20 feet between each hoop to mark the two bases and the bowler's mound (center hoop). The instructor should begin as the bowler for both teams and divide students into two teams. After the instructor serves as bowler for a few times, they may allow students to try bowling.
	Mega-Mancala - Outdoor or Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: 1 long piece of cardboard with two large ovals drawn on either end with six large circles drawn on either side OR 14 paper plates (but beware of wind), 24 paper balls (or any other small objects)	Students learn how to play the game Mancala on a large board with students divided into two teams to learn about the board game popular throughout Indian Ocean nations.
	Elephant Memory Game - Outdoor or Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: 1 paper ball (or other small ball), 3 cups	Students attempt to test their skill at memory and concentration to see if they have as strong of memory as an Asian Elephant. The instructor places the ball under one of the three cups, then shuffles the cups around on a flat surface before asking the students to pick which cup they believe holds the ball.
	Reading Rainbow - Indoor Activity - Supplies Needed: Children's Book, Coloring Sheets & Crayons (Optional)	Reading Rainbow is an activity in which an educator reads a children's book to the students and can optionally give students some activity to do while the adult is reading- like coloring sheets related to the book the adult is reading.

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