Spelling Packet
1. demography – demo is Greek language
for _ _ _ _ _ _ graph = w_ _ _ _ _ _
2. the statistical s_ _ _ _ of human p_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
3. populations – groups of o_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, or living
things that share the same genes, live, grow and work
together.
4. cultures – way of life of people who share the same
language, beliefs, and customs
5. multicultural – of many c_ _ _ _ _ _ _.
6. race – a group of people who share the same g_ _ _ _
7. multiracial – of many r_ _ _ _, or people who share
the same genes.
8. genes – c_ _ _ in your cells that make you look like
your family members and/or feel connected to them
as well. Parts of this code are passed from generation
to generation.
9. diversity – a v_ _ _ _ _ _ , or many different cultures
living in the same place
10. customs – what people p_ _ _ _ _ _ _ or do
regularly
11. values – what you feel is i _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
12. social - ___________________________
13. racial - ___________________________
14. facial - ___________________________
15. special - __________________________
16. official – __________________________
17. artificial - _______________________________
Why do we learn social studies, geography, history,
biology, statistics and so on in school?
Well, we learn a lot more about ourselves and others
who live around us.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the statistical study of human
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, or groups of people, where
they live, how they live, where they go, why they
leave, why the stay, how they work together and play
together, what they believe, how they get along with
others and so on. Knowing and understanding
different _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _, or ways of life is important in
today’s world. Understanding people’s _ _ _ _ _ _ _,
or what they do lets us be more accepting of
ourselves and others. Some families are _ _ _ _ _
cultural, or many cultures. They can be proud of
being connected to more than one culture.
When you do your social studies project, what
demographic information will you be sharing?
________________________________________________
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Genes are the code that make us look the way we do. Draw
a culture you invent. Invent a name for the culture and label
the characteristics that would be in its code.
Spelling words: Break up the words into syllables
1. demography - _____________________
2. populations - ______________________
3. cultures - _________________________
4. multicultural - ____________________
5. race
6. multiracial - ________________________
7. genes
8. diversity - ___________________________
9. customs - ___________________________
10. values - ___________________________
11. social - ___________________________
12. racial - ___________________________
13. facial - ___________________________
14. special - __________________________
15. official – __________________________
16. artificial - _______________________________
What culture or cultures can you be proud of that are
related to your family?
Examples: Chinese, Marshallese, Japanese, French, German, Hispanic, Thai,
Portuguese, Dutch, Swedish, Russian, Micronesian, Samoan, Tongan,
Vietnamese, Indonesian, Laotian
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Write the language/culture of origin:
1. A person from China is _________________
2. A person from the Marshall Islands is _____________
3. A person from Japan is ______________________
4. A person from Portugal is ___________________
5. A person from Vietnamese is _________________
6. A person from Laos is ___________________
7. A person from Indonesia is ____________________
8. A person from Russia is __________________
9. A person from Micronesia is ________________
10.
A person from Germany is _________________
11.
A person from Tonga is _________________
12.
A person from Thailand is _________
13.
* A person from Spain or Mexico is __________
because they speak _______________.
If there was one race you could learn more about, which
race do you think would be fun to study in school?
Example: Caucasian (typically white skin with family
origins from Europe), African American (typically black
skin with family origins from Africa), Asian (with family
origins from any country in Asia) Middle Eastern or Indian
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