Understanding Our Diverse World

Lower School

  • Exchanging Bookmarks and Understanding
  • Celebrating cultural diversity through Emerson’s music program
  • Women’s History Month
  • The Chinese New Year
  • Study of the Middle Ages
  • African American History Month and Hispanic American Month
  • Study of "When People Could Fly"
  • Experiencing life as a mock photographer on the wildlife Masai Mara Game Reserve
  • Learning about the Native American Tribes
  • Role playing the First Thanksgiving from the point of view of the Wampanoags
  • Sumi-E painting
  • Family history projects
  • Exploring cultural diversity from our library resources

Middle School

  • Language curriculum – Latin, French, Spanish, and Japanese
  • Learn about Women in Science
  • History adventures - America's past to the global present
  • Study of key mathematicians