Global and Cultural Education Project

• Learn to say hello and goodbye in another language
• Research food from a different country
• Read book or watch a movie based on a different culture
• Interview a family member on a family recipe and where it came from and learn to make it

• Partake in a local festival or cultural celebration
• Research a world news story and share it with someone
• Learn about a cultural garment
• Learn about 4-H in another country

• Organize a club dinner and have each family bring a dish that represents their heritage
• Invite someone from a different country to a club meeting and have them speak about their traditions and language
• Consider being a host family for a foreign exchange student

Organize a cultural event for your club or community, organize a service project that provides help to an international relief organization, befriend an exchange student at your local school and introduce them to your 4-H club.

Give a talk on a global topic that interests you, write an article for your local paper on a cultural festival or tradition from another county, interview someone in your community from another country or someone who has lived or studied abroad.

Sell an item to raise money for an international cause, find a solution to bring diverse groups together in your school or community.

Learn how farming practices are similar or different in another country, research and compare language learning apps, explore a variety of world currencies and how the exchange rate would affect travel there.

Extension Youth Conference, Nation 4-H Conference and Congress, Global 4-H Summit, Communication Arts competition, ND 4-H ambassadors, Project Expo.

• Family heritage album

• Baked good from another country

• Display board on holidays around the world

• Garment sewn from another country

• Cultural art

• Plan a trip to another country including a budget and itinerary

• Display about a country’s geography, economy, agriculture, people, language, housing, culture, music, crafts, clothing, holidays or other aspects

4-H Clover Global and Cultural Resources

• Planning for My Project Adventure (PA093)
• ND 4-H Project Plan (PA095)
• ND 4-H Plan of Action (PA096)
• ND 4-H Participation Summary for 11-to 19-year-olds (PA098)

On a world map, locate the countries of origin of your 4-H club members. Place stickers on each country. Begin to think of the routes our ancestors took, how they came to be in North Dakota and which traditions they brought with them.