Introduce your students to different cultures by teaching them how to say "hello" in other languages. Divide the students into small groups, and give them a couple of minutes to come up with as many different ways to say "hello" as they can. Once everyone is finished, ask all the groups to share what they came up with. Bring a list of different ways to say "hello" with you to share the languages the children left out.
A second activity encourages students to share information about their culture, while learning about their peers' cultures. Instruct your students to write a one-page story about their names. Ask them to include how each received his or her name, as well as nicknames and anything interesting they want to add. Once everyone is finished, ask them to share their stories in front of their peers.
Help your students understand the importance of a peaceful society by asking them to create a peace calendar. Give your students blank calendars, and instruct them to decorate specific dates that were important in creating a more tolerant society. Also instruct your students to write things throughout the calendar of things that they can do to promote world peace. Encourage them to wrap up the calendar, and give it to one of their family members as a gift.
This activity helps students learn about each other's experiences, and discover what they have in common with their peers. With your students standing in a circle, call out different experiences that may or may not apply to each person. For example, you can ask, "Have you ever visited another country?" If the experience applies to them, instruct the students to run to the middle, jump in the air and do a high five with others who run in.