2011 Global Education Conference Presentation: What's My Culture?
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What's Your Culture? Introducing Young Students to the Concept of Culture Through Engaging Activities that Foster Community, Respect and Understanding. November 14, 2011, 10 p.m. EST
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This slide show demonstrates ways that educators can build cultural understanding, respect and sharing in their classrooms in an effort to develop strong, collaborative, caring learning communities.
Transcript of 2011 Global Education Conference Presentation: What's My Culture?
What's Your Culture?Introducing Young Students to the Concept of Culture Through Engaging Activities
that Foster Community, Respect and Understanding.
November 14, 2011, 10 p.m. EST
Where are you from?Type Your Name and Place Name in White space, then Place a Star on Your Location.
Why Teach Culture?
Poll:
About How Much Teaching Time Do You Devote to Culture?
A. 0-25%B. 26%-50%C. 51%-75%D. 76%-100%
If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry
on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the
children. - Mohandas Gandhi
Peace cannot be kept by force; it can only be achieved by understanding. -Albert Einstein
Rationale
What's Your Culture:The History of Skin Shade
"We can take a topic that has caused so much disagreement, so much suffering, and so much misunderstanding, and completely disarm it." - Nina Jablonski, author of Skin: A Natural History
Author or Color Chart
First Step:
Self Portraits It is time for parents to teach young people early on that in diversity there is beauty and there is strength. -Maya Angelou
"Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive that is youer than you."
- Dr. Seuss
Understanding Physical DifferencesGetting to the Heart of the Matter.
No difference Small as a peanut Big as a giant, We're all the same size When we turn off the light. Red black or orange, Yellow or white We all look the same When we turn off the light. So maybe the way To make everything right Is for God to just reach out And turn off the light!
by Shel Silverstein
What is Shel Silverstein saying in this poem?
How Do We Teach Culture to Young Children?
Define Culture
Anthropologists study culture. Culture is the study of the materials, traditions, social groups, beliefs and arts of groups of people. No two people share exactly the same culture because people belong to many different groups possibly including their school, religious organizations, clubs, teams, country of origin or ancestry, neighborhood and more.
Brainstorm Culture with Words and ImagesWork with students to brainstorm lists of materials, arts, social groups, traditions and beliefs so they understand what each
category means.
Materials(what we use for everyday
life and special events)
Arts(expressions)
Social Groups(teams, clubs, religion. . . . . .)
Traditions(holidays, seasonal. . .)
Beliefs(The beliefs that you live your life by)
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Every individual has a unique culture.
Culture Flag Project: Create your own flag first.
Share your flag with the students. Describe ways to use magazine cut-outs, drawings, words and other materials to create a flag depicting your culture.
Hand out a culture flag guide.
Children create culture flags to motivate cultural pride, discussions, questions and sharing.
First, give each child a triangular piece of construction paper. It's great to allow students to choose their colors.
Next give students a page of categories to cut out and use on their flags. It's best to suggest a minimum number of categories to use.
A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin and culture is like a tree without roots.
- Marcus Garvey
Display flags in a prominent place in the classroom for all to see and discuss and refer to as time goes on.
Books Build UnderstandingLiterature List
What titles do you use to teach culture?
Where do you live? How does that affect your culture?
Concentric Circle Activity
Wayland - London ePals
How Do You Employ Global Exchange to Foster Cultural Understanding and Respect?
Edina, MN - Wayland, MACollaborative Research
Celebrate Student Work by Creating and Awarding Student Badges.
Immigration and Family History Museum
Classrooms are transformed to a museum. Children share artifacts, stories, maps, clothing and food from their own cultural history or a culture they've chosen to study. Family members and teachers are invited to visit the museum at a celebratory open house.
If we are to achieve a richer culture, rich in contrasting values, we must recognize the whole gamut of human potentialities, and so weave a less arbitrary social fabric, one in which each diverse human gift will find a fitting place. - Margaret Mead
Questions?
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