Students will consider how culture can migrate along with material belongings. Students will consider how different cultures may be different, not wrong. Students will have the opportunity to view how culture may adapt when we migrate. View the migration lesson plan.
Students will explore the connection between personal values and ones culture. Students will explore the idea that a social agreement rather than a “right” or “wrong” way of doing things, constructs values and culture. Students will come to understand that culture, such personal values travel with individuals as they migrate.View the values lesson plan.
Students will explore the connection between manners of eating and culture. Students will explore the idea that a social agreement, rather than a "right" or "wrong" way of doing things, constructs manners and culture. Students will come to understand that culture, such as eating habits/manners, travel with individuals as they migrate. View the work lesson plan.
Students will explore the connection between the stories we tell and our culture. Students will explore the idea that stories are often constructed to express important lessons or values in various cultures. Students will explore that many of the stories we share and the characters involved originated in West Africa and migrated with the people from this region who were forced into slavery. Students will explore ways that their personal culture has been or can be transmitted through art, music and stories. View the arts lesson plan.
Students will explore the connection between manners of eating and culture. Students will explore the idea that a social agreement, rather than a “right” or “wrong” way of doing things, constructs manners and culture. Students will come to understand that culture, such as eating habits/manners travel with individuals as they migrate. View the food lesson plan.