9/18-9/22: Week 3 Agenda

Monday September 18

• Objective: To be able to define culture and name some of the major themes/ categories that influence large modern cultures around the world.
• Entry: What are the dangers of a single story? Why is this important to our study of history?
• Activity: Culture definitions and video
  • How do we define culture? 
    • • Each table group will research definitions of culture and find their favorite one to share with the class via visual representation.
  • What are some of the main symbols of culture?
    • • We will watch a video Links to an external site. covering some of the major aspects of culture seen across different groups of people.
• Exit: What are the most significant cultural influences in your life?

Tuesday September 19

• Objective: Introduce Cultural Watershed and Personal Narrative Project Links to an external site.. Begin preparing watershed materials.
• Entry: 
  •  What is culture? What the the earliest cultural influences on you that you can remember? What pieces of your personal culture are you proudest of?
• Activity
  • Start Cultural Watershed

Wednesday September 20/Thursday September 21

• Objective: To continue articulating the most important pieces of your personal culture through your cultural watershed visual.
• Entry:
  • Check-In
• Activity:
  • Cultural Watershed work time

Friday September 22

• Objective: To understand the standards your cultural watershed and personal narrative will be evaluated on and develop strategies to translate the information already communicated in your watershed into a clear, well organized narrative.
• Entry:
  • What are the strategies you use to write essays?
  • Do you know a "formula" for mapping out a 5-paragraph essay?
• Activity
  • Go over effective essay writing strategies.
  • Cultural watershed/ personal narrative work time.