Teaching+-+Family

Family Fun

Not just knowing about your peers cultural background is enough, we all need to understand where we come from and why we all act differently. For this activity we will be exploring one another’s cultural background. Each student will be doing two small reports. The first report will be on that students own cultural background. The second report you will pick a country (other than the one used for the first report) and do research on it. Both reports should include the following information:
 * Paragraph I – Introduction
 * Paragraph II – Food (some of the main food dishes and culinary customs) and Holidays (patriotic, religious, and celebrations)
 * Paragraph III – Arts (contemporary/traditional music, visual/performing arts, and drama) and Folklore (legends)
 * Paragraph IV – History (social/political movements) and Personalities (historical, contemporary, and political figures)
 * Paragraph V - Conclusion

Students will then choose from two choices (either choice will come from the second report): 1.) Bring in a food dish from the culture you did research on for everyone in class to try. Explain why you picked this dish, what it is, and any extra information you would like to give. 2.) Do a presentation in PowerPoint, on a poster, or bring in a guest to tell us about the country.

I want this to be fun for everyone and help us learn more thoroughly about others. This assignment will be started February 22nd, 2011 and presentations will be presented March 8th-9th, 2011.