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II. Lesson Plans and Activities
Lesson 2: Looking Closer at Culture and Values
Essential Questions
Enduring Understandings
What is culture?
Art is a universal language that can convey cultural norms and
What are values and how do they help define one’s values.
culture?
Expanding one’s awareness of other cultures enhances
appreciation of the lives of peers living in another country.
Activity
Description and Important Points
Materials
1. Re-
Examining
Definitions
of Culture
and Values a. Discuss the aspects of culture and values identified from
Lesson 1.
b. Review the students’ definitions of culture and values
c. Discuss how students’ definitions for culture and values
compare with those found in the glossary.
2. Creating
List of
Values and
Activities
that
Illustrate
those
Values a. Working in small groups, have students brainstorm a list of
values using the Cultural Values in Everyday Life worksheet.
These values can represent their personal, family, school, or
community values.
b. Students compare their list to the Cultural Values of Recent
ArtLink Students handout.
c. Based on their list of values, students should identify and write
down everyday activities or special occasions where an
observer might see these values being carried out. As an
example, see the three activities listed for “Love of Family” in
the worksheet page 39.
ArtLink Pre-
Exchange
Survey from
Lesson 1
Cultural Values
in Everyday Life
worksheet
Cultural Values
of Recent ArtLink
Students'
handout
ArtLink Tool Box: Strategies for Deeper Understanding
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Each group shares the central ideas or information identified in the examples. Provide an accurate
summary of their identified cultural norms and values based on information from the ArtLink Cultural
Values in Everyday Life worksheet. Include written and verbal sharing opportunities. For example,
students could participate in a Pair Share, a Turn and Talk, write their comments in a journal, or share
with the larger group.
Students work in small groups or individually depending on age/grade and ability level. Check the U.S.
Grade Level Learning Standards for specific objectives for age/grade appropriate content.
Use the Cultural Iceberg image to illustrate and facilitate a discussion about the “visible” and “invisible”
aspects of culture (See Appendix).
Ask students to respond in writing to the “Questions to Think About” at the bottom of the worksheet.
US Learning Standards
Addressed Grade 3 4 5 6 7 8 9-10 11 -12
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