In my other life
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A lesson plan for grades 11–12 Social Studies
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What would it be like to grow up in another culture? One way to explore this question is through memoirs and novels. Now, with the Internet, you can offer your students an interactive means to venture outside the borders of their own experience to try on an alternative cultural identity.
The goals of this lesson plan are:
- to challenge stereotypes about cultures unfamiliar to us
- to expand awareness of the range of factors that help constitute a cultural identity
- to research, organize, and present information about everyday life in an unfamiliar culture
- to create an imaginative firsthand account of life in an unfamiliar culture
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Social Studies (2003)
Grade 11–12 — Psychology
- Goal 12: The learner will evaluate the social and cultural dimensions of behavior.
- Objective 12.03: Examine how social and cultural categories influence behavior.
Grade 11–12 — Sociology
- Goal 2: The learner will demonstrate an understanding of the nature of culture and the role it plays for the individual and for society.
- Objective 2.02: Compare and contrast various cultures of the world.
- Objective 2.05: Analyze the role that culture plays in determining personality.
