Fantasy Trips Part 2

CULTURESGain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures

2.1 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the practices and perspectives of the culture studied.

CULTURESGain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures

2.2 Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.

CULTURESGain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures

Products– Concrete aspects of daily life

• Tools, foods, laws, games, etc. – Tangible and intangible

• Paintings, monuments, work ofliterature

• An oral tale, a sacred ritual, a system of education

– Inventions and innovations• foods, gadgets, forms of transportation,

processes, etc.– Aesthetic expressions

• music, literature, art, etc.

CULTURESGain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures

Practices– Patterns of behavior accepted by society– Social interaction in a specific cultural context– Personal, small group, or societal– What to do when and where– How to interact– They may be things such as:

• rites of passage• the use of formal and informal language• the social “pecking order”• the use of personal space• when to embrace or shake hands

CULTURESGain Knowledge and Understanding of Other Cultures

Perspectives• Traditional ideas, attitudes, and values• Underlying beliefs or values that justify

a product or practice• What individuals think or do from their own

particular points of view• World view, belief system• The perspectives of a culture are often difficult to

articulate for one’s own culture• They are even more difficult to articulate

for another culture

Where do

we FIND realia?

…on the newsstand!

Online! www.omninternet.com/news/news.asp

The Realia Project www.realiaproject.org

www.miscositas.com/realiamenu.html

www.MisCositas.com

www.miscositas.com/authenticmaterials.html

• music• tv & videos• podcasts & radio• magazines & newspapers• children’s lit & folklore• games and fun

Create a floor map

Manipulatives:

* toys * fake food

* musical instruments * animals

* transportation * lot of STUFF!

I get the best I get the best realiarealia and and manipulativesmanipulatives at at garage sales and flea garage sales and flea

markets!markets!

Pack your suitcase!

Grab your passport…

… and get it stamped!

Don’t forget your boarding pass!

Ticket-o-Matichttp://lnx.musicairport.com/boardingpass/start.php

Get your seat on the plane!

Watch an in-flight movie!http://www.miscositas.com/miscositastv.html

http://www.youtube.com/miscositastv

See scenery, photos, crafts

Listen to vallenato

Taste batidos de frutas and

helado de coco

Touch/maketraditional handicrafts

Smell fruits

Monday: take Avianca flight, see an in-flight movie about Colombia

Tuesday: arrive in Cartagena, taste tropical fruit drinks

Wednesday: go to the beach in Barranquilla, listen to vallenatos and taste coconut ices

Thursday: visit a craft stand, touch the handicrafts

Friday, try your hand at making molas

Historical Facebookhttp://www.freetech4teachers.com/2010/08/historical-facebook-facebook-for-dead.html

Questions? Comments?Questions? Comments?

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