Objectives/Strategies
The students will be able to:
- understand how people in other cultures mature and what their societies expect of them
- make judgments about the values exhibited in those cultures and compare them to our own here in the US
- improve in their ability to evaluate the importance of rules in a society to ensure the smooth running of everyday life so that they will be able to apply this knowledge and transfer what they have learned to other experiences
- explore how they can make a difference as productive members of society through becoming responsible adults
- view literature and art as a means of conveying the human experience, both individual and societal through the study of both print and non-print sources
- gain experience in group discussion and informal debating on topics of mutual interest with their cohort group
- learn to compare a book and film and to evaluate the differences between the two, not as literary adaptations, but as storytelling vehicles
- apply the strategies learned from reading and viewing to everyday life, reinforcing how the human experiences depicted in fiction emphasize how human nature doesn't change
The curriculum provides ample opportunity to explore the diversity in upbringings. To supplement this study students will view films from three countries: the United States, Ireland, and Switzerland, and be able to understand the similarities and differences across cultures, leading to a deeper comprehension of the effects of each of the societies on the characters depicted in the stories.
For each step in the study worksheets will be utilized (see Appendices) to guide the students and give them a "roadmap" to their study that they can use to link the different readings.
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