Essential Questions
I will be focusing on three essential questions during this unit. My first essential question is; what is the definition of culture? A definition could be that culture is a pattern of shared behaviors of a specific group of people often related to the group’s language, religion, cuisine, social habits, forms of art and music. This answer would be inappropriate for a kindergarten audience. An answer that I will be working towards is that culture is a way of life, or that it is the way groups do things. This answer is very broad but so is culture. A second essential question to be asked is; what are the ingredients that make up culture? In class we will be exploring clothing, food, music, holidays, traditions, language, and possibly religion and values (if the class broaches the subject) as an answer to our question. My final essential question is; how are different cultures the same? How are they different? There are many answers to this question. It is best just to run the unit and see what the kids come up with. An example of a similarity may be that Chinese and Mexican cultures both greatly respect their elders. A difference may be in the sounds of traditional music of each culture.
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