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          Senior Technical English 

 World Culture Activity

The final quarter of your high school experience has arrived, and soon you will be going out into the world. In the next few weeks, you will travel to places you have never been before, experiencing new,  rich cultures.  To prepare for the future travel to another country, you will select a land to which you might travel, either alone or with a travel companion.  After completing the research, you will share your findings with  classmates in a 5-7 minute oral presentation that will include either a poster or a travel brochure.

 

Focus of Presentation:

 

Briefly discuss the location and the influence of geography on the country.  

Focus on 3 to 4 of the following cultural aspects and share your research: (If presenting with a teammate, each person will select 2 areas).

  • Family Life and Relationships

  • Lifestyle-Day-to-day concerns, habits, work life, etc.

  • Education-purpose and opportunities

  • Religion-belief and practice

  • Art-music, painting, crafts, sculpture, etc.

  • Architecture-houses of worship, homes, schools, etc.

Use notecards to help insure an organized, fluent presentation.  I will collect and grade the cards after each presentation.

Create a poster or travel brochure to explain your key cultural points. 

A question and answer period will follow each presentation.

 

Timeline:

 

Sources:

Grolier's DatabasesGrolier's Lands and People - Everything dealing with family life, culture, arts, education, and religion.

 

Class will create rubrics for research and preparation; oral presentations, note cards, and visuals (posters, brochures).  Students must also submit a Works Cited page that identifies the resources used for the work.

 

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CHS Library Card Catalog Online MARVEL; Maine's Virtual Library Bridges CultureGrams Grolier's Databases NICI Virtual Library United Streaming World and I NoodleTools 
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