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CONTENT STANDARD 4: Students will develop an understanding of other cultures, including such elements as: value systems, languages, traditions, and individual perspectives. Grade K-4 BENCHMARK PERFORMANCE STANDARDS In the language(s) studied, students will: A. Recognize and demonstrate the elements of a cultural system. 1. Identify/describe elements of culture (i.e., what identifies members of a cultural group): a. Tell/re-tell stories. b. Role-play a family meal. c. Role-play shopping/ exchange of goods. d. Role-play a celebration of the culture studied, using appropriate dress and behavior. e. Participate in dances, sports and games of the culture studied. f. Illustrate “a day in the life” of a peer in the culture studied, showing house, family tree, geography, environment, transportation, value systems (by items in the house), humor style, and other social practices (such as gift-giving). B. Recognize the cultural variations within a linguistic group. 1. Recognize differences in ways of life/ “lifestyles” within one language group: a. Compare celebrations in two countries or regions that share the same language. b. Compare foods in two countries or regions that share the same language. c. Compile a dictionary of slang or regional dialect for two countries or regions that share the same formal language. d. Identify and describe the geographical locations and environments of two different countries or regions that share the same language.
Grade 5-8 BENCHMARK PERFORMANCE STANDARDS In the language(s) studied, students will: A. Expand and apply knowledge of the elements of a cultural system. 1. Investigate stereotypes of a culture using different forms of media/communication: a. Use e-mail/ Internet to survey members of a culture. b. Investigate stereotypes of a culture by keeping a journal of observations about the culture as published in the mass media. c. Research and report on (compare and contrast) traditions and institutions of two different cultures regarding: governments, schools, religions, art forms, forms of work, forms of childrearing, societal rules, and/or leisure activities including sports. d. Produce a videotape about stereotypes of a culture. e. Research and report on current trends and events in the culture studied, especially those in popular media describing the student’s own age group. f. Research and report on the archaeology, history and/or biography of a culture (“Who are/ who were important people and why”). g. Research and report on the geography and biology of the culture studied. B. Expand and use knowledge of the cultural variations within a linguistic group. 1. Compare and contrast differences and similarities between speakers of the same language by researching and reporting on their history(ies),societal rules and roles: a. Using books, periodical articles, videotapes, films, or field trips, observe and report on differences and similarities of men and women in their daily lives in two countries or regions that share the same language. b. Record and compare differences and similarities-in dialect, idioms, and other language styles-of storytellers from two countries or regions that share the same language. 2. Produce written and illustrated materials that are aimed at a particular population as the audience, using the language studied: a. Write and produce a public service announcement for a particular population audience using the language and dialect studied. b. Write and deliver a political campaign speech that is aimed at a particular population audience, using the language and dialect studied. c. Design an advertising campaign that uses local dialect in the slogans. MCNL
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