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2.3 EbD Cultural Diversity  

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Essential Question:

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What are the different cultures in our community and what needs mightService-Learning project be able to fill?

Lesson 2.3- Cultural Diversity and Community Needs

3. Community cultures and traditions interviews

2. Understanding culture for effective service-learning

1. Class Basics Notebook Line of Learning

Standards

4. Reflection

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Prepare your notebook• Table of contents

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Line of LearningLesson 2.3Question: Go back to entry for 2.1 and 2.2 and reflect on the culture of the school. Do you think that the culture of the school will be different than what you determine from the interviews of family and community members?

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Standards Statement

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Students will be using speaking and listening skills to discuss how culture, traditions and demographics are indicators for needs within the community and how these variables impact the needs of the community.

Standards:

NGSS HS. Engineering Design HS-ETS1-1. HS-ETS1b

ELA/Literacy – SL.11-12.1c, SL, ELA/Literacy –SL.11-12.1d.

Engaging Prior Knowledge

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Within your groups, discuss any interesting facts that you learned from your interviews with classmates. Was there information that you gathered from your peer interviews

and the demographics that surprised you? Sharing important findings from the peer interview and the data

What are two potential needs that you are seeing that require more investigation?

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4 Categories of Service-Learning Projects

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Education: K-12 schools, museums, after-school programs.Access and abilities: Clinics for disabled children, adult disability programs, assistive technology.

Human Services: Habitat for Humanity, humane society, food pantries, neighborhood improvements.Environment: environmental organizations, neighborhood associations, parks and recreation.

Interviewing within your Community

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• Who are you going to interview?

• Use the interview form to determine needs in the community.

• gather information about family, social and cultural norms.

• Set up a time to interview

Discussion:

In Groups: Compile your Information

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• Are their underrepresented sections of the community?

Discuss in your groups

Create a Narrative of Social Norms and Traditions in your Community

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Discussion

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Create a team document that addresses the Culture of your community integrating all of the information you have gathered.

Social

Interactions Everyday TraditionsCommunity Rituals

and Heroes

Family Roles

Leisure

Activities

Use of Media in the Home and

Community

Community Demographics

Rubric

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Review the rubric that you will use to evaluate the development of your Community Culture Narrative.

Reflection: What did you learn about the culture of your community?

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ReflectionHave you..

Examined the cultures and traditions of your community from other’s perspective.

Did this investigation give a beginning glimpse into the culture and traditions of the community?

Used speaking and listening skills to be able to synthesize the information from the interviews and demographic information into a reflective document?

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• Notebook Check

2.3 Student sheet2.3 RubricEntry in notebook and the Interview sheet

Lesson Artifacts

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Exit Slip

• Answer the Questions on the sheet

• If you have further questions write them on the back

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