Classroom Culture Across the Globe Kentucky Standard 2.16

Journal Entry: How would you describe culture to someone who has never heard of it?

"Culture" refers to the socially transmitted behaviors, beliefs, values, traditions, institutions, and ways of living together of a group of people. How people from different cultures develop different values and ways of interpreting experience.

QFT Please write down as many questions that you can about the picture on the following slide.

Think/Pair/Share How is education influenced by culture?

Read Junior Scholastic “Malala’s Mission”

Classrooms around the globe… (Compare/Contrast) around-the-world-children around-the-world-children school-classroom-education-back-to-school-students-world-culture/ school-classroom-education-back-to-school-students-world-culture/

Summarize Which images or facts shock you the most? Explain why these images/facts shock you. What expectations do you have for our classroom culture?

Why is education an important part of culture? Rally Robin

Agree or Disagree? Explain.

Extend Student's will create an image or freeze frame that represents American school culture.