QUESTION OF THE DAY: ANSWER BY TELLING ME A FAVORITE “NON-AMERICAN” FOOD! REVIEW: IN YOUR JOURNAL: WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU WOULD FIND DIFFICULT IF YOU VISITED ANOTHER COUNTRY? Welcome to Global Studies Week 2: Day 1

RL.6.7. COMPARE AND CONTRAST THE EXPERIENCE OF READING A STORY, DRAMA, OR POEM TO LISTENING TO OR VIEWING AN AUDIO, VIDEO, OR LIVE VERSION OF THE TEXT, INCLUDING CONTRASTING WHAT THEY “SEE” AND “HEAR” WHEN READING THE TEXT TO WHAT THEY PERCEIVE WHEN THEY LISTEN OR WATCH. RI.6.7. INTEGRATE INFORMATION PRESENTED IN DIFFERENT MEDIA OR FORMATS (E.G., VISUALLY, QUANTITATIVELY) AS WELL AS IN WORDS TO DEVELOP A COHERENT UNDERSTANDING OF A TOPIC OR ISSUE Common Core Standards Language Arts

6.C.1.1. ANALYZE HOW CULTURAL EXPRESSIONS REFLECTED THE VALUES OF CIVILIZATIONS, SOCIETIES AND REGIONS (E.G. ORAL TRADITIONS, ART, DANCE, MUSIC, LITERATURE, AND ARCHITECTURE). 6.C.1. EXPLAIN HOW THE BEHAVIORS AND PRACTICES OF INDIVIDUALS AND GROUPS INFLUENCED SOCIETIES, CIVILIZATIONS AND REGIONS. Social Studies

6.SI.1 ANALYZE RESOURCES TO DETERMINE THEIR RELIABILITY, POINT OF VIEW, BIAS, AND RELEVANCE FOR PARTICULAR TOPICS AND PURPOSE. 6.TT.1 USE TECHNOLOGY AND OTHER RESOURCES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ACCESSING, ORGANIZING, AND SHARING INFORMATION. 6.SE.1 APPLY RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIORS WHEN USING INFORMATION AND TECHNOLOGY RESOURCES. P21: 21ST CENTURY SKILLS Information & Technology

THINK CREATIVELY USE A WIDE RANGE OF IDEA CREATION TECHNIQUES (SUCH AS BRAINSTORMING). CREATE NEW AND WORTHWHILE IDEAS (BOTH INCREMENTAL AND RADICAL CONCEPTS). ELABORATE, REFINE, ANALYZE AND EVALUATE THEIR OWN IDEAS IN ORDER TO IMPROVE AND MAXIMIZE CREATIVE EFFORTS. WORK CREATIVELY WITH OTHERS DEVELOP, IMPLEMENT AND COMMUNICATE NEW IDEAS TO OTHERS EFFECTIVEL. BE OPEN AND RESPONSIVE TO NEW AND DIVERSE PERSPECTIVES; INCORPORATE GROUP INPUT AND FEEDBACK INTO THE WORK. DEMONSTRATE ORIGINALITY AND INVENTIVENESS IN WORK AND UNDERSTAND THE REAL WORLD LIMITS TO ADOPTING NEW IDEAS. VIEW FAILURE AS AN OPPORTUNITY TO LEARN; UNDERSTAND THAT CREATIVITY AND INNOVATION IS A LONG-TERM, CYCLICAL PROCESS OF SMALL SUCCESSES AND FREQUENT MISTAKES. IMPLEMENT INNOVATIONS ACT ON CREATIVE IDEAS TO MAKE A TANGIBLE AND USEFUL CONTRIBUTION TO THE FIELD IN WHICH THE INNOVATION WILL OCCUR. COLLABORATE WITH OTHERS DEMONSTRATE ABILITY TO WORK EFFECTIVELY AND RESPECTFULLY WITH DIVERSE TEAMS. EXERCISE FLEXIBILITY AND WILLINGNESS TO BE HELPFUL IN MAKING NECESSARY COMPROMISES TO ACCOMPLISH A COMMON GOAL. ASSUME SHARED RESPONSIBILITY FOR COLLABORATIVE WORK, AND VALUE THE INDIVIDUAL CONTRIBUTIONS MADE BY EACH TEAM MEMBER.. 21 st Century Skills

* YOU MAY HAVE HEARD THESE WORDS -- CULTURE SHOCK -- ALREADY AND POSSIBLY WITHIN A NEGATIVE CONTEXT. CONFLICT IN OUR LIVES, HOWEVER, DOES NOT HAVE TO BE NEGATIVE. IT CAN BE USED AS A SOURCE OF MOTIVATION, INTROSPECTION, AND CHANGE. KEEP THIS IN MIND AS YOU READ ON. CULTURE SHOCK IS DEFINED AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORIENTATION THAT MOST PEOPLE EXPERIENCE WHEN LIVING IN A CULTURE MARKEDLY DIFFERENT FROM ONE’S OWN. CULTURE SHOCK OCCURS WHEN OUR "...CULTURAL CLUES, THE SIGNS AND SYMBOLS WHICH GUIDE SOCIAL INTERACTION, ARE STRIPPED AWAY....A DIFFICULT PART OF THIS PROCESS FOR ADULTS IS THE EXPERIENCE OF FEELING LIKE CHILDREN AGAIN. SYMPTOMS OF CULTURE SHOCK INCLUDE: HOMESICKNESS BOREDOM WITHDRAWAL EXCESSIVE SLEEP COMPULSIVE EATING/DRINKING IRRITABILITY STEREOTYPING HOST NATIONALS HOSTILITY TOWARDS HOST NATIONALS What is Culture Shock?

EVERYONE EXPERIENCES CULTURE SHOCK IN DIFFERENT WAYS, AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND TO DIFFERENT DEGREES. SINCE YOU WILL BE SPENDING A LOT OF YOUR TIME WITH OTHER AMERICANS, THE CULTURE SHOCK YOU SHOULD EXPECT WOULD BE MINIMAL COMPARED TO SOMEONE WHO IS GOING TO LIVE WITH A SWISS HOST FAMILY AND ATTEND A SWISS UNIVERSITY WITHOUT ANY OTHER AMERICANS AROUND. * USUALLY THE CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROCESS FOLLOWS A CERTAIN PATTERN. AT FIRST, YOU WILL BE EXCITED ABOUT GOING TO EUROPE AND STARTING A NEW ADVENTURE. WHEN YOU FIRST ARRIVE, EVERYTHING WILL APPEAR NEW AND EXCITING. HOWEVER, AFTER SOME TIME, YOU MAY START TO FEEL HOMESICK AND QUESTION WHY THE SWISS (OR ITALIANS OR FRENCH) DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY THAN AMERICANS DO. YOU MAY EVEN BECOME IRRITATED WITH THESE DIFFERENCES. HOWEVER, YOU WILL EVENTUALLY GET USED TO THIS NEW WAY OF LIFE. AND BEFORE YOU KNOW IT, YOU WILL BE GETTING EXCITED ABOUT THE RETURN HOME TO YOUR FAMILY AND FRIENDS. Culture Shock…

* AN ORIENTATION WILL BE PROVIDED FOR YOU UPON ARRIVAL TO THE CENTER. THIS ORIENTATION WILL INCLUDE INFORMATION REGARDING CULTURE SHOCK AND HOW TO COPE WITH IT. IN ADDITION, THE STUDENT AFFAIRS COORDINATOR IS AVAILABLE TO ASSIST STUDENTS WITH THE CULTURAL ADJUSTMENT PROCESS. HOPEFULLY, WHILE YOU ARE IN EUROPE, YOU WILL TAKE THE TIME TO TALK WITH SOME OF THE LOCALS. EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY FIND THAT MANY PEOPLE SPEAK ENGLISH, PATTERNS OF COMMUNICATION OFTEN DIFFER. BE PATIENT AND LISTEN TO THE MEANING, NOT THE WORDS. REMEMBER THAT BODY LANGUAGE (SUCH AS GESTURES, FACIAL EXPRESSIONS, BODY MOTIONS, EYE CONTACT AND VOICE INFLECTIONS) CONVEY MEANING IN COMMUNICATION, AS WELL. BE AWARE AND PAY ATTENTION. Continued…

½ OF THE STUDENTS WILL GO OUT OF THE ROOM TO COME BACK AND FIND ANOTHER COUNTRY CAME OUT OF THIN AIR! HOW DID YOU FEEL WHEN YOU GOT THERE? Let’s go to another country!

LEARNER OUTCOME THE STUDENTS WILL GAIN KNOWLEDGE OF THE CULTURAL FAMILY DIFFERENCES THAT EXIST WITHIN THEIR CLASSROOM. My Family, My Neighbor’s Family: The Same Yet Different Essential Question How does culture influence my family and our traditions?

EXPLAIN TO YOUR NEIGHBOR THE REASON THE U.S. CELEBRATES THANKSGIVING. LET’S SHARE A FEW ANSWERS. BRAINSTORM THE ANSWERS TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS: IF THANKSGIVING IS AN U.S. HOLIDAY, DO WE ALL CELEBRATE IT THE SAME WAY? WHAT ARE YOUR FAMILY TRADITIONS ON THANKSGIVING? Activating

I WILL PASS OUT GRAPHIC ORGANIZER THANKSGIVING TO EACH STUDENT. THIS ORGANIZER IS DESIGNED TO CAPTURE AND RECORD YOUR THOUGHTS ABOUT THE DIFFERENT ASPECTS OF FAMILY THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS WITHIN THE CLASSROOM. FILL OUT “MY THANKSGIVING” SECTION WITH SOME OF YOUR OWN FAMILY THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS. NOW SHARE SOME OF YOUR FAMILY TRADITIONS WITH THE CLASS. RAISE YOUR HANDS IF YOUR FAMILY ALSO SHARES THE SAME TRADITION AS THE STUDENT THAT SHARED. INTERVIEW 2 OTHER STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS AND DOCUMENT THEIR FINDINGS IN THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER. Connecting

COMPARE AND CONTRAST YOUR RECORDED INFORMATION ABOUT THE THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS AND PLACE YOUR FINDINGS IN THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES COLUMN. SHARE SOME OF BIGGEST DIFFERENCES YOU DISCOVERED. Summarizing

REPLY TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS IN YOUR JOURNAL: WOULD YOU WANT TO IMPLEMENT SOME OF THE OTHER STUDENT’S TRADITIONS INTO YOUR THANKSGIVING? WHEN YOU GROW UP, WHAT TRADITIONS WILL YOU WANT TO KEEP? WHICH WILL YOU WANT TO CHANGE? WHY? HOW WILL YOUR CHOICES SHAPE FUTURE GENERATIONS THANKSGIVING TRADITIONS? Exit Ticket

ROLL CALL: ANSWER BY SAYING HELLO, BUT USING YOUR OWN CREATED LANGUAGE. REVIEW: IF, WE ARE ALL “THE SAME, YET DIFFERENT”, HOW CAN THAT HELP YOU INTERACT WITH OTHER CULTURES? Welcome to Global Studies Week 2: Day 2

U. S. Americans are known for_? U. S. Americans came from _? U. S. Americans enjoy eating_? U. S. Americans play_? DIVIDE INTO FOUR-FIVE GROUPS AND ANSWER THE QUESTIONS ABOVE. YOU CAN ONLY HAVE ONE ANSWER FOR EACH QUESTION PER GROUP. SHARE YOUR ANSWERS I WILL WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON THE BOARD. WHAT GROUP HAS THE CORRECT ANSWER? WHY? LET’S DISCUSS! THERE IS NO “CORRECT” ANSWER. WHY IS NO ONE ANSWER CORRECT? Activating

NOT EVERY U. S. AMERICAN IS THE SAME NOR IS THE UNITED STATES EASILY DESCRIBED. ADDITIONALLY, EVERYONE IN THE CLASS MAY NOT AGREE BUT WE ARE ALL COMING FROM A DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE SIMILAR TO THOSE IN OTHER COUNTRIES. YOU ARE GOING TO CREATE A SLIDESHOW OF IMAGES THAT DEPICT THE VAST DIVERSITY ACROSS THE U. S. YOU CAN SEARCH THE INTERNET FOR PICTURES. CREATE A SLIDESHOW OF 10 IMAGES THAT REPRESENT DIVERSITY IN U.S. YOU WILL LATER PRESENT YOUR SLIDESHOWS TO THE WHOLE CLASS.. Connecting

CLEAN UP AREA IN THE LAB! Exit Ticket

DISCUSS (IN GROUPS) YOUR REACTION TO THE ORIGIN OF THE IMAGES. PICK THE IMAGES THAT SHOCKED YOU THE MOST FOR BEING “U.S. AMERICAN.“ EXIT TICKET: WRITE OUT WHY THOSE IMAGES SHOCKED YOU THE MOST. If time permits…

This is the end of WEEK 2