I Block 2012Citizens,Community,Cosmopolita

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Community Connections:Where do we come from? Building

cultural competence

Why are we here?Connection to our Goal

Lifelong learners, thoughtful citizens and caring people:

• Actively expand their vision of the world• Engage with difference• Attend to others

I Block works to develop a community of citizens and cosmopolitans.

Objectives

• I can identify, explain and share places meaningful in my life & I know about places meaningful to my peers.

• I can define cultural competence & explain how today’s lesson expanded my own cultural competence.

• I can explain how maps shape the way we think about the world.

Warm Up Game

• The Big Wind Blows

To reflect on our own world view and to learn about

others…• Place a pin on our classroom map to

show where you are “from”. Use as many pushpins as you need.

• Sketch a map of your life to represent places, people, activities that matter to you and have shaped your world view. Represent however you want.

Ideas: draw your house or your neighborhood; sketch your path from birth to now including places you’ve lived and/or stuff you have done.

What is cultural competence?

• Understanding your own view of world

• Knowledge of cultural practices & worldviews (your own and others)

• Attitude of respect and curiousity towards cultural difference

• Cross-cultural skills (ie: communication)

What is cultural competence?

Turn to you partner and define cultural competence in your own words.

A short clip

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8zBC2dvERM

• How are the maps different?• Why are the maps different?• Do you think the difference matters?

Why?

Make meaning through conversation:Partner Discussion

Turn to a partner and discuss: 1. Which map(s) are you familiar with?2. Should schools use multiple maps?

Why or why not?

Reflection

• What did you learn about a classmate?

• Look at the map of our experience on the wall. What do you notice?

• How can maps impact the way you understand the world?

• What is cultural competence?

How valuable did you find the information in today’s class?

1. Very Valuable2. Somewhat Valuable3. Not Very Valuable4. Not at All Valuable

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