|
In this first unit, the students studied
how their own personal identities are influenced by attending
Graded and living with their families here in Brazil. Primary
source data, in the form of student surveys, helped them think
about their current reality while they learned the sociological
and psychological foundations of identity, ethnicity, and
nationality in class. This became the basis of establishing
their group’s worldview. The next step was to take these
specific societal elements and apply them to the culture of
large groups of people through learning about a pair of
interrelated systems.
The first system, the Material Culture, deals with the
physical world and the things that a society makes and uses. The second,
the Non-Material, involves the values and beliefs of a society, taught through
its institutions, which determines how people behave. By applying the
two systems to their own lives, figuring how a culture functions, becomes
concrete.
Here the students were to research data
in the library about their specific society element, while
learning the ins and outs of writing a solid expository
paragraph in class using the writing process. After they defined
their element, they then went on to talk about the connection
between it and the Material and Non-Material culture systems. By
having examples from their own life here in Brazil, they brought
the element to life for themselves and for the virtual student
they were talking to.
Individual
students web pages constructed by the students using
Front Page 2003 and Microsoft Office free graphics.
Site constructed and maintained by
Bridgette Fincher.
6th Grade Graded Humanities. 2007-2008
|
Please click here to go to the class web pages for