Brave New Clan - Culture - Tuning In

This lesson is based on the film Who We Are: Brave New Clan – Culture. Students will explore the concept of culture and how our experience of culture affects who we are. The lesson will begin by students looking for the similarities and differences between their experiences of school and family culture. Students will then work in groups to compare their experiences of cultures. They will brainstorm the ways our experiences of school and family cultures affects who we are and why a diversity of cultures in valuable.

Essential questions:

• What is culture?
• What are some different types of culture?
• What are some of the different cultures I belong to?
• How does our experience of culture affect who we are?