One Size Does Not Fit All

This lesson is designed to be completed independently by students. 
Students will focus on the ways that culture affects the impact of messages. They will read an article comparing how individualistic and collectivist cultures view messages around social distancing and other policies in different ways. They will complete a table to generate ideas about the collective and individual benefits and risks when following, or not following, government policies during this pandemic. Students will be guided to understand the main messages of the article through comprehension questions. They will then connect the article to their lived experience by classifying messages they have seen as individualistic or collectivist. Finally, they survey people in their social circles to look for patterns in answers.