Unit
Topic
Theme

Region
Length

Fernando M. Reimers et a1.

3.4

Understanding the Culture of My Market

ICC: interpersonal (one’s own identity and culture, oth—
ers’ identities and cultures, and etiquette); ethics: humility,
respect, and common values; and work and mind habits:
cross-cultural perspective taking

Any/ all

Two weeks at first and then throughout the semester

Goals and Objectives

3.

Skills

Learn about the day—to-day life and the culture in their target coun—
tries and learn to interact with another student in a different part of
the world using technology.

Inspire students to appreciate cultural nuances and differences and to
draw comparisons in order to examine how life differs across the world.
Act by using technology to regularly communicate effectively and
respectfully with someone very different in another country.

and Knowledge

Use technology to communicate with their pen pal on an ongoing
basis and become comfortable doing so even though they haven’t
seen or met their pen pals in person.

Share details of their own culture and contrast it with the cultures
of their pen pals.

Describe daily lifestyles of other children in different parts of the world.
Appreciate literature from different parts of the world.

Reflect on their own practices and readily express their apprehen—
sions and excitement about communicating with people from dif~
ferent parts of the world.

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