Empowering Global Citizens

Activity 6.3.3

How Do We Show Respect?

Each student is paired with a student from another culture (an American
student attending school in a Native American community, for example, or
a student from another country) using a tool such as iEARN.10 Ideally, they
will have access to students from a number of different cultures (that is, the
class will not be paired with students from only Class but with students from
different classes in different countries or cultures).

Each student (in both groups) is instructed to think of one person whom
he or she respects. That person could be a politician, a historical figure, a
relative, or a celebrity. The students should then write a short essay on What
qualities of that person they respect and why. They then share their essays
first with their own class and then with their cross—cultural partners. They

will discuss similarities and differences in the essays.

Next, each student is instructed to imagine an encounter with the person
he or she respects. Each student should write a second essay that describes
the encounter and places special emphasis on how the student would dress,
behave, and address the person; What the student would say to the person;
and how the student would express respect.

Again, the students share their essays with their own class and then with
their cross—cultural partners. They will discuss similarities and differences in

the essays.

Activity 6.3.4

Greetings around the World

Since a resource describing greetings around the world does not appear to ex—
ist, the students will create one themselves! The students gather information

10 http://media.ieam.org/

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