Critical Content/Concept Web
Subject: Humanities
Unit Overview
Unit Topic: Culture
Through a variety of activities, students will
develop an appreciation for interdependence
among cultures. They may have the
opportunity to study a foreign language, read
literature produced by various cultures, or
write stories that reflect parts of a culture
being studied. They will learn what our
culture has in common with other cultures
and how a country’s art, literature, and music
reflect its cultural beliefs. Above all, they will
learn to appreciate the roles unity and
diversity have played in the development of
our country.
Suggested Time Frame
This unit can be adapted to fit many different
time frames.
Grade:
2nd
Organizational
Thinking
Analytical Thinking
OR 1 Interpretative Data
OR 3 Summarizing
OR 4 Memorizing
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Compare/Contrast AN 7 Inferring
Webbing
AN 9 Rank/Prior Sequence
Classifying
AN 10 Analyzing
Analogies
Creative Thinking
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Unit Topic:
Culture
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CBS
Brainstorming
Creative Thinking Process
Synthesizing
Critical Thinking
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Idaho State Standards for World Languages
Standard 1: Acquisition and Use of Language
Goal 1.1: Listening
Goal 1.2: Speaking
Goal 1.3: Reading
Goal 1.4: Writing
Standard 3: History, Geography, and Culture
Goal 3.1: Historical context
Goal 3.2: Geographical context
Goal 3.3: Cultural context
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Interacting
Ask/Answer Questions for Clarification
Making/Judging Deductions
Identifying Assumptions
Defining Terms/Judging Definitions
Idaho State Standards for Language Arts
Standard 3: Writing Process
Goal 3.1: Acquire Prewriting Skills
Goal 3.2: Acquire Skills for Writing a Draft
Goal 3.3: Acquire Skills for Revising a Draft
Goal 3.4: Acquire Skills for Editing a Draft
Goal 3.5: Acquire Skills to Publish Writing
Standard 4: Writing Applications
Goal 4.1: Acquire Expressive (Narrative / Creative) Writing Skills
Goal 4.2: Acquire Expository (Informational/ Research) Writing Skills
Suggested Units & Activities: See
“Suggested Activities and Resources” at the
end of this unit.
IDAHO CONTENT STANDARDS
Possible Reporting Topics
CULTURE: WORLD LANGUAGES - LEVEL 1
Standard 1: Acquisition and use of language.
Students comprehend and communicate in the target language through listening, reading, writing, and speaking. Level 1 students use
the four skills of language acquisition (listening, speaking, reading, and writing) with respect to very basic vocabulary. Students
comprehend the language in context when spoken slowly and clearly by teachers or teaching resources. Students read short, modified
texts and differentiate symbols, words, questions, and statements. Students write in short simple sentences. Students speak in
rehearsed responses to rehearsed questions. The output of a level one student is comprehensible to a sympathetic world languages
teacher.
Goal 1.1: Listening
Objective(s): Upon completion of Level 1, the student will be able to:
7-12.WL1.1.1.1 Comprehend basic vocabulary in isolation and in context.
7-12.WL1.1.1.2 Capture essential information from everyday conversations and short passages (e.g., cognates, context clues).
7-12.WL1.1.1.3 Recognize basic sentence types (e.g., questions, sentences, commands, negative and positive).
7-12.WL1.1.1.4 Comprehend question words (e.g., who, what, when, where, how).
7-12.WL1.1.1.5 Recognize number and gender signals.
7-12.WL1.1.1.6 Distinguish between formal and informal address.
Goal 1.2: Speaking
Objective(s): Upon completion of Level 1, the student will be able to:
7-12.WL1.1.2.1 Use basic vocabulary to respond to familiar prompts.
7-12.WL1.1.2.2 Express preferences, desires, opinions, and feelings.
7-12.WL1.1.2.3 Use appropriate level of politeness in simulated social exchanges.
Goal 1.3: Reading
Objective(s): Upon completion of Level 1, the student will be able to:
7-12.WL1.1.3.2 Recognize written forms of basic vocabulary.
7-12.WL1.1.3.3 Associate the written text with spoken forms.
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Goal 1.4: Writing
Objective(s): Upon completion of Level 1, the student will be able to:
7-12.WL1.1.4.1 Write basic vocabulary and short sentences (e.g., from dictation, picture cues, cloze activities, word banks).
7-12.WL1.1.4.2 Write a logical response to a familiar question or comment.
7-12.WL1.1.4.3 Rewrite sentences, using substitutions.
7-12.WL1.1.4.4 Construct simple sentences using familiar vocabulary and phrases.
Standard 3: History, Geography, and Culture
Students demonstrate an understanding of how people and cultures are connected across time in the geographical areas represented
by the target languages. Humanities instruction prepares students to work and live as global citizens because of their greater
understanding of their own culture and the cultures of others. Level 1 students find the areas of the world where the target language
is spoken, name those lands and states in which the language is spoken, recall some historical facts about those places, and compare
daily activities in their own Idaho culture with those in the target cultures. Students demonstrate awareness of customs of politeness
(such as forms of address) in the target culture.
Goal 3.1: Historical Context
Objective(s): Upon completion of Level 1, the student will be able to:
7-12.WL1.3.1.1 Recognize major historical and cultural figures and events from the target culture.
7-12.WL1.3.1.2 Identify historical connections between English and the target language (e.g., cognates, language origins).
Goal 3.2: Geographical Context
Objective(s): Upon completion of Level 1, the student will be able to:
7-12.WL1.3.2.1 Locate the areas in the world where the target language is spoken.
7-12.WL1.3.2.2 Describe the geographical features of major areas where the target language is spoken.
Goal 3.3: Cultural Context
Objective(s): Upon completion of Level 1, the student will be able to:
7-12.WL1.3.3.1 Compare and contrast the everyday life and social observances of the target culture with U.S. culture.
7-12.WL1.3.3.2 Recognize nonverbal cues and body language typically used in the target language.
7-12.WL1.3.3.3
Use appropriate cultural responses in diverse exchanges (e.g. forms of address, levels of familiarity.
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Standard 3: Writing Process
IDAHO CONTENT STANDARDS
Possible Reporting Topics
CULTURE: LANGUAGE ARTS
Goal 3.1: Acquire Prewriting Skills
2.LA.3.1.1 Generate ideas using prewriting strategies (e.g., journaling).
2.LA.3.1.2 Identify the main idea.
2.LA.3.1.3 Identify strategies for planning and organizing writing.
2.LA.3.1.4 Identify an appropriate writing format for audience.
Goal 3.2: Acquire Skills for Writing a Draft
2.LA.3.2.1 Use ideas generated and organized in prewriting to write a draft that includes a main idea and details.
Goal 3.3: Acquire Skills for Revising a Draft
2.LA.3.3.1 Revise writing by adding, substituting, or retelling text.
2.LA.3.3.2 Identify and add details to enhance audience understanding.
2.LA.3.3.3 Use strategies to guide the revision process, (e.g., peer conference, teacher conference, rubrics).
Goal 3.4: Acquire Skills for Editing a Draft
2.LA.3.4.1 Edit the draft for errors in simple spelling, capitalization, and punctuation.
Goal 3.5: Acquire Skills to Publish Writing
2.LA.3.5.1 Publish and illustrate draft.
2.LA.3.5.2 Share writing with intended audience.
Standard 4: Writing Applications
Goal 4.1: Acquire Expressive (Narrative/Creative) Writing Skills
2.LA.4.1.1 Write narratives based on personal experience that contain a main idea.
2.LA.4.1.2 Write simple rhymes, poems, or songs
Goal 4.2: Acquire Expository (Informational/Research) Writing Skills
2.LA.4.2.2 Write brief explanations or observations of real objects, persons, places, events, or processes.
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Grade: 2
Subject: Humanities
Unit: Culture
Enduring Understandings
EU1: People/Animals from different cultures interpret
experiences differently
Guiding Questions
1. How does our background affect our view of the
world?
EU2: Communication helps lead to an understanding of
diversity among cultures.
1. What happens when communications stop between
cultures?
2. Why is communication among cultures important?
3. What do we use to understand other cultures?
1. What does it mean to communicate?
2. What are some things that can be different from
culture to culture?
EU3: Cultures communicate differently.
EU4: Art, religion, language, stories, traditions and family
structure define culture.
EU5: Culture is passed from generation to generation.
1. What do all cultures have in common?
EU6: Culture groups are interdependent.
1. How may one culture impact another culture?
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1, How is culture maintained?
2. What are some reasons that a culture changes over
time?
Grade 2
Subject: Humanities
Unit: Culture
Critical Content and Skills
Students will Know…
Interdependence exists between/within/among
cultures
Cultures communicate in many different ways
Culture is passed from generation to generation
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AC = Assessment Code:
D= Dialogue
AC
D, P,
WS
D, P,
PR
D, P
P – Prompts
R-Rubric
O – Observation WS – Work Samples
PR-Products
SA – Student Self-Assessment
Students will be able to do…
Identify interdependence within the cultures being
studied
Identify different characteristics or attributes
within culture being studied
Identify how cultures influence each other
Identify ways cultures communicate
V-Video
PO-Portfolio
T – Tests
AC
D, P
R, PR
D, P, PR
D, P, WS
Unit: Culture
Suggested Activities & Unit Resources:
Enduring
Understandings
Grade: 2
Where is this
unit located?
Write a Tall Tale, Origin Tale, Moral Tale, Fable, Myth, Legend, Just So Story
Research, create, & display visual presentation of a culture
Learn basic vocabulary of a specific language
Learn basic sentence structure of a specific language
Learn about and produce art specific to a country
Create a dictionary of words learned in a specific language
Research the people and culture of a foreign country
Learn the location of different countries in the world where a specific language is spoken
Learn historical facts about the country of study
EU1-6
EU1-6
EH, Frontier
EU1-6
EH
Use image making to create a story
Compare and contrast life in the USA vs. the country of study
This unit can be adapted to fit into other curriculums.
EU1-6
Spalding, EH
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