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Curriculum Unit

Lynn R. Gallo

Exploring Culture Through an English Learner’s Lens

Title Author

KEY LEARNING, ENDURING UNDERSTANDING, ETC.

CCSS: SL.8.1, RI.8.3, RA.SL.2, RA.W.6; WIDA Speaking and Listening and Reading and Writing Standards; Colonial School District ELA standards; National Common Core Arts Standards VA:Cr1.2.8a, VA:Cr2.3.8a, and VA:Cn10.1.8a

ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) for the UNIT

How do students define culture through their everyday interactions and uses of material items from multiple cultures?

CONCEPT A CONCEPT B CONCEPT C

Learning from Graphic Novels

Culture and Self-Identity

Culture in a New Country/School

ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS A ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS B ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS C

How can students use graphic novels and artistic expression to illustrate their feelings about material and nonmaterial culture(s)?

How do students understand the ways in which they bridge or straddle multiple cultures?

What does culture mean to English Learners?

VOCABULARY A VOCABULARY A VOCABULARY A

Artistic media, graphic novels

Material and nonmaterial culture, isolation, anxiety, fear, hope, community

Connections, disparity, customs, language, immigrant, English

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/MATERIAL/TEXT/FILM/RESOURCES

Chromebooks, selected reading excerpts, clips from TV shows, drawing utensils such as colored pencils, scissors, and glue sticks.