Multi-Culture Displays - Our Own Cultural Gardens

We spent some time on the topic "What is Culture?" As a summative event, the students brought items from home representing their specific culture to showcase our differences. As a result, we built displays in the cafeteria.

Students also took part in a lecture on the Cleveland Cultural Gardens, and how they came about. We discussed the history of them, how they played a role in neighborhood traditions, and what specific symbols and themes were used to portray culture and nationality.

The students were then asked to observe others' displays in order to describe what they saw, what conclusions they could draw, and what, if anything, could be deduced from a simple observation. Here are some pictures of the displays, some of the students - all in the cafeteria.

Student created displays in the cafeteria - "What is Culture?" and "What have we learned so far?" Each class created their own cultural gardens to show others what they value as middle school students.

Students working on their observation pieces - very successful, with lots of insights!

Posted by Mr. Johansson