CultCultureure andand DiffDiffererenceence

Anti-sectarian educationAnti-sectarian education

CultCultureure andand DiffDiffererenceence

What language(s) What language(s) do you speak?do you speak?

What music do you What music do you listen to?listen to?

What dances do What dances do you know?you know?

What food do you What food do you eat at home?eat at home?

CultCultureure andand DiffDiffererenceence

What do you wear What do you wear on special on special occasions?occasions?

What ceremonies What ceremonies or holidays are or holidays are important to you?important to you?

Do you have a Do you have a religion or belief?religion or belief?

Ceremonies and ritualsCeremonies and rituals

CultCultureure andand DiffDiffererenceence

What is most important to you?What is most important to you? What things do you believe are right What things do you believe are right

or wrong?or wrong? How important is your extended How important is your extended

family to you?family to you? The name of my culture The name of my culture

is…………………is………………… Now rank these in importance to you!Now rank these in importance to you!

EvalEvaluauationtion

How does it feel to know you are part How does it feel to know you are part of a cultural group that shares many of a cultural group that shares many ideas and beliefs?ideas and beliefs?

Does culture help to explain why Does culture help to explain why other people sometimes seem other people sometimes seem different?different?

What are some things that you do What are some things that you do that you learned from your culture?that you learned from your culture?

EvalEvaluauationtion What if you were part of What if you were part of

another culture - how another culture - how might you be different might you be different from the way you are from the way you are now?now?

Are all of our behaviours Are all of our behaviours related to culture or are related to culture or are some related to some related to individual preferences individual preferences and personality traits?and personality traits?

How can we use what How can we use what we've learnt today to we've learnt today to improve our community?improve our community?