Heritage and Culture: Questions?

question-markLast time, we shared some of our cultures. We have students from different cultures from the Southeastern part of Asia, the Hmong, and Mien cultures. We have students who come from the Native American or American Indian culture. We have students who are Mexican or Mexican-American, students who are African American or black, and students who are white. Some of you did not know what your cultural backgrounds were, and I asked that you talk to your family members about this to try to get a better idea.

Today, please write a question that you have either about your culture, or one of the other cultures in our class. Please be appropriate and respectful. If you are not sure if your question is appropriate or respectful, talk to me and we’ll see what we can come up with.
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Heritage and Culture

We will be starting a new unit on heritage and culture.

Here is a definition of culture:

The customs, arts, social institutions, and achievements of a particular nation, people, or other social group

We will be looking at the food, clothing, and music of some of the cultures at our school. The most important question we will answer is how these things reflect the values, or what is important in those cultures.

Do you have a cultural group that you identify with? What is it and why do you identify with that group?