Focus discussion of these reports on the similarities and differences that mark teenage life in unfamiliar cultures from teenage life in your community. Build on these points of comparison to help the class formulate some general conclusions about factors that help constitute cultural identity. Depending on your curriculum, this lesson might lead to ongoing e-mail correspondence between your students and their peers in a distant culture. You might also re-shape the lesson to focus class attention on a region or nation in the news, on a region that is part of your students' cultural heritage, or on a country that is the setting for a novel or story you will study as a class. Students read a wide range of print and nonprint texts to build an understanding of texts, of themselves, and of the cultures of the United States and the world.
Students apply a wide range of strategies to comprehend, interpret, evaluate, and appreciate texts.
Students employ a wide range of strategies as they write and use different writing process elements appropriately to communicate with different audiencees for a variety of purposes. Students conduct research on issues and interests by generating ideas and questions, and by posing problems. Students develop an understanding of and respect for diversity in language use, patterns, and dialects across cultures, ethnic groups, geographic regions, and social roles. National Geography Standards 1. Education Dance 5.