Students are part of a class that is generally familiar with literary interpretation. Students are part of a class that is generally familier with group work.
Students are part of a class that is accustomed to oral presentation in class settings.
Three class periods plus homework. Time may vary depending on the length of discussions. Teacher will randomly choose students to read from the list of similarities and discuss responses which focus on appearance-race, age, sex, etc. Teacher will make a point of how we automatically identify with others based on obvious similarities, but that it may not be an accurate gauge of with who we could most closely identify. Instructional Input Teacher will put on overhead a transparency with the definition of culture.