World Cultures

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We are traveling to Europe and our first destination is RUSSIA!

Ms Watson is sharing GUM from what country?

Albums from the following four destinations also!

Other destinations include Italy, Ireland, The British Isles, and Sweden
If you have information to share—please contact us now!

Swedish smorgasbord on May 1st
SPECIAL THANKS TO MR. MORTENSON, NICHELLE'S DAD
for sharing gyros and baklava with our class from ZORBAS!
We appreciate your time and commitment !

 Year Course – 1.0 credit – 9 –10 grades
*Required for Graduation
The emphasis of the course is two fold:  geography and cultures of the world.  This course acquaints students with the world-- its history and cultures.
Students are encouraged to celebrate the diversity in our world through the study of countries as well as how they relate to the United States.
 In addition,  the future outlook and problems of  the countries in the world and  the United States impact on each other  is explored.

Projects/Activities:

• Family tree and short paper exploring their cultural diversity
• Interactive research of  individual countries presented to class
• exploring our daily planet to understand weather/climate
• variety of short papers exploring students' opinions on current issues
• planning a vacation package as a team
• speakers/video interviews/guided tours
• exploration of nature/countries  through the arts/photographs/artifacts/food