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  • Good Morning 7M2 Global Studies!

    This is your first year at Mission Heights Junior College and for me is very important to know the members of my team. For our first class together I have planned a series of activities that will allow us to get to know each other. We will discuss also which are the expectations for Global Studies.

     

    Kia ora and welcome to your first Global Studies session.

    This term we are focusing on the concepts Who am I?, Belonging and Where do I fit in?

    This learning will help you to get to know all your colleagues from 7M12 before the camp.   

    To set the scene we will have class brainstorms and discussions about culture and what makes us who we are?

    Learning Intention:

    We are learning to understand the significance of culture and what makes us who we are

    Success Criteria:

    		Identify the key aspects of cultureDescribe key ideas about culture and what makes us who we areExplain the importance of culture, and how each of us is uniqueEvaluate and reflect on how each of us has a different culture and the stereotypes and assumptions which exist.

    Activities:

    Lesson 1:

    1. Introduction and welcome to year 7 Global studies.
    2. Brainstorm, gathering of prior knowledge

    Lesson 2:

    1. Re-cap on last lesson and discuss today's lesson
    2. Powerpoint presentation.  "What is Culture?"
    3. Discussion about what defines 'culture' and 'what is culture?'
    4. What makes me who I am? class discussion and listing activity.
    5. Self-Portrait Poster Design task

    Further Learning:

    You are to create an artwork describing who you are.  You are to only use images and symbols to portray yourself.  (use the list we made in class to help you with ideas)

    The overall result will be a form of self-portraiture.

    You must upload this artwork on Mission Heights Online.  Do not include your name on the artwork - we need your artwork to be anonymous.

    We will display these on the projector in the classroom and your peers must guess who you are by only looking at the clues they see in your artwork.