Culture Topics (NC Social Studies 7) |
Big Idea Questions:
Small Idea Questions: 7th Grade Culture Standards (NC Social Studies)
7.C.1.1 Explain how culture unites and divides modern societies and regions (e.g. enslavement of various peoples, caste system, religious conflict and Social Darwinism). The student will understand:
The student will know:
7.C.1.2 Explain how cultural expressions (e.g. art, literature, architecture and music) influence modern society. The student will understand:
For example: After seeing photographs of children who were affected by the dropping of the ---serve as a means of solving conflict: art places society under scrutiny, opens up difficult topics and breaks down stereotypes and taboos. ---cultural activities make people resilient and can help heal the wounds of those traumatized by violent conflict. ---art enables us to record people’s stories for future generations and thus helps to prevent conflict in the future.
For example: The United Nations uses theatre in Kosovo to help people deal with the pain of loss felt during the war in Kosovo (year???). The Center for Children’s Theatre Development is working with the United Nations Mission in Kosovo’s Office on Missing Persons and Forensics on a theatrical project known as Voices where relatives of Serbian and Albanian people who are still missing take an active role in the writing of history. This helps them deal with the pain inflicted on them by the war. Theatre project participants interview families of the mission person and use these interviews to create scenes in the plan with the hopes of getting the audience to identify collectively rather than individually with what they see on stage.
The student will know:
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