Level: Second year baccalaureate
Topic: Cultural issues and values
Lesson and standards: Communication- interpersonal
Unit 2
Student‘s books, visual aids, chalkboard Post cards,
Estimated time: 50 minutes
Materials:
Source: GATEWAY 2 Lesson 1
Setting Arrangement: Pair work, cooperative learning, discussion
Competencies: by the end of the lesson, students should be able to
Familiarize with what ―culture‖ means
Learn related vocabulary
Talk about culture and values
Tasks Steps / Activities Timing Observations
To break the ice and create
Opening The lesson The Socratic
Post card: method of teaching
fruitful learning opportunities can be used to
Poster related education 5 mn trigger more
Proverbs or sayings information
“Practice your father’s craft to succeed in life”
Students match the
A. Definitions
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 5 mn
definition with the d a g c f b i h e
suitable picture
Taking about each picture for further discussion
readymade, time of eating…single/shared
1- Spicy food, categories, sweet, meat, fruit,
2- Weather, geographical site, religion…
dish…
male/female, young/ old…
3- Religion, customs, tradition, children/ adult,
Beyond the cultural
10 mn
4- Gestures, speech, (history of shaking hands)
5- Single child, single mother, parents from the
aspects
same sex, lesbianism, homosexuals,
6- Law: using horns, respecting laws despite
being stupid, queuing, punctuality, president
can go to jail
7- Marriage, new-born, receiving guests,
8- Taboos, sacred/ blasphemous
9- Religion differences.
B. Behavioral situations
1- Very common
2- Common
The importance of the 3- Not strange but not common
stated criteria and 4- Strange
reaction 5- Very strange
10 mn
C. Culturally inappropriate
aspects:
Eating together with parents in law.
Dating
Married person have mutual friend of opposite sex
Women smoking publicly
Indecent clothes should not be worn
Make a list related to
Not respecting your parents
Using corruption to achieve goals
appropriateness or Lying to or about people
inappropriateness 15 mn
D. Culturally appropriate aspects:
Visiting your family the moment you like
Fast days other than Ramadan
Eat more meal or drinks as you like
Be wealthy
Follow up Students will write one paragraph essay More time: write
one the inappropriate aspects of their 5 mn two-line intro.
community or culture.
10 READYMADE LESSON PLANS BASED ON SECOND YEAR BAC SYLLABUS- Abdesalam ZOUITA