Culture & Food

Part 1: Cultural Collage

Cultural Collage

Now it is time to get a rich and in-depth look at your country's culture. The possibilities are abundant - as you can explore customs, traditions, holidays, leisure activities, etc. You will need to select 10 areas to explore and provide a visual representation with images and brief supporting statements or descriptions.

With this research and knowledge you will be able to create your Cultural Collage Presentation -

Your choice! IMAGES are required (music and narration are optional). You can create your Collage using:

  • Google Presentation Slide Show
  • Prezi
  • Photo or Digital Story (Music Video Example)- let's you combine images, narration and music to create a digital story/movie). Use WeVideo or You Tube Recorder, for example.
  • Other - you pick!

Include at least 15 areas - of the following areas: Extra credit for more.

1. Customs and Courtesies

  • Greetings
  • Gestures
  • Visiting
  • Eating

2. Lifestyle

  • Family
  • Housing
  • Dating and Marriage
  • Life Cycle
  • Diet
  • Recreation
  • The Arts
  • Holidays

3. The People

  • Population
  • Language
  • Religion
  • General Attitudes
  • Personal Appearance

Citing Sources - Create MLA bibliography for information but images need only to be referenced by URL. You can create two bibliographies - one MLA for information and one listing your image sources. You can also list your image directly below your image (tiny) instead of at the end of the presentation.

http://www.culturecrossing.net/index.php

http://www.everyculture.com/wc/

Part 2: Native Recipe

In this very fun module you will get to create a native recipe page in your PAC Portfolio!

Using the internet find a recipes of your adopted country You can recreate this recipe on your Google Site but be SURE to fully cite your source.

Include a picture of the dish (this could be one that you made yourself)!

Don't forget to cite your sources at the bottom of the page. Look at the example below. If you have any questions then please see me.