Connection & Communication

Day 2: Taking Stock of where our countries are and understanding cultural norms

Morning Discussion with Holton Students

  • Where is our country right now? What do you want to know more about? What topics are you interested in?

  • What is important for people to know about what is taking place in the United States right now?

Afternoon Exploration

Examine the organized list above of white cultural norms. Write your answers to these reflection questions in your virtual journal.

  1. Do you agree with the list of white assumptions and norms? What don’t you agree with? What might you add?

  2. What else might be on this document if it were to encompass all of U.S. culture including minoritized groups?

Next, examine the organized list of Peru privileged cultural norms. And this cultural comparison of the U.S. and Peru. Write your answers to these reflection questions in your virtual journal.

  1. What are some things that surprise you about the privileged cultural norms and assumptions in Peru?

  2. What are some of the similarities and differences you recognize between the U.S and Peru?

  3. What thoughts, feelings, and questions are circling for you after viewing these two documents?

Next, we would like you to read these two articles and consider the following questions which we will discuss this afternoon.

  1. What do these articles suggest?

  2. What do these circumstances reveal about the countries? Consider what people are prioritized and why? What are some similarities between these situations? What are some differences?

Peru

Read this article describing what is taking place in the Amazon Region

United States

Read this article about what is taking place in the United States.

Afternoon Reflection: Cultural Norms Discussion

Do these norms feel normal to you and your family? How do these norms make you feel in your school?

Explore Themes of Belonging & Assimilation in our countries and schools.

ANCHOR (PADLET OPTION)

Appreciations & Shout Outs

News & Next Day’s Plan

Concerns, thorns

Hopes

Obscurities

Reflections

Evening Exploration

Complete for Wednesday Morning

Following our discussion on cultural norms, reflect upon some of these questions below.

How do decisions, actions, and consequences vary depending on the different identities and perspectives of the people Involved?

  1. If you identify as a member of the dominant culture, how does that affect the way you see, experience, and understand the world?

  2. If you identify as a member of a minoritized group, how does that affect the way you see, experience, and understand the world?

  3. How does intersectionality inform a person’s experience? Can you give specific examples? Perhaps, let’s think about the contexts of school, healthcare, and government.

Finally, watch this video and jot down some notes: How We Can Make the World a Better Place by 2030 to set us up to prepare for tomorrow morning's conversation.

Complete for Wednesday Afternoon Session

Watch the Videos On the Day 3 Page or on the Padlets linked below from our respective school administrators. Consider these questions in your journal.

  1. What surprised you about the messages from Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Percival?

  2. Are they any additional considerations you wish they had mentioned why?

  3. What are some of the similarities between their perspectives?

  4. What are some of the differences between their perspectives?

  5. What conditions do you think are causing the similarities & differences?

  6. Post a Question for each administrator on their respective Padlet.