Labels

Objectives:

• To heighten participants awareness of the tendency to label people based on surface appearances.

• To help participants examine the labels they use to identify people.

• To help participants become more sensitive to language usage by understanding the impact and deeper associations of the words they use.

Activities:

In pairs, participants "label" each other's pop-up crowd with 5-6 words or phrases, then do word association exercise with original list. Discuss final label list concerning the nature of labels.

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Cultural Regions

Objectives:

• To help participants understand the concept of cultural regions in terms of language development, movement, immigration, emigration, slavery, invasions, war, and natural barriers (mountains, seas, rivers, deserts, jungles, etc.

Activities:

Participants engage in role playing and conceptual map activities which emphasize cultural regions and related concepts.

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Cultural Portraits

Objectives:

• For participants to have the opportunity to research and create their own cultural portrait masks.

Activities:

Participants research the people of a particular culture and create their own portrait mask with poster board, markers, and other materials. Participants also create an original "story" about the person of the mask they have created, based on their research concerning that person's culture.

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