Cultural Notes

The cultural notes activity begins with asking the students to brainstorm about the content of the topic for the cultural notes. Reading the cultural notes is next following the brainstorming. 

The purpose of the cultural notes is to deepen and extend the understanding of language and culture in the US and around the world. Students complete a form in which they apply the SPARC framework: setting, participants, activity, reasons, and conclusion. SPARC is an analytic framework to help students probe the complexities of stories and narratives. The cultural notes are aligned with the interests of students.