Dubai International School

Department Social Sciences

Grade 9 Cultural Studies

Unit Plan Term 12016-17

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Standards Activities and experiments Vocabulary Assessment1.1. Students will Identify cultural study as a

scientific field of inquiry.1.2. 1 Impact of social context on human behavior.

1.2.3 Social Construction of reality.

2.1 Students will describe the component of culture.

2.4.1 Shifting historical context such as industrial revolution.

A: Presentation

Students will demonstrate the cultural attitudes and representation during the session.

B: collaborative learning: Discuss the materialism and non-reductionism with examples

C: Pair share Inquiry pg 47

D: Creativity: Write the

definition of an Ordinary

culture in your own words.

ArticulationMaterialismNon-reductionismIdeology

Group discussionIndividual taskInterpretingClass room taskAnswering questions

Objectives ResourcesL e sso n 1 : comprehend the importance of Cultural Representation.1. Identify the different types of cultural

representation and their importance.

Les son 2: Articulate social formation and power

1. Explain the materialism and non-reductionism..

Lesson: 3 1. Discuss the different concepts of

relationships between components of social formation and power.

Lesson 4:1. Describe the ideology, popular

culture,

Students Edition

Power Point

Images

Each Group:

A: Group Activity (Cultural Materials)

B: Pair share (Text book, Note book)

C: Note book

D: Text book Note book

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Standards Activities and experiments Vocabulary Assessment1.4 Students will identify, differentiate, among and

apply, variety of cultural studies theories.1.2.3 Cultural studies imagination.

2.2 Students will analyze how culture influences individuals including themselves.

2.4.1 Shifting historical context such as industrial revolution.

A: Individual Task

Students will distinguish between HC, MC, LC

B: Differentiate : Between Popular culture and Ordinary culture.

C: Collaborate learning. Inquiry pg 48 (Fast food)

D: Creativity: Draw a column

than write the approaches to

culturalism Page 49

CulturalismAnthropologicalOrdinaryApproaches

Pair shareGroup discussionIndividual taskInterpretingClass room taskAnswering questions

Objectives ResourcesL e sso n 1 : comprehend the importance of Cultural Representation.

1. Describe the ideology, popular culture, texts, readers, and identity.

Les son 2: 1. What is culture with capital C?2. How culture is ordinary?

Lesson: 3 1. Describe the anthropological

approach to culture.

Lesson 4:1. Discuss the concepts of

Culturalism by Hoggart, Thompson, Williams.

Students Edition

Power Point

Images

Each Group:

A: Activity (Pair share)

B: Pair share (Text book, Note book)

C: Note book

D: Text book Note book

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