Hiromi sample lesson

CARLA Culture as the Core Workshop                              

Sample lesson plan

College-level second-semester Japanese class (Novice Low to Novice Mid)

Created by Akiko Kilau, Hiromi Miyagi-Lusthaus, Yasuko Takata Rallings and

Eiko Ushida

Theme: the culture of food in Japan

Enduring Understandings:

All people need to eat to survive.

However, what people eat, how they eat, when they eat is largely determined by the culture in which they live.

People’s attitudes toward food and eating, the role food plays in their lives are both largely determined by cultural factors.

Essential Questions:

What do you eat? Is it the same as what your classmates it?

What do different people or groups of people eat in your country?

What factors influence people’s eating habits in C1?

What do different people and groups of people in Japan eat?

What factors influence people’s eating habits in Japan?

What similarities and differences can you identify between eating habits in your own country and in Japan? How can you explain the differences?

Cultural Objectives:

(Attitude)

1. Students are willing to discover similarities and differences between eating habits

In C1 (learner’s own culture) and C2(culture of the target language).

2. Students are willing to question values and presuppositions in eating habits in C1

and C2.

(Knowledge)

3. Students will gain the knowledge of the relationship between social groups and

food.

(Skills: Interpretation/Relating)

4. Identify misunderstandings related to food and eating habits in C1 and C2.

(Skills:  Discovering/Interacting)

5. Identify contemporary and past relationships between food culture in C1 and C2.

(Critical Cultural Awareness)

6. Identify how eating habits reflect the culture in both C1 and C2

Language Objectives:

Day 1

Students will be able to:

State what they eat, where, when, and with whom

Identify personal preferences as well as general tendencies (what other people eat)

Day 2

Students will be able to:

State what different groups of Japanese people eat, where, when, and with whom

Identify personal preference as well as general tendencies (what different people eat) in Japan

Day 3

Students will be able to:

Identify any misunderstandings relative to eating habits and the culture of food in C1 and C2.

Day 4

Students will be able to:

Identify contemporary and past relationships with respect to the culture of food in C1 and C2. / Describe how eating habits and attitudes toward food have changed over time.

Day 5

Students will be able to:

Compare and contrast eating habits and the culture of food in C1 and C2 with the goal of identifying and explaining the differences.