aRTIFACT 3
English Language arts
9TH GR. // mR. BAILEY
Traditional Vs. Modern Culture Project |
Recognize PerspectivesFor our final project, our teacher, Mr. Bailey, instructed us to create a Powerpoint Presentation in which we were to explain our backgrounds to our classmates, while learning and deeply analyzing our culture. This project allowed me to encounter various aspects of my culture in new ways. Throughout the building and research phase of the project, I had the opportunity to interview my Grandmother and Mother about their personal interaction with Guatemalan Culture and Tradition, in which I earned a new outlook on life in Guatemala. What stood out to me from this particular assignment in which I was able to recognize different perspectives was the fact that although many of peers presented about the same countries, their family's traditions were all differently modified. For example, El Salvador, everyone had similarities but they always had a different tradition that stood out from the rest. This project allowed me to realize the massive differences that exist even when our cultures are the same . The traditional vs. modern theme of this project allowed my peers and I to tangibly understand how we often leave behind our culture, how many of us try to disconnect from our narrative and our truth. As a person who has always loved to embrace my background I found this project refreshing because I learned that others around me still live out their culture aswell.
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