Culture in Europe

Today we began talking about culture in Europe by doing a chalk talk on religion. After doing readings about the three main religions in Europe- Islam, Judaism and Christianity- the kids had a lot to say. Then, we talked about the cultural iceberg metaphor, or the idea that much of a place's culture is the above the surface portion of the iceberg. It's explicit and easier to see. Still, much of a place's culture is implicit or below the surface, and takes time to understand.

We then broke off into religion puzzle piece groups to share what we learned about the religion we studied. Each student fully completed their religion notetaking sheet. We completed a Venn Diagram to draw similarities and differences between these 3 religions. We then talked about the universalities of religions in the world.


Homework: Parents and guardians, I challenge you to ask your students to use their "Cultural Iceberg" sheet to explain what this metaphor means to them.