CULTURAL INFLUENCES

Lesson Objectives:

To provide an insight into the complexity of Indigenous cultural influences and how it affects existing in the Western world

Learned Skills:

• Ability to identify social structures
• Ability to comprehend and identify different thinking constructs
• Ability to identify and respect cultural rules

Content:

• Family structure
• Community structure
• Concrete vs Abstract thinking
• Facilitating The Development of Abstract Thinking
• Individual vs Collective thinking
• Traditional belief systems or religion – kinship
• Cultural Rules: Obligations, avoidances, commitment
• Identity Issues: Culture is not directly connected to physical appearances