Teacher Prep 1.1 The first video lesson on this link will allow instructors not familiar with the Big C / small c culture distinction used commonly in FL teaching to develop their own short lecture materials to accompany the slides in Materials 1.2 On “Big C” and “Little c” culture. 

Teacher Prep 1.2  This excellent article clarifies the use of the terms Products, Practices and Perspectives in the context of the ACTFL National Standards.  “More than a Decade of Standards:  Integrating ‘Cultures’ in your Language Instruction” by Sandy Cutshall,  in The Language Educator, April 2012 https://www.actfl.org/sites/default/files/pdfs/TLE_pdf/TLE_Apr12_Article.pdf