- To reinforce student understanding of Dr. Raymonde Carroll’s conception of cultural analysis, emphasizing the steps (see pp 15 – 30 of Les Evidences Invisibles). This will be done through discussion of the questions prepared for class today;
- To help students generate a list of cultural products and practices that would be interesting to explore in their own cultures or cultures with which they are familiar ;
- To show students different ways of visualizing culture (spiderweb, iceberg, onion) and to give them an opportunity to develop (with a partner) a simple visual representation of some aspects of their home culture;
- To look at examples of cultural products and practices that point towards underlying cultural values (perspectives) Google Earth comparison of houses in US and France provided as a sample ;
- To walk through the cultural analysis of a “scene” a photo which lends itself to conversations about a variety of cultural products, practices and perspectives;
- To briefly introduce the French-language status in Morocco today;
- To introduce homework assignment of student reports on Morocco for next period.