Advisory Challenges at AGLA (Culture Swap Box)

ADVISORY CHALLENGES  2013-2014

During the school year I will be offering ‘Advisory Challenges’ with these advisory goals as guidance.

    

• To build community among students, promoting a positive peer culture, and learning to have a voice.  Encouraging a sense of belonging and respect.
• To connect to  local and global communities; to make our campus, our community, our city, our state, our country, our world a better place.
• To solidify the community bonds that have formed.  To laugh together, to celebrate one another.  

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Challenge #2  CULTURE SWAP BOX

Each advisory at AGLA is challenged to explore their own culture and perspectives and share them with a global collaborator

We will start by creating a Culture Swap Box in Advisory.  

This box is meant to introduce us and our varied cultures to another outside culture.   It is a box that we will mail to our community partner.

Our community partner for this project is The Dolphin School in Muzaffarpur, Bihar.  India.  

1. Each advisory should watch this you tube video

INCREDIBLE INDIA - the land of million colours https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6HHhXcLTyk

2. Discuss with your advisory what you might send.

Here are some examples of what might be sent:  Let the items represent your advisory students and their varied cultures and perspectives.

- Make sure to include a letter, from your advisory, introducing yourselves, your school, your community.  Include in the letter questions you might like answered from the students in India.  

• a letter explaining what it is like to live in your country including information about local customs, geography and weather etc
• a picture from the child sending the package
• a traditional local recipe
• a postcard
• pictures of the country / town / famous landmarks etc
• information about traditional crafts
• the national flag or symbol
• a small item or toy relevant to that country (magnet, keychain, souvenir, etc.)

3. Send in your items: Each advisory can include one letter and (up to) three items for the Culture Swap Box.  Items must be given to Mr. Hyatt no later than October 4th.