Students will read and listen to oral, written, and electronically produced texts and performances, relate texts and performances to their own lives, and develop an understanding of the diverse social, historical, and cultural dimensions the texts and performances represent. As speakers and writers, students will use oral and written language for self-expression and artistic creation.

Social Studies Stan dards - Standard 2: World History
Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of major ideas,eras, themes, developments, and turning points in world history and examine the broad sweep of history from a variety of perspectives.

Art Standards - Standard 4: Understanding the Cultural Dimensions and Contributions of the Arts. 
Students will develop an understanding of the personal and cultural forces that shape artistic communication and how the arts in turn shape the diverse cultures of past and present society.

OVERALL VALUE:

By studying the different areas of Colombian culture, students will gain an understanding of the positive achievements in Colombian culture.  Hopefully, students will also walk away from this culturequest with the knowledge that positivity can be found in any situation if one looks hard enough.

The idea behind this culturequest project is for students to find the positivity and creativity that comes out of a country and culture that is ravanged by violence on a daily basis.  After going through the project, one should ask the students to think of the kind of message this can put out to the world.  Have students think about those subject areas they usually dislike and then have them find the positivity in those areas and figure out ways to make it positive, just as the people mentioned here did.   Also have students look at the areas of dislike within their own lives (non-school related) and have them find ways to turns those areas into positivity or creatvivity.

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