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What is the point of teaching culture, anyway? Is it to get kids to realize that people are different? (They already do.) Is it to get them to try a new food? ( Lengua, eww, gross. Does that have peanuts in it?) No, cultural awareness is more about perspective-taking.

Implementing a Standards-Based and Thematically Organized Curriculum Every lesson derives from a standards-based unit that culminates in students developing the ability to engage in spontaneous, unrehearsed communication for real-world purposes. Each lesson has clearly stated cultural objectives that indicate what students will be able to do and what they need to know by lesson's end.