Combined Bundle of World Cultures Units 1 – 4 | Cultural Identity | Indigenous Peoples | What is Culture Podcast

The collection includes:

• 14 one-hour episodes of the ‘What is Culture?’ podcast interviews with cultural standard bearers from around the world who take a deep dive into the meaning of culture, and offer in-depth insights into their own area of cultural expertise, which includes rock art, assemblage art, outsider art, artisanal crafts, folk art, folk lore, gardens & landscapes, Islamic art, cultural activism, and emigration.
• Indigenous Peoples & Globalization collection includes 14 first-person interviews and feature profile stories with culture creators around the world that look at the impact of globalization on Indigenous Peoples’ cultures.
• Cultural Identity collection includes 28 in-depth feature profiles and interviews with culture creators around the world examines a particular dimension of culture that is both universal and locally distinct.

With personal interviews of real people around the world conducted by People Are Culture founder Meg Pier, each lesson features the perceptions, observations, and experiences of culture creators from around the world on a specific cultural dimension and reveals the connection between identity and cultural practices.

Each of these lessons explore the meaning and relevance of traditions and customs, and demonstrate the real-life impact of historical events and social change.

Each lesson includes an Overview of the relevant culture category and a Reading & Reflections exercise that will foster your learner’s curiosity, critical thinking, and empathy.

The 56-lesson unit represents approximately 168 hours of learning, with each lesson likely to take a student three hours to do the readings and complete the comprehension/reflection exercises.