Global Cultures Curriculum

Exploring and celebrating the rich diversity of our world

As ever-more people are forced to leave their homes and migrate to new lands, new countries and new lives, it becomes ever-more important to learn to welcome different cultures into our communities and appreciate the richness that comes from embracing diversity.

Exploring different cultures broadens the mind and cultivates empathy and respect. Valuing diversity and difference supports a healthy community, as each person contributes something wonderfully unique.

We live in a beautifully diverse world. Diversity is essential to support life on Earth to flourish. Whist we may find common ground in our similarities, it’s our differences which make us fascinating.

Aims & Objectives:

The discussions and activities in this curriculum explore cultural diversity across the world, helping young people to appreciate and engage with our similarities and differences whilst celebrating the rich and diverse cultures right across the world.

All of our programmes encourage the practices of critical thinking & questioning, deep listening, empathy building and thinking in systems (understanding how things connect) by engaging in a wide range of learning stimulus, discussion ideas and creative exercises.

What you’ll explore

This Triple WellBeing curriculum contains differentiated lessons for 5 –18 year olds exploring the following questions:

  • Lesson 1: What is Culture?
    In this lesson, discussions explore the meaning of culture and where it comes from. Lessons will engage with the different elements of culture, exploring how our own culture influences who we are, how we think and how we see and act in the world.

  • Lesson 2: Why does diversity matter?
    In this lesson, we’ll explore some of the impacts of cultural stereotyping and labels on people across the world. We’ll explore the vital importance of diverse cultures, language, ritual and identity to enable a healthy society and learn about some of the rich cultures in our world.

  • Lesson 3: How are we united across cultures?
    In this lesson we’ll explore some of the commonalities of people across the world, looking at how we play, where we sleep, what we eat and how we live our lives. We’ll explore what we can learn from other cultures to enrich our own lives and communities.

  • Lesson 4: Why do we all need to belong?
    In this lesson we’ll explore the feeling of belonging and the importance of community. Discussions and activities will explore citizenship and what it means to move beyond tolerance into a space of welcoming and celebrating all of the diverse people in our community, learning to share space together.

If you like this programme, why not take a look at our full Triple WellBeing programme, with 18 different topics for all ages exploring and practising self-care, people-care and earth-care:

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