For Whom the Cowbell Tolls

Subgroup Size

Entire group

Duration

45 minutes

External Cost

No

Lesson Plan

Source

Activity created by Annette Benson and Brittany Biesiada, CILMAR, Purdue University, from the following podcast:

 

Prime, K. (Host). (2019, March 29). For whom the cowbell tolls [Audio podcast episode]. In Radiolab. WNYC Studios. https://www.wnycstudios.org/story/whom-cowbell-tolls 

Transcript in Links. 

Tags:

  1. acceptance
  2. adaptation
  3. bridging
  4. CILMAR staff collection
  5. citizenship
  6. comfort with difference
  7. frame shifting
  8. inclusion
  9. internationality
  10. other awareness
  11. perspective taking
  12. self-awareness
  13. tribalism

As a result of this activity, participants will be able to: 1. Discuss the process of naturalization. 2. Discover how individualism, collectivism, assimilation, and xenophobia factor into naturalization. 3. Explain the idea of "belonging" to a place and outline their own sense of "belonging."