Perspective-Taking Activity

Subgroup Size

Small Group

Duration

30 minutes

External Cost

No

Lesson Plan

Source

Adapted by Dr. Kenneth Tanemura, CILMAR, based on:                                                                                                                                   

Sullivan, T. (2018, May 8). Glimpses of culture through a lava flow: bomb the crater or clean your house? Intercultural Twilight Zone. https://japaninsight.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/glimpses-of-culture-through-a-lava-flow-bomb-the-crater-or-clean-your-house/#comment-6042. 

 

Tags:

  1. acceptance
  2. adaptation
  3. College of Science
  4. comfort with difference
  5. current events
  6. indigenous
  7. other awareness
  8. perspectives
  9. perspective taking
  10. technology
  11. worldview frameworks

As a result of this activity, participants will be able to: 1. Define the values of their own “cultural tribes” and discuss how these differ from other “cultural tribes.” 2. Describe why certain cultural responses are counterintuitive to their own.