Meghan Tiller has created the project "Our Stories, Your Stories: Discovering Cultures Together" in Class2Class.org
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Our Stories, Your Stories: Discovering Cultures Together
What is this project about?
Students create a simple written or illustrated profile about themselves, their family, and their local culture, then exchange these with partner classrooms to read, compare, and share what they discover about each other's worlds. They discuss s...
- Age of Students
- 9-12 years
- Project Duration
- 6 weeks
- Starting Month
- October 2026
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to describe their own cultural identity, traditions, and values while identifying similarities and differences with peers from other countries through written or illustrated profiles.
Students will be able to demonstrate intercultural communication and empathy by comparing cultural perspectives with international classmates and explaining how understanding diverse traditions builds global citizenship.
Skills to develop
Project Activities
Who Am I? Getting to Know Our Stories
Students share personal details about themselves, their families, and their local communities through a fun warm-up activity. They listen to each other's stories and begin thinking about what makes their own culture unique.
Creating My Cultural Profile
Students write and illustrate a profile about themselves, their family traditions, favorite foods, celebrations, and local customs. They gather stories or images from home and organize them into a simple, personal profile to share with the partner class.
Exchange and First Impressions
Students receive profiles from the partner class and read or view them carefully. They note down similarities and differences they spot, and write or draw their first thoughts about what they learned about their new friends' lives and cultures.
Comparing Our Worlds
Students work in small groups to compare their own cultural profiles with those from the partner class. They create a simple chart or visual showing what they found in common and what was different, then discuss why these similarities and differences matter.
Building Empathy Through Stories
Students choose one story or tradition from the partner class that surprised or interested them, and write a short reflection explaining what they learned and how it changed the way they think about other cultures. They share their reflections with classmates.
Celebrating Our Global Classroom
Students present their learning journey by sharing one key discovery about global citizenship and cultural diversity. They reflect on how reading others' stories helped them understand and respect different ways of living around the world.