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Culture is important in teaching social studies to all children because it gives students an understanding of themselves and others. Students can learn about who they are and how they fit in the world. They can also learn about other cultures and their classmates to build relationships. Like the article stated, this helps students understand our common humanity and hopefully lead to a peaceful society.

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the notion of culture is important to teach in social studies to our students because our students need insight into the world around them. they need to know more about not just their classmates cultures, but also the cultures that they may not have heard. they need to know how to not build bias and stereotypes on others. They will not build the "single story".

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The notion of culture is important when teaching social studies because it emphasizes the importance of all events, not just one. It is important that all cultures are represented because students come from different cultures and backgrounds, therefore they should all be represented so they do not feel left out and are able to learn more from one another.

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It is important to teach students about different cultures because people are different and our differences are what make us all unique. By understanding our differences we can better understand diverse groups of people and this understanding allows us to communicate and relate with people in a more effective manner.

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The notion of culture is important in teaching social studies because it allows students to be exposed to multiple perspectives. Students can then move forward in understanding others backgrounds and create a socially excepted environment.

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The notion of culture is important in teaching social studies because it allows students to be exposed to multiple perspectives. Students can then move forward in understanding others backgrounds and create a socially excepted environment.

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Vanessa Bolanos

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It depends on who is defining culture in the classroom for social studies. If a teacher is referring to the customs and practices for what it means to be a good citizen in the United States (essentialism and didactic literacy), then it is important to get students to understand rules and obey them in order for them to be a successful Americans.

However, if we are broadening our definition beyond the restricted domain of essentialism to include how each student can use their own practices, values, critical thinking, and independent experiences to contribute to understanding of history and its interpretation, then it is essential because it increases inclusivity and equity in the classroom. It allows each and every student to consider how they can understand something from their own perspective rather than being told what to think. They are encouraged to ask questions that are meaningful to them and to seek their own answers. They bring their own background towards the creation of knowledge and appreciate and respect the different perspectives on how humans interact with one another.

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The notion of culture is important because every student in your class will have their own cultures that they are proud of that relates to what we might be learning in social studies. How the topic being taught might have affected their own culture or learning new cultures. This helps us to relate to each other.

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It is important to teach about culture because it allows students to understand other cultures, traditions, and upbringings. Some of us don't have awareness of other beliefs or views from other cultures . It is important we understand them and learn to appreciate what other cultures have to offer. It can also helps students relate to their own experiences and understand what others are going through.

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The notion of culture is important to teach in social studies because schools are made up with students that come from distinct cultural backgrounds. It is why it is important that students are being taught information that is culturally appropriate for them.

Also, when teaching about all cultures students begin to be aware of other cultures than their own. It can help them see the similarities and differences between cultures.

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When teaching about culture helps students gain a better perspective of how different people live. Culture is so diverse and can be taught in many different ways. I think that when we teach our students about different cultures they are better able to think critically and understand the different perspectives that different students are living through or have lived through. Students are more open to different values, religions and even rituals that some may think are bad. This is so important because all children can be both represented and can experience things that they do not normally do.

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It is important to teach the notion of culture for all children because they must learn how to communicate with others and respect their different perspective or beliefs. It is also important to teach about each culture so that students can discover more about their own backgrounds and identify and relate with the material.

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The notion of culture is important in teaching social studies to all children because it allows students to see and understand other cultures, bringing an element of respect towards each other's cultures and ultimately reducing prejudices. Bringing this into the classroom will also create a space where all students feel welcome because they will feel involved. Also, students will learn how to contribute in a diverse environment in the classroom and in the real world when culture is involved in the classroom.

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Culture is important because it allows our students to develop a non-ethnocentric approach of what the world really is. Teaching about culture in Social Studies allows our students to become understanding and empathetic about different cultures and people that are not of their own. Creating an inclusive environment that teaches about culture diversity can promote and possibly prevents students from having a “fear” of the other or xenophobic ideas.Additionally, it is important to have students share their own cultural backgrounds and feel important and heard when it comes to personal lived experiences.

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Yesenia Mondragon           The notion of culture is very important in teaching social studies because, we as human beings are not the same. We come from different places that inhabit different cultures and those cultures bring in knowledge. You have different identities, different perspectives that shed light on how different topics in social studies are viewed.  The experiences that others live help us to teach and learn about the world we live in; the good and the bad. 

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Yesenia Mondragon           The notion of culture is very important in teaching social studies because, we as human beings are not the same. We come from different places that inhabit different cultures and those cultures bring in knowledge. You have different identities, different perspectives that shed light on how different topics in social studies are viewed.  The experiences that others live help us to teach and learn about the world we live in; the good and the bad. 

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Culture is important because Social Studies is supposed to be just that, studying things about other cultures.  To study something means to be open to other possibilities, so if a child were to only study their culture, or just American culture, then they are missing out on other variants of History

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culture is important because it allows one to see who we are and where we came from; our upbringing. Culture allows young children to see how diverse people are.

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Culture is important in teaching social studies to all children because every single person has their own culture, and each person may have different ways of sharing or experiencing their culture. By teaching culture within social studies setting, students are given the chance to not only voice their own opinions about their culture, but also get to learn more about those around them. In short, including culture in social studies lessons allows the students to feel that their education is personal and something they can connect with.
Teaching culture can also help students to understand where stereotypes come from and how they may be detrimental and untrue of what really makes up certain cultures.

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Culture is important to teach in the classroom, because it allows students to learn different values and traditions from their own. Doing this shows how diverse we are as a society in America. This allows helps students make connections from the curriculum they learn in social studies.