Cultural+Connections

=Culture: The Same but Different....= Licking Culture - Stamps Cementing Culture - Symbols and Rituals Design a Festival - Allen Centre Day  Global Culture - The Peace Tree =**What is Culture **? It makes you think!=

The difference is **culture ** - a dramatic case of different values.
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" //One's destination is never a place but rather a different way of looking at things."//

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Follow this  **[|Link]** to watch a hunting blowpipe being made.
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Make an easy blow pipe with paper darts **[|here]**
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How dreadful! Hmmm... what about the Outram Rodeo? Different? Is it? It depends on your **culture **!

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Cow cuts instead of monkey cuts
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A chain of elephants with a cultural question mark
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**The Allen Centre Stamp-Swap** has begun!
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(Remember British stamps don't have their country's name on their stamps - just the Queen's head)
Use the light magnifier to look closer. Stamps are little works of art. || Is this the $25,000 stamp? Check how much your stamp is worth (NZ stamps only). ||.
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Interesting stuff about rare and famous stamps **[|here]**
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Learn Stamp Language [|here]
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destined to disappear......

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**A Culture of Convenience? **
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Halloween symbols vs a boring Anniversay Day
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of Allen Centre Day (right)
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Using its Culture to Design Allen Centre Day
=**Turning on the Light...** =


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Remember - **YOU** control the light switch!

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Our language of learning and thinking
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Symbols of thinking along a pathway of learning
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A Treasure Chest full of Allen Centre Ideas...
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**Surprise!** - You've unlocked the secrets of your mind!
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=Global Culture - Make a Peace Tree=
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"People are all the same but different".
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The idea of The Peace Tree arose from the award-winning film, The Peace Tree, by Mitra Sen.

The First Peace Tree Day was proclaimed in Toronto on June !st, 2006.

Children created symbols from many cultures and brought them to City Hall to hang on the city's first Peace Tree.

So many different symbols for peace links to the the idea that The difference is a result of **CULTURE**.
 * people are all the same but different.**

**Peace Tree Symbols**
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