LESSON PLAN: Suggestions for using Canadian Social Trends in the classroom

2. How are a culture's customs and traditions expressed (music, religion, language, etc.)? Is it important to preserve customs and traditions? Why? Discuss what can be done to facilitate the preservation of customs and traditions. 3. At times, parents encourage their children to marry someone with the same ethnic background as themselves. Discuss the family pressures a young person may have to face when marrying outside their family's cultural context, such as religion, social class, education and language.