What is Culture? Honors English 10

What is culture to you? Click Here After watching video, have them come up with their own definition of culture.

Define culture Culture refers to the total lifestyle of a people, including all of their ideas, values, knowledge, behaviors, and material objects that they share. Culture shapes and guides people’s perception of reality.

Culture determines……. Food we eat Government/Laws Language Recreation/Entertainment Shelter How to express emotions Clothing What is good or bad What is high or low culture (if any) Economy Religion Education Values Climate

Picture This! Get in groups of four You will each get a photo taped onto a large piece of block paper You will write in response to the photo. Here are your response choices: Make a personal connection to the photo (e.g., “Reminds me of when I visited the Empire State Building in third grade”). Write a question the photo brings to mind (e.g., “Why can you see only the backs of people’s heads in this shot?”). Write a detailed observation about the photo (e.g., “The color red is everywhere — the sun, one person’s shoes, and the flowers and curtains in the background”). Make a guess as to what information the original caption of this photo imparted (e.g., “This looks like the dedication of a memorial to someone who died”). ive the groups each a photo and three to five minutes to write. When each group finishes, have it pass the large paper with photo to another group, moving clockwise. When each group of students receive the new photo, they should add their comments to those already there. They can continue the work of adding personal connections, observations or questions, or respond to previous writing as if in “conversation” with the notes left by previous students. Continue this way until all the groups in the room have seen and commented on all the photos. (Make sure each photo is returned to the group that had it originally, as part of the fun of this exercise is reading the responses to the original comments.) Ask the students to discuss how their relationship to the photos and their understanding of what each “says” deepened as they wrote and responded to what others wrote. How true do they find the saying, “A picture paints a thousand words”? Why?

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Culture Shock… in print In pairs, read your article and record the following into your notes: Headline: Country: Shocking Facts:

So, what does your country mean to you? AMERICA So, what does your country mean to you?

America is… What is the “culture gap”? the flip side . . . Write several descriptive phrases that capture classic images or icons of America. Please begin your phrase with “America Is.” Examples: America is a hot dog with mustard and chili at a baseball game in summer. America is guys and girls wandering aimlessly at a crowded mall. the flip side . . . What is the “culture gap”? A culture gap is any systematic difference between two cultures which hinders mutual understanding or relations. Such differences include the values, behavior, education, and customs of the respective cultures.[1] The term was originally used to describe the difficulties encountered in interactions between early 20th century travellers and pre-industrial cultures,[1] but has since been used more broadly to refer to mutual misunderstandings and incomprehension arising with people from differing backgrounds and experiences. Culture gaps can relate to religion, ethnicity, age, or social class. Examples of cultural differences that may lead to gaps include social norms and gender roles. The term can also be used to refer to misunderstandings within a society, such as between different scientific specialties. “You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, or who had ever been alive.” -James Baldwin

The culture gap A culture gap is any systematic difference between two cultures which hinders mutual understanding or relations. Such differences include the values, behavior, education, and customs of the respective cultures. Culture gaps can relate to religion, ethnicity, age, or social class. What happens if you are unaware of the customs and values of another culture? Generation culture gap is huge: these kids these day are crazy. Religion culture gaps: Koran

Milk in mexico Dairy Association’s huge success with the campaign “Got Milk?” prompted them to expand advertising to Mexico. It was brought to their attention the Spanish translation read, “Are you lactating?”

Clairol in germany Clairol introduced the “Mist Stick”, a curling iron into Germany, only to find out that “mist” is German slang for manure.

Gerber in africa When Gerber started selling baby food in Africa, they used US packaging with the smiling baby on the label. In Africa, companies routinely put pictures on labels of what’s inside, since many people can’t read.

Pepsi in china Pepsi’s “Come Alive With the Pepsi Generation” in Chinese translated into “Pepsi Brings Your Ancestors Back From the Grave”.

Coca-Cola in china Coca-Cola’s name in China was first read as “Kekoukela”, meaning “Bite the wax tadpole” or “female horse stuffed with wax”, depending on the dialect. Coke then researched 40,000 characters to find a phonetic equivalent “kokou kole”, translating into “happiness in the mouth.”

ADOPT A WORLDVIEW Which method of transportation would you choose? Which one is best? If you were in a country without roads, would a car be best? Venice, in Italy, has NO roads. Only way to get around is walking or gonadala or ferry. In Amsterdam, Holland, 40% of all commutes are made by bike, usually to and from work. The city is the most bike friendly city in the world. Which one is worst?

ADOPT A WORLDVIEW ETHNOCENTRISM- my way is the best way PAROCHIALISM- my way is the only way ; Narrow-minded ETHNOCENTRISM- my way is the best way the belief in the inherent superiority of one's own ethnic group or culture MULTICULTURALISM- all ways are acceptable Parochialism: very limited outlook, narrow minded Ethnocentrism: judge another culture solely by the values and standards of your own country

ADOPT A WORLDVIEW Parochialism? Ethnocentrism? Multiculturalism?

How do you see it? View>> “Free People” Reflect on the following : What are the possible drawbacks to a parochial or ethnocentric perspective? What are the advantages to a multicultural perspective? Consider why there is not a more multicultural view of the world. What can we learn by reading literature from other cultures? What benefits are there to reading literature from other cultures? How might reading world literature challenge or alter our perceptions? Write at least a page reflecting on today’s activities. Finish this for homework as needed.

BRIDGING THE CULTURE GAP “Appreciation of our differences starts with the acknowledgment of our similarities.” -Peter Reese