Pop Culture

Essential Questions EQ1 What is popular culture? EQ2 What are the boundaries between popular and high culture? EQ3 Who decides what is popular? EQ4 How do people consume popular culture? EQ5 How do people create their own popular culture?

8-17-16 Bellringer Grab your composition notebooks. **REMINDER** I will be grading these on Friday. They must be complete to receive credit, and they MUST BE in a COMPOSITION NOTEBOOK. There are some spiral notebooks, and others, but I will not grade these. They will result in a zero. **REMINDER**Any writing prompt given this week as bellringer or exit slip must have a MINIMUM of 6 complete sentences in order to receive credit. For today’s bellringer, in your composition notebook write today’s date and “Need2Know.” Monday was math minutes Tuesday was ACT Wednesday (today) Need2Know.

8-17-16 Agenda: 1. Recap: Cultural distinctions—folk, high, popular culture & examples 2. Computer lab for scavenger hunt over the 1940s. 3. Reminder: Vocabulary due by this Friday, upcoming quiz over the 6 words. NOT MULTIPLE CHOICE. You will be asked to define the word.

Exit Slip 8-17 Yesterday, you were asked to discuss and jot down some folk cultures of your own. In your composition notebooks, expand on this. Discuss something considered folk culture that you are a part of, think: church, sports, family traditions, etc.