1. What is Culture?
Honors English 10

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

3. 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.

4. 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

5. HOW CULTURAL ARE YOU?

6. A picture is worth a thousand words
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:
Determine the Plot: Character(s), Setting, Conflict, Resolution
Make a guess as to what information the original caption of this photo imparted (e.g., “Tiger Woods takes leave from the game of golf”)
Make a personal connection to the photo (e.g., “Reminds me of when I visited the Empire State Building in third grade”).
How cultural are you??
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?

7. Severe flooding in Gonzales, LA: Louisiana officials said that about 30,000 people had been rescued and 40,000 homes had been “impacted to varying degrees.”

8. Little boy in Aleppo: a vivid reminder of war's horror
Boy pulled from rubble of house after airstrike in Syria. He is in back of ambulance shocked. His brother was killed in the bomb.

9. A wildfire approached Santa Catalina Island's main city: Avalo

10. UN report highlights sexual violence in conflict zones

11. White Lives Matter protested in front of the NAACP Advancement of Colored People  office in Third Ward on Sunday in Texas.
The Confederate flag waved in front of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People's (NAACP) Houston office Sunday. Protest against black lives matter

12. The present conflict in Burundi started with President Pierre Nkurunziza planning to run for a third term as president in the coming election in June.
security forces killed more than ninety people, mostly suspected anti-government supporters, Since gaining independence in 1962, Burundi has experienced multiple episodes of mass violence, including massacres in 1972, 1988, and during the early 1990s, which led to the outbreak of a twelve-year civil war in Burundi’s past conflicts have stemmed from divisions between social groups, primarily along ethnic lines between Hutus and Tutsis, but intertwined with social and institutional control, economic opportunity, and a history of discriminatory policies. Burundi’s history mirrors Rwanda’s history. The two countries share the same ethnic groups and have experienced mass violence, but whereas in Rwanda a repressive Hutu government led a genocide against Tutsis in 1994, in Burundi a repressive Tutsi governments committed mass violence against Hutus. In Burundi, this violence led to civil war.

13. A child plays with a toy gun in the Bustan al-Qasr neighborhood of the northern Syrian city of Aleppo on October 15, The United States said there was an "urgent" need to set a date for so-called Geneva 2 peace talks, despite a leading opposition.
The United States said there was an "urgent" need to set a date for so-called Geneva 2 peace talks, despite a leading opposition.

14. Ties between China and Japan have been strained by a territorial row over a group of islands, known as the Senkaku islands in Japan and the Diaoyu islands in China.
Ties between China and Japan have been strained by a territorial row over a group of islands, known as the Senkaku islands in Japan and the Diaoyu islands in China.
What is the row about?
At the heart of the dispute are eight uninhabited islands and rocks in the East China Sea. They have a total area of about 7 sq km and lie north-east of Taiwan, east of the Chinese mainland and south-west of Japan's southern-most prefecture, Okinawa. The islands are controlled by Japan.
They matter because they are close to important shipping lanes, offer rich fishing grounds and lie near potential oil and gas reserves. They are also in a strategically significant position, amid rising competition between the US and China for military primacy in the Asia-Pacific region.

15. Is War With North Korea Inevitable?
Covering a North Korean military parade is an emotional rollercoaster. Foreign journalists stand just meters from the action in Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square.
It is a visual and sensory barrage. Your eyes are assaulted by the technicolor pallet of socialist-realist propaganda. The ground at your feet shakes as tanks rumble past, leaving a diesel aftertaste in your mouth.
That heavy equipment, and the brigades of tightly coordinated goose-stepping soldiers that come before them, are an impressive sight.
Is War With North Korea Inevitable?

16. SHOULD THE UNITED STATES COOPERATE WITH RUSSIA ON THE SYRIAN CONFLICT AND ISIS?

17. Zika Epidemic To Last Another Three Years As 'Too Late' To Control It, Say Researchers
n early 2015, a widespread epidemic of Zika fever, caused by the Zika virus in Brazil, spread to other parts of South and North America. It also affected several islands in the Pacific, and Southeast Asia.[2] In January 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) said the virus was likely to spread throughout most of the Americas by the end of the year.[3] In November 2016 WHO announced the end of the Zika epidemic.[4]
In February 2016, WHO declared the outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern as evidence grew that Zika can cause birth defects as well as neurological problems.[5][6] The virus can be transmitted from an infected pregnant woman to her fetus, then can cause microcephaly and other severe brain anomalies in the infant.[7][8][9] Zika infections in adults can result in Guillain–Barré syndrome.[9] Prior to this outbreak, Zika was considered a mild infection, as most Zika virus infections are asymptomatic, making it difficult to determine precise estimates of the number of cases.[10] In approximately one in five cases, Zika virus infections result in Zika fever, a minor illness that causes symptoms such as fever and a rash.[11][12]

18. Rio's 'Wall Of Shame' Between Its Ghettos And Shiny Olympic Image
On one side of the wall are the bright, new, welcoming Olympic façades for Rio On the other, a drug den guarded by armed traffickers.
As the first of 10,000 athletes start to arrive in Rio on Sunday, they will pass the vivid posters, pasted onto a 10 foot high barrier, stretching for five miles along the motorway out of the international airport.
But the colourful partition hides the inequality that polarises the Olympic city as it prepares to welcome the world.
Behind it lies Maré, a complex of 16 favela communities where life goes on under gang rule except for when under-resourced police carry out increasingly frequent, bloody raids

19. Colombia destroys 104 cocaine labs in five days as part of a crackdown on drug production. A drug squad members tests cocaine as part of the raids.
olombian law enforcement has destroyed 104 cocaine laboratories capable of producing some 100 tonnes of the drug annually, the head of the anti-narcotics police said on Tuesday.
The operation, conducted over five days in the country's southeastern jungle region, is part of new government strategy focused on combating drug production as well as the cultivation of coca, the base ingredient of cocaine.
"This is a structural blow to the finances of drug trafficking," anti-narcotics police director General Jose Angel Mendoza said in the jungles of Guaviare province.
The laboratories were burned down by police commandos.
Coca cultivation was up 39 percent in Colombia in 2015, according to United Nations data.

20. A demonstration protesting the acquittal of two former officers in the death of Kelly Thomas.
Thomas was a mentally ill and homeless man killed by police officers which sparked a nationwide outcry. His death came on July 10, five days after the 37-year-old was beaten by officers. In a video shown in court, he was seen laying on the ground being kicked and punched by the officers as he screamed for his father and help. In January last year, Manuel Ramos was found not guilty of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter and Jay Cicinelli was also acquitted of excessive force and involuntary manslaughter.

21. Grave holes are prepared as family members and friends attend the funeral of victims of a suicide bombing at a wedding celebration in the southern Turkish city of Gaziantep, Turkey.
Turkish officials are backtracking on an earlier statement that the suicide bomber who attacked a wedding ceremony was a child.
The prime minister said Monday authorities are still trying to determine who carried out the attack, which killed at least 54 people, adding that authorities didn’t know if the perpetrator was a “child or a grown-up.”

22. Mike Rodgers, Justin Gatlin and Tyson Gay of USA react as they realize they have been disqualified after what they thought was a bronze medal performance in the 4x100m relay.
Justin Gatlin, Tyson Gay and Mike Rodgers were almost through parading the American flag around the track — celebrating a bronze medal of all things — when their names flashed on the big board, along with two letters: "DQ." 
The smiles — gone. 
Those medals — might be gone, too. 
This nightmare — it never ends for the U.S. men in sprint relays. 
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Bolt wins legendary 'triple triple' in his final Olympic act
Rodgers and Gatlin were ruled to have passed the baton outside the first passing zone of the men's 4x100m relay won by Usain Bolt and Jamaica. After the disqualification, the bronze went to Canada. 

23. One of the first Olympic moments to go viral happened when Pita Taufatofua, Tonga's flag-bearer, appeared at the opening ceremony. The taekwondo athlete emerged topless, wearing traditional Tongan dress and apparently covered in baby oil. It did not go unnoticed.

24. Abbey D’Agostino, left, and Nikki Hamblin after the 5,000 meters
Abbey D’Agostino, left, and Nikki Hamblin after the 5,000 meters. D’Agostino had clipped Hamblin, sending them both sprawling with about 2,000 meters to go. D’Agostino then helped Hamblin up.
RIO DE JANEIRO — New Zealand runner Nikki Hamblin was lying on the track, dazed after a heavy fall and with her hopes of an Olympic medal seemingly over. Suddenly, there was a hand on her shoulder and a voice in her ear: “Get up. We have to finish this.”

25. Essential question
Is there a universal theme from the pictures you have seen? Is it still prevalent today? Where?

26. CULTURE SHOCK!

28. Culture Shock Reactions… El Salvador Fireball Festival
El Salvador Fireball Festival 
Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain #1
Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain #2
25 Most Insane Festivals 
World’s Weirdest Festivals
Top Ten Festivals
Tomatino #1
Tomatino #2
Holi in India #1
Reactions…

29. Culture Shock… in print
In groups of four, read your article and record the following into your notes:
What was shocking to you?
What are some commonalities that the articles or cultures share?
Name specific determiners of culture (ex: Independence Day: we know we are in America)

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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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?”

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

35. 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.

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

37. 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.”

38. 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?

39. 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

40. ADOPT A WORLDVIEW
Parochialism?
Ethnocentrism?
Multiculturalism?

41. How do you see it? View>> “Free People”
Reflect on the following :
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.

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