Culture+and+Ethnicity

toc =Monday, March 28 - Introduction to Culture and Ethnicity=

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Please pause in between each performance and write a brief response to the following questions:

 * 1) What cultural/ethnic group does **Loraine Levine** represent? How does Sarah's portrayal of Loraine Levine characterize this group?
 * 2) What cultural/ethnic group does **Noraida** represent? How does Sarah's portrayal of Noraida characterize this group?
 * 3) What cultural/ethnic group does **Praveen Manvi** represent? How does Sarah's portrayal of Praveen Manvi characterize this group?
 * 4) What cultural/ethnic group does **Pauline Ning** represent? How does Sarah's portrayal of Pauline Ning characterize this group?
 * 5) What cultural/ethnic group does **Habbi Belahal** represent? How does Sarah's portrayal of Habbi Belahal characterize this group?

At the end of class, please discuss the performance and your overall impressions.

 * What was Sarah's intent in this performance and do you think she achieved it?
 * How did you respond to the performance - what did it make you think or feel?

=Tuesday, March 29=

Choose ONE of the following selections from //The Norton Sampler//:

 * "None of This is Fair" by Richard Rodriquez, pp. 81-85
 * "Homeward Bound" by Janet Wu, pp. 123-125
 * "The Rise of the Blended American" by Jeff Jacoby, pp. 159-161
 * "Like Mexicans" by Gary Soto, pp. 218-222


 * 1) Read the essay.
 * 2) Answer ALL of the questions **For Discussion**.
 * 3) Choose ONE of the two **For Writing** prompts and complete the writing assignment.

=Wednesday, March 30=

Listen carefully to the TED Talk by Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story
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Write a 2-3 paragraph response to the following questions:

 * What is Chimamanda's main idea in this talk?
 * If a single story is dangerous, what does this mean for us when we are trying to understand a culture/ethnicity that is different from our own?
 * How do you think we can best begin to understand a culture/ethnicity that is different from our own?
 * Please give examples (from your experience or hypothetical examples) to support your ideas.

=Thursday, March 31=

World Cafe Conversations

 * What is culture?
 * How does architecture, art, dance, film, literature, music, photography reflect culture?
 * What does the study of archaeology, language, philosophy, religion, and social sciences reveal about culture?

Defining One's Cultural Identity
Brainstorm a list of questions you would need to ask/answer in order to be able to describe/characterize someone's cultural identity.

=Friday, April 1=

Develop a //realistic//, but NOT //stereotypical// portrait of the person in the photo on your postcard.

=Monday, April 4=

Introduce the people in your portraits and arrange them at an imaginary dinner party together. Don't worry about the language barrier; pretend they all speak [|Esperanto]

Begin creating a collage to represent your own cultural identity.

=Tuesday, April 5=

Finish your collage representing your cultural identity.

=Wednesday, April 6=

Share your collage with a partner.

Whole Class Discussion: What is the relationship between individual identity and cultural identity? What is the difference between individual identity and cultural identity? What is the role of language in terms of one's individual and cultural identities?

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