1) Define "Culture"
2) How would you label your culture?
2) List 3 elements of your culture.
1) Define "Cultural diffusion"
2) Provide an example from your own life experience
Agenda
Tuesday
Define Culture & Cultural diffusion
Read: Culture & Identity
Listen: When Everything Was Everything
Watch: Yellowface in Hollywood
Wednesday
CommonLit review
Mastery Self-Assessment
Thursday
Mastery Make-Up
Friday
Harkness: Immigration, Culture, & Identity

What is a shared attitude amongst the people from your culture?
What is a shared pattern of behavior amongst people from your culture?
What is something in your culture that has been passed down to you from the previous generation?
How has the invention of the cell phone lead to cultural loss?

Think about your primary peer group at school. Other than race or gender, what is a common charachteristic of your idenity that you all share?
How does this characterstic make you unique or different from others?
Think of someone from a different culture. What do you believe is a major part of what shapes that specific person cultural identity?
Read Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay poem: When Everything Was Everything
What images stood out to you the most? Why
Were there any parts of the poem where you recognized a connection between Saymoukda’s experiences and your own?
How did her poem and immigrant story relate to culture, cultural diffusion, and identity?
List places in the poem where different cultures come into contact.
What are some examples of cultural diffusion in the poem?
How does the poem emphasize Saymoukda’s uniqueness as an individual?