Caribbean and National Identity Identity Where do you

Caribbean and National Identity

Identity: Where do you feel like you belong? What are you a part of? Sita has drawn a circle diagram to show her identity and the groups to which she feels she belongs.

What is national identity • National identity is a person's sense of belonging to one nation. • It is the feeling that your nation is one whole group, bound together by distinctive traditions, culture, and language.

National Identity 1. Which nation does the singer feel a sense of belonging to? 2. Name some national holidays and traditions which distinguish the nation she identifies with. 3. Name some customs and traditions which she uses to distinguish Tobagonian identity from Trinidadian identity. 4. Shared cultural heritage or cultural background help to create our national identity. Name three religions and three ethnicities shared by the nation in her song. 5. Cuisine: Name some food items she mentions that form part of her Trinbagonian identity. 6. Arts: What type of music forms a big part of her Trinbagonian identity.

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National Identity 1. Which nation does the singer feel a sense of belonging to? 2. Name some national holidays and traditions which distinguish the nation she identifies with. 3. Name some customs and traditions which she uses to distinguish Tobagonian identity from Trinidadian identity. 4. Shared cultural heritage or cultural background help to create our national identity. Name three religions and three ethnicities shared by the nation in her song. 5. Cuisine: Name some food items she mentions that form part of her Trinbagonian identity. 6. Arts: What type of music forms a big part of her Trinbagonian identity.

Caribbean Identity • Your Caribbean identity is a your sense of belonging to the Caribbean Region. • It is the feeling that all Caribbean people are one whole group, bound together by distinctive traditions, history, culture, and language.

Shared characteristics which distinguish Caribbean people as one group include: • Similar History • Similar ethnic groups (similar ancestry) • Similar music and dance • Similar economies • Similar religions • Similar dialects of each European language • See page 41 of textbook for description of each

Importance of strong Trinidadian identity • Promote unity among people. • Friendship • To encourage working and building together rather than competition against each other. • To appreciate that cultural diversity is our blessing not our curse, so that we could use diversity to our advantage.

Importance of strong Caribbean identity • Pooling Human Resources within Caricom for economic development. • Pooling resources to help each other during natural disasters • As a unified group we can better defend ourselves against bullies from outside the Caribbean. • To preserve and conserve our distinct way of life.

HW: Pg 18 no 2 a and b Macmillan Workbook 2 Identify 3 things you share with other people in • A) Trinidad and Tobago • B) The Caribbean Region