Have you ever experienced culture shock Explain the

§ Have you ever experienced culture shock? § Explain the situation and how you felt. § What do we respond to when we experience ‘culture shock’?

§ Describe the culture shock: what caused the ‘shock’? § How did they respond to the culture shock? § Doing Fieldwork Among the Yanomamo § Culture Shock Linked to Deaths of Refugees

§ 1. What does the American flag symbolize? § 2. What does the Confederate flag symbolize?

§ Culture is a way of life § Culture is shared by members of a society § Culture shapes how we act, think, and feel § Culture is human—it is a product of evolution

§ Symbols in the form of words, gestures, and actions express meaning

§ Uncle Sam § Deathly hallows symbol § ; ) § Apple § Gang signs §# § Hug § § § “Ok” symbol § Peace sign § <3 § Yin-Yang symbol § Pride flag § Snapchat ghost § Breast cancer ribbon § Twitter bird § Instagram camera § Street signs/stop signs/caution signs

§ A symbolic system by which one generation transmits culture to the next.

§ Lol § Yolo § Omg § Music § Bae § Turn up § Tbh § Text lingo generally § Merch § Slang generally § Shade § Raining cats and dogs § What’s up? § Finna

§ Read the passage, ”Too Hot for Hockey, ” aloud to your partner § Complete the survey on the back of the worksheet § Questions to consider: § How does language influence culture? § How does culture influence language? § What does language transmit?

§ https: //soundcloud. com/curiouscity/annie-minoff-accents-feature § Is having an accent important? § How do regional accents impact our national culture?

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§ Ya’aburnee (Arabic): “You bury me. ” It’s a declaration of one’s hope that they’ll die before another person, because of how difficult it would be to live without them. § The online dictionary that lists this word calls it “morbid and beautiful. ” It’s the “How Could I Live Without You? ” slickly insincere cliché of dating, polished into a more earnest, poetic term.

§ Forelsket: (Norwegian): The euphoria you experience when you’re first falling in love. § This is a wonderful term for that blissful state, when all your senses are acute for the beloved, the pins and needles thrill of the novelty. There’s a phrase in English for this, but it’s clunky. It’s “New Relationship Energy, ” or NRE.

§ Yuanfen (Chinese): A relationship by fate or destiny. This is a complex concept. It draws on principles of predetermination in Chinese culture, which dictate relationships, encounters and affinities, mostly among lovers and friends.

§ Pena ajena (Mexican Spanish): The embarrassment you feel watching someone else's humiliation _____________________________ § Is it important that some phrases are not able to be translated easily into English? § How do these phrases or words reveal elements of the culture of the speakers?

§ Are there any trends among the words we use to insult people? § Think of insults that you use regularly. § What is the LITERAL meaning of the words? § What are implied insult or FIGURATIVE meaning of the words? § Do these insults impact our culture as a whole?

§ “You guys” § Mailman § Freshman § Fireman § Mankind § “This sucks” § The “F” word § “Retarded”

§ “What boy/girl are you bringing to the dance? ” § “Are you bringing a date? ” § “He’s being a little b**** about going. ” § “He’s scared to go. ” § “White people are all racist. ” § “I have personally met several white people who…”

§ CLOSER: What do you lose if you do not speak the native language of a given culture? § What do you miss? § What interactions become difficult? § What might you avoid? § Who might you turn to, or tend to interact with?

§ Restaurant observation § Due Wednesday, October 15 th

§ Abstract standards of what ought to be

§ Family and friends: always there for each other § Giving back to the community § Giving gifts on holidays § Having expensive things § Appreciate what you have § Money § Being respectful § Follow the rules § Respect § Be kind § Education § Following rends § Everyone’s life is valued the same § Technology has all the answers § Talk through issues face to face § Virginity § Save money/financial stability

§ Specific statements that people who share a culture hold to be true

§ Pray (go to church) § If you live a bad life, you pay in the end § Christianity § An apple a day takes the doctor away § You should be married before kids/sex § Money and power are important § Going to school is important § God § Pray before eating with family § Karma gets you § Different religions § If you finish college you can get a good § Go to church every Sunday § Haram is a sin § Buddha career § What goes around comes around

§ Norms guide human behavior § Mores: have great moral significance § Folkways: are matters of everyday politeness

§ Get to class on time § Say ‘bless you’ if someone sneezes § When someone opens the door for you, say thank you § Manners (saying thank you) § Don’t talk back to parents § Pick something up if someone drops it § Look both ways before you cross the street § Apologizing when you bump into someone § Saying excuse me when someone is in your way § Saying please § Opening the door for someone § Getting up for old people on the bus