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Assignment 3: Exploring Your Culture

Part of successfully exploring other cultures is having a solid foundation in the tenets of one’s culture. This assignment will have you evaluate key components of your culture. When you begin exploring the main foundation of other cultures, you will be able to identify similarities or dissimilarities to your own. This is also a good self-ethnographic activity.

Develop a presentation on the cultural identity with which you align yourself. Consider the following:

Describe the culture you identify with.

Explain the major components of your culture.

Explain the various symbols associated with your culture including their meanings.

Describe the other cultures you are integrated with besides your own. What are the similarities and differences between these cultures with which you are connected?

Evaluate the roles that race, class, age, and gender play in your culture.

Support your statements with examples and scholarly references.

You may use images and other media to present your perspective. Use the speakers’ notes to explain your statements in further detail.

Develop a 10-slide presentation in PowerPoint format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M1_A3.ppt. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M1_A3.ppt.

Assignment 2: Discussion—Understanding Cultures

People often go through life without having made any connection to cultures besides their own. This not only hinders one’s personal development but it also limits one’s ability to fully grasp the nature of other people’s lives. In this assignment, you will explore a culture of your choice, one that you might want to know more about.

Using the readings for this module, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, do the following:

Reflect on a culture that is interesting to you, but one with which you are personally unfamiliar.

Discuss the following:

If you were to meet someone who belonged to that culture, what five questions would you ask to engage that person in a conversation?

Be sure that these questions reflect the research standards suggested in the textbook chapter entitled “Researching Culture” and consider the sensitivity to cultural differences. In addition, ensure that the questions you pose are substantive in nature and do not merely elicit a yes or no response.

Write your initial response in 1–2 paragraphs. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.