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Multiculturalism. LG 3 - Describe the cultural landscape of multicultural regions (US/Canada/Latin America) and explain how cultural beliefs affect citizenship practices. Criteria For Success Evaluate the multicultural makeup of the U.S. Canada, and Latin America - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Multiculturalism ●LG 3 - Describe the cultural landscape of
multicultural regions (US/Canada/Latin America) and explain how cultural beliefs affect citizenship practices.
●Criteria For Success●Evaluate the multicultural makeup of the U.S.
Canada, and Latin America●Analyze how cultural beliefs shape
citizenship practices.
Early Cultural influences●Indigenous people●French settlers●British settlers
●Numerous explorers ventured and explored Canada, but the most successful early colonies were established by the French, and later the British
Answer the following● In what ways did the picture of walmart display cultural
convergence?
● How might the newer group of immigrants impact future cultural convergence?
● Think back to push/pull factors……. What would be pull factors for immigrants to Canada?
So what?!?!●Glad you asked…..●Canada has two recognized national
languages. ● English● French
●Canada has a very rich and diverse cultural make up
●Many believe this has led to Canada being a very progressive and accepting nation
Early influences●Indigenous peoples●Again numerous European nations explored
and settled in the United States, however, three had the biggest influence / territories.
●Great Britain●France●Spain
English influence ●Well, we do speak English, or a version of it.●We jacked most of our constitution from
English documents or philosophies●Magna Carta●Bill of Rights●John Locke
French Influence● Louisiana, home of the Rajun Cajuns!
● This explains why LSU spells Go Tigers, Geaux Tigers
Spanish influence●Numerous forts / missions across, Florida, the
Southwest and the West coast.●Texans be like…..
●Spain be like……“yea, we built it.”
Questions…●In what ways has cultural convergence
taken place between Great Britain and the United States?
●What impact did the French have on our culture today?
●In what ways did Spain impact the United States?
More cultural influences● Think of how the following groups immigrated to the United States and the
impact it had on the cultural make up and convergence occurring in the country● Get with a partner and provide examples of how four of the following has
impacted the United States● African ● Irish● Germans● Russians● Chinese● Japanese● Mexicans
African American Influence● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjZa7lyyGlw
● Jazz
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwXwv9tpLGA
● Even today jazz, the blues, r&b and hip hop have played vital roles in the b-boy culture.
Refugees into the U.S.●https://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=17p5UcaiJAs●Watch the clip above●Why are refugees coming to the United
States, what difficulties are they having? Why do some want to go back?
Slaves in South America● More slaves from Western Africa were forced to South
America than in any where else in the world.
Influence of slaves in South America● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vfjs0ga0ec
● https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lglU5hF22Io
● Think……. In what ways did African culture have an impact on the style of music, dance and martial arts?
● Capoeira combined African music and dance and was combined with native music and dance to create a new art. Slaves were not allowed to learn how to fight / so they disguised capoeira as a dance.
● Cumbias incorporated African percussion instruments with indigenous forms of dance
Latin America continued ●Needless to say, South America has an
extremely rich and diverse culture●It’s impossible to look at modern day culture in
South America and not see the combined aspects of Europe, indigenous people and African cultures
●Look at the sports, religion, dance, food and language of the region. They’re all combined from other cultures.