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W1- US American Stereotypes
How does this excerpt both criticize and express
the US values you have been studying? You may earn up
to $15.00. Bring your reflections on paper, or
e-mail them to a facilitator
for
evaluation.
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W2-It's the economy,
stupid!
This campaign slogan of Bill Clinton in the
1990's has come back to haunt USians in the current
financial crisis. Given what you are learning about US
values, read one or more of the following reports and
create a response that includes what you think the
problem is, how it is perceived by USians and what you
feel will happen in the future. You may earn up to
$15.00. Bring your results on paper, or e- mail
them to a facilitator
for
evaluation.
Here are the links to the
articles:
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Celebrity Religion
Religious principles, behaviors and conflicts
penetrate economics, business, media, politics, military and
everyday US beliefs and behavior, and almost every facet of
US life. The cult of celebrity in the USA gives extraordinary
power and influence to personalities in the media. Here are a
few links to interesting aspects of this phenomenon.
These are focused on Oprah Winfrey who highlights both
the power and conflicted nature of religion in the USA.
You may earn up to $15.00 if you offer a good page or
two of your reflections on this phenomenon. Bring your
results on paper, or e- mail them to
a facilitator
for
evaluation.
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| There are many takes on political correctness,
i.e., everything from serious attempts to not offend
anyone and to talk about people as they want to be talked
about to the humorous--poking fun at ourselves as we try to
do this as well as downright ridicule. What do you make
of the phenomenon of PC in the USA? Besides the generally
serious material we looked at in class,
here are some
links to less reverent
material. You may earn up to $15.00 if you offer a good
page or two of your reflections on this phenomenon. Bring your
results on paper, or e-mail them to
a facilitator
for evaluation.
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These are online or electronic resources that may
be useful to understand key values and related US cultural
thinking and behavior.
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Projects of the Pew Research
Center
Visit one or more of these PEW research sites and
write a report on what you find to be interesting or
enlightening discoveries about contemporary US trends. You
may earn up to $15.00 if you offer a good page or two of your
reflections on one or more of these sites. Bring your
results on paper, or e-mail them to a facilitator
for
evaluation.
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America by the Numbers
Here is a series of web pages that tell facts and
figures about the USA and its
people.
You may earn up to $15.00 if you offer a good
page or two of your reflections on one or more of these
sets of data. Bring your results on paper, or e-mail them to
a facilitator
for
evaluation
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A Slice of Americana
You may earn up to $15.00 if you offer a good
page or two of your reflections how small town USA
celebrates its patriotism. Bring your results on paper, or
e-mail them to a facilitator
for
evaluation
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Add to our
resources.
Course participants who identify useful items as
standard bibliographic references
and send them to
us with a sentence or short
paragraph describing how these items add to our understanding
of the value and behavior of US Americans will receive $5.00
per entry toward their final grade
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