Unit 6 LG 3 Learning Goal - Describe the cultural

landscape of multicultural regions (US/Canada/Latin America) and explain how cultural beliefs affect citizenship practices.

Criteria For SuccessEvaluate the multicultural makeup of

the U.S. Canada, and Latin AmericaAnalyze how cultural beliefs shape

citizenship practices.

Essential QuestionsHow does culture affect the way people

live and shape the characteristics of a region?

What are the distribution, patterns, and characteristics of different cultures?

How do cultures change and maintain continuity?

Canada

Early Cultural influencesIndigenous peopleFrench settlersBritish settlers

Numerous explorers ventured and explored Canada, but the most successful early colonies were established by the French, and later the British

First languages spoken in Quebec

Remember that cultural convergence thingy?

More recent immigrants

Chinatown in Toronto

So what?!?!Canada has two recognized national

languages. EnglishFrench

Canada has a very rich and diverse cultural make up

Many believe this has led to Canada being a very progressive and accepting nation

United States of America

Early influencesIndigenous peoplesAgain numerous European nations explored

and settled in the United States, however, three had the biggest influence / territories.

Great BritainFranceSpain

What in the world is happening?!

English influence Well, we do speak English, or a version of

it.We jacked most of our constitution from

English documents or philosophiesMagna CartaBill of RightsJohn Locke

French InfluenceLouisiana, home of the Rajun Cajuns!This explains why LSU spells Go Tigers,

Geaux Tigers

Spanish influenceNumerous forts / missions across, Florida,

the Southwest and the West coast.Texans be like…..

Spain be like……“yea, we built it.”

More cultural influencesThink 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 Americans – (NEXT SLIDE PROVIDES EXAMPLES)

IrishGermansRussiansChineseJapaneseMexicans

African American Influencehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZjZa7ly

yGlwJazz https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwXwv

9tpLGAEven today jazz, the blues, r&b and hip hop

have played vital roles in the b-boy culture.

Irish Influencehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NhP2rU

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More Cultural InfluencesThe United States resettles more refugees

than any other nation

Refugees into the U.S.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17p5Uc

aiJAsWatch the clip aboveWhy are refugees coming to the United

States, what difficulties are they having? Why do some want to go back?

Latin America

Early influencesIndigenous peoplePortugalSpain

Influences of PortugalBrazil speaks PortugueseReligionArchitectureArt

Spain’s InfluenceLanguageReligionArchitectureSportsFutbol

Slaves in South AmericaMore slaves from Western Africa were

forced to South America than in any where else in the world.

Influence of slaves in Africahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vfjs0g

a0echttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lglU5hF

22IoCapoeira 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 cultureIt’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.

CONVERGENCE IS HAPPENING ALL OVER THE PLACE!!!!!