Today's class:
1. Take out your draft/rough draft/ form of your "Where I'm From" poem.
In your notes, answer the following questions about your poem in relationship to our study of culture:
- List 4 specific lines from your poem and explain what they say about your culture. Pull from the distinctive descriptions of culture that you were given.
- The definition of culture that we are working with states: "Sociology understands culture as the languages, customs, beliefs, rules, arts, knowledge, and collective identities and memories developed by members of all social groups that make their social environments meaningful." List 4 ways that your poem illustrates one or more of the ideas expressed in this definition.
- What is sacred or meaningful about your culture?
- How does your culture shape your identity OR how does your identity shape your culture?
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