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Reflect on a personal experience interacting with a different culture, explore reactions and feelings. Begin by listing negative aspects of the Nacirema culture, focusing on body rituals and customs. Write about encounters and perceptions in a journal format.
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PAGE 2 DO NOW: TUESDAY, AUGUST 31 • Number pages (top right) of your binder up to 20. • DO NOW: Write about a time when you came in contact with another culture. • e.g. when you moved to America or another country, traveled abroad, or met a group of people • How did you react? How did you feel? Why?
ON PAGE 1 of your Binder • While reading the passage, list at least 10 negative aspects of the Nacirema culture
PERIOD 1: Negative Aspects • Focus is on human body: ugly • Every household has a shrine for shrine • Eating, cleansing • Connection between oral & moral • Mouth • Exorcisms, drill their teeth • All relationships • Women stick their heads in ovens • Insert hairs into mouth • Potions written in secret language