Name:
Date:
Core:
World Geography
Mental Warm-Up:
Examining Foreign Cultures
Part I. Vocabulary Builder
1. What does the foreign mean? _____________________________________________________
2. What does the word norm mean? ________________________________________________
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Part II. How Do We View Cultures that are Different From Our Own?
1. What was your initial reaction to the Nacirema Tribe?
My initial reaction to the Nacirema Tribe was that they were: __________________________
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2. Would you have wanted to be a part of their culture? Why or why not? (no ATIC )
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3. Did you notice any similarities between the Nacirema Tribe and your own culture? _________
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Stop Working! Now Mr. Higgins is
going to tell you a little bit more about
the Nacirema Tribe
Now that you have learned more about the Nacirema Tribe, we are going to begin examining
a today’s guiding question “H
How should people judge cultures that are different from their
own?”
Think about your understanding of the Nacirema and the pictures we observed in class (neck
rings, lip plates, facial tattoos).
 What are two words that describe your reaction to both of these foreign cultures?
______________________________ and ____________________________
 How much time did you spend formulating that opinion? Long time or short time
 Think about similarities that exist between the foreign cultures we examined (Mursi
(lip plates), Padaung (neck rings) and Nuer (facial tattoo) and American culture.
One way that the culture of the _________________________ is similar to American
is: _____________________________________________________________________
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 Did your opinion about any of these foreign cultures change when you learned more
about them? Explain.
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 Do you think foreigners sometimes view American culture in the way that you viewed
the culture of the Nacirema, Mursi (lip plates), Padaung (neck rings) and Nuer (facial
tattoo) tribes? Think about aspects of American culture that foreigners may find to
be “strange”, “weird”, or “gross”.
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How should people judge cultures foreign from their own? _____________________________
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