How does media portray and influence gender roles?
How are health and illness perceived in the culture? How is mental health viewed? Give specific examples.
Does the cultural group
Have any unique fruits, vegetables, and dishes?
Cook foods that are indigenous to their culture? Why or Why not?
Follow any cooking/eating rituals
Does the cultural group have any specific belief systems relating to
Architecture
Numbers
Time (Think of numerology, astrology, Feng-Shui, etc.), and do they follow the beliefs in their family?
Do they have any
unique birth and death rituals; if so, please describe
healthcare considerations during care
traditional medicine or complementary health practices they use, such as ask for specific herbs, rituals, or belief systems.
How are empathy, love, and social justice issues perceived, and how valuable are the qualities to the people in the cultural group. Ask how valuable these qualities are to the people in the cultural group. Provide specific examples.
How is punctuality viewed? What behaviors are the most and least respected in the culture? Give specific examples.
Does religion play a role in influencing any or all the above formal or informal rules within the culture? If so, how?
How are personal space and physical contact in the public (greetings or expressions of love) viewed? Describe them.
What specific rituals and belief systems pertaining to life events exist in their culture? Think of events such as baptism, coming of age, dating, age at marriage, marriage ceremonies.
How are children disciplined, and how do they take care of their elderly?
How are tipping, drinking, gambling, partying, and gift-exchanges viewed?
After collecting the material, complete a PowerPoint Presentation by including all the information you gathered in your research. You can write in the first person.
