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Worlds Apart Namibai

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Cultural Explorations
National Geographic’s Worlds Apart

Day #1

Sociologists study the way people learn about their own society’s cultures and how they discover their place within those cultures. They also examine the ways in which people from differing cultures interact and sometimes clash—and how mutual understanding and respect might be reached. Sociologists study the way people learn about their own society’s cultures and how they discover their place within those cultures. They also examine the ways in which people from differing cultures interact and sometimes clash—and how mutual understanding and respect might be reached.

GUIDED VIEWING QUESTIONS:

1. Provide an example of culture shock and ethnocentrism from the video

2. What elements of culture (rules, expectations, music, food) were introduced to the couples from America? Provide some specific examples

3. What types of social norms (shared behavior which in turn are based on shared values of a community) were introduced to the couples from America.

4. Which of the social norms you identified did the American couples have the toughest time adjusting to?