After today's formative MCQ on Folk & Pop Culture, you will participate in a simulation called "Candy Culture" in which you will be expected to follow your cultural norms while trying to interact with diverse cultures.  Afterwards, we will discuss the experience and then watch the TEDTalk "Danger of a Single Story".

We will wrap up today's class with a quick look at cultural appropriation, especially with regards to Halloween costumes.
​HALLOWEEN PSA ON CULTURAL APPROPRIATION
Cultural Appropriation at Halloween: Teen Vogue "My Culture is Not a Costume" (video & article)

Today, we will start with a Gallery Walk of students' Cultural Identity presentations (developed last class).
Afterwards, we will continue with CH. 4 overview (presentation)  in looking at why the distribution of folk and pop culture is uneven and the sustainability of folk culture--is it in danger of disappearing due to factors such as urbanization, globalization, and modernization?

Helpful Resources for Today's Class:
CH. 4 Folk & Pop Culture Overview (Google Slides)

Culture Foods -
Korean Octopus video  (watch if you can handle seeing people eat live octopus)
18 More Bizarre Foods (best video)
11 Strangest Foods From Around the World (need a strong stomach for this)

Finish reading/reviewing CH. 4; study vocabulary for both Fouberg & Rubenstein CH. 4; watch TEDTAlk videos & answer 3 questions.

Today we will look at Chapter 4: Folk & Popular (Pop) Culture to understand the differences between these types of culture traits. 

• You will also brainstorm examples of folk and pop culture in Singapore and in your own life.

Individual Task in Class: Develop a presentation (up to 4 slides or a photo-collage) of your own cultural identity that includes a mix of folk and pop culture traits you identify with as part of your own identity.  We will walk around at the start of next class and look at everyone's cultural identity presentations.

HW: Read Fouberg Chapter 4: Folk & Pop Culture

Today we will go over your formative MCQ and FRQ from last week.
We will also take a look at an AP Exam released FRQ with an explanation of the points awarded for each.
Methods for Review:
1. Review the following Unit 2 Study Hints presentations:

• Unit 2 Summative MCQ - Hints (Google Slides)
• Unit 2 Summative FRQ - Hints (Google Slides)

2. Review  APHG Unit 2 webpage presentations, tutorial videos, Quizlet Flashcard Sets, case studies, etc. 
3. Review your Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 Study Guides
4. Attend Tuesday's Review Session from 3:15 - 4:45pm (drop in & stay as long as you want/need to)
5. Complete Practice MCQ in Barron's AP Exam Book
6. Participate in Schoology Test Prep Q&A Discussion Forum
​7. Review your formative FRQs + feedback
8. Skim/Re-read Fouberg, Rubenstein
9. Read Wood's concise chapter on population/migration
10. Study with a partner/group -- quiz each other on concepts and vocab
11. Review files in your APHG Drop folder you worked on over the past 4 weeks

Today you'll take the 25-question MCQ on migration.
You will be given approx. 20 minutes to study prior to taking the MCQ. You are asked to sit in the row seats during the MCQ.   Go through the Chapter 3 Key Question 4 (Policy) presentation as you review.

Today you will also be reading the "Shut the Door" speech; after reading it, you need to do a search for current articles and news related to U.S. immigration policy and immigration issues (especially current attitudes towards these policies and issues). You will compare contemporary U.S. attitudes towards immigration to the "Shut the Door" speech. 

If you finish early, begin studying for the summative next week.
​The summative is on Wednesday, Oct. 11th (or if you are away for IASAS, you will need to take these summatives on Tuesday, Oct. 10th).