You have been chosen to be a guest lecturer at a school in your region of choice. You will be doing a presentation to fourth-graders (children ages 9 to 10) on American culture.

Choose a film, a television show/series and a type of music (either by a single artist or a mix representative of a genre). All three of these choices should be significant in showing an aspect of American life or culture to this group.

You must explain why you have selected each particular example of the medium. For example, “It’s a Wonderful Life” might speak to the ideal we share in the United States that everyone matters, every voice matters. “The Brady Bunch” might illustrate our acceptance of blended families, etc. Hip-hop might demonstrate the freedom of speech via music.

What are the messages you want to take to the children of your chosen region regarding lifestyles and customs in this country? Remember that globalization is more than the clich� of taking over a country and obliterating its native culture. It is a method of sharing, a bidirectional force. You do not want to be indoctrinating children with an “everything American is better” message, you want to share an understanding of a way of life. How do you speculate these young minds will receive these media?

Now, project forward fifteen years. It is 2034 and these children are young adults. One of these students has produced some form of entertainment based on one of your choices. Perhaps they have written a book based on “A Wonderful Life.” In a paragraph or two, relate how their own culture has influenced this new telling. What are the differences between the original messages in the American media and the evolved foreign version?

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