1. American culture Zafreen Jaffery Portland State University zafreenj@pdx.edu

2. What is culture ?

3. What is Chinese Culture like?

4. The set of shared attitudes, values, goals, and practices that characterizes an institution, organization or group Source: Wikipedia

5. American Culture Melting Pot Immigrants Refugees Races Source: http://freedomroadproject.blogspot.com/2007/12/melting-pot-or-mosaic.html

6. Salad Bowl/Mosaic

7. American Culture: Languages English (82.1 % ) Spanish (10.7 % ) Indo-European (3.8 %) Asian (2.7 % ) Other (0.7 % )

8. American Culture: Religion Christian (78.5 %) Mormon (1.7 %) Jewish (1.7 %) Buddhist (0.7 %) Muslim (0.6 %) Other (2.5 %) Unaffiliated (12.1 %) None (4 %)

9. American Culture: Holidays 4 th of July Thanksgiving Christmas /Holiday Season New Year

10. American Culture: Values Diversity Multiculturalism Volunteerism Individualism Independence Equality Competition Acquisition Diversity Multiculturalism Volunteerism Individualism Independence Equality Competition Acquisition

11. American Culture: Politics Two Parties Democrats Republicans Federal Government State’s autonomy

12. American Culture: Education Opportunities to learn Lifelong Learning Classroom Use of first name Formal/Casual

13. Observations of American People Time Privacy On-the-go Greetings Looking to the future

14. Peach versus Coconut

15. Culture of Portland Green Eco-friendly/Recycle Transportation/Bikes Organic Food Microbreweries Home to Nike and Intel

16. Travelers to America from the East Culture Shock Journaling Reflection

17. Have a Wonderful Trip !