1. Cultural Industries and Identity Canada Today Pages 22-23
Social Studies 11
Cultural Industries and Identity Canada Today Pages 22-23

2. What are Cultural Industries?
With a partner:
Brainstorm a list of cultural products that could express and protect your nation’s identity.

3. Which country do you think has the strongest cultural industries?
Strong cultural industries = strong identity that is easy to recognize.

4. Products flow from large, powerful countries to smaller, weaker countries.
USA
CAN
CHINA
VIETNAM

5. The Impact of Technology
Technology has enabled cultural products to be produced faster, in larger numbers, and for a much greater market than ever before.
Consider the DVD markets in China. These days people all over China can watch American movies for 6RMB even before the movies are seen in the USA.

6. TV and the Canadian Identity
Canadians watch
American TV
It is cheaper
to buy American TV shows
than to make Canadian shows
Canadian TV stations
lose $ and have less $
to produce Canadian TV programs
Canadians may begin to adopt American values and attitudes.

7. Anti-American sentiment and the Canadian Identity
Canadians are similar to Americans in many ways but…
There are differences between Canadians and Americans and…
Many Canadians feel these differences are an important part of their identity.

8. Discussion
Discuss how cultural industries influence a nation’s identity.