1. Question of the Day 10/29
If someone was about to move to this school from Kenya, what 3 things would you tell them to prepare them for life/culture/high school in the United States?

2. US Culture
Cy Woods HS

3. What sort of things/ideas do we associate with the American culture?
US Culture
What sort of things/ideas do we associate with the American culture?

4. US Culture Where does our culture come from? US = “Melting Pot”
A blending of different cultures
Some people believe the US is more like a “Salad Bowl”
Different ethnic groups are not mixing as much as they used to

5. US Culture Which cultures have influenced American culture?
Irish culture
African culture
English culture
German culture
Asian cultures
Hispanic culture

6. Immigration Waves Before 1970s most immigrants were from Europe.
1970s – present, most immigrants are from Latin America and Asia.

10. Are both groups essential to the US?
Immigration Today
Today, there are 2 major migrant groups:
Highly educated or those with specialized skills
Engineers, doctors, lawyers, etc
No education or job skills
These people perform the jobs no American really wants
Are both groups essential to the US?

11. Ethnic Enclaves
Culture groups clustered together in areas called ethnic or cultural enclaves
Enclaves exist in big cities around the US:
Little Italy
Chinatown
Asiantown

19. Ethnic distribution in the US & Canada

27. Projected population growth:
Around the year 2000, Hispanics became the largest minority group in the US, surpassing African Americans

28. Religion

34. Language

37. Why here?