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stephzh

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Illustrate and explain the iceberg model for understanding culture. Provide an anecdote related to this model from your lived experiences.
 
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Define and explain differences among the terms: ethnicity, race and culture. How is it helpful for teachers to understand these terms?
 
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Answer to Question 1

 Iceberg drawing with labels for concrete, behavioral and symbolic levels of understanding culture
 Concrete: most visible to those outside the culture
 Behavioral: language, social roles, cultural values
 Symbolic: difficult for those outside culture to detect and implicit in practices and values of those within the culture

Answer to Question 2

 Ethnicity: concept of a groups peoplehood that includes race, religion, cultural history, part of ones psychological identity
 Race: physical differences in people that include skin tone and facial structure; Mongoloid, Negroid, Caucasoid
 Culture: an ethnic groups unique experiences and history. It is learned, characteristic of groups, rules for behavior, cultures share rules, individuals embedded to differing degrees and often are not able to describe the rules



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