Film, television and popular music/music videos often depict characters/people from different cultures. Sometimes these characters accurately reflect a cultural group. Other times, not so much. Select a film, television show, or group of songs/music videos you would like to study that highlights characters/people from a cultural group you feel interest you or relate to. Determine whether you think the cultural background(s) depicted in your pieces is(are) accurately portrayed in your selections based on what we have studied in class.
Discuss the following point in the slides
How does the character represent/or not represent the culture they are supposed to be portraying? (Consider the cultural beliefs,
The movie is Freedom Writers.
The culture to write about is Hispanic.
Support your points with information from our textbook and at least 1-2 peer-reviewed journal articles published within the last 5 years (You can find access to FREE ones via the FIU library). Journals must be related to course topics.
Your presentation must adhere to APA formatting guidelines. Presentations must be 2 slides minimum in length, APA formatted, and in college-level English. Please see the APA resources folder in our classroom for additional resources and tools for help in preparing your project. Be sure to cite your sources accordingly, to avoid plagiarism in your formal written assignments.
Fulfills Course Objectives:
Identify the interrelatedness of local, global, international, and intercultural issues, trends, and systems from psychological perspectives
Engage in a multi-perspective psychological analysis of local, global, international, and intercultural psychological and behavioral problems
Explain theoretical concepts using behavioral examples drawn from popular films, media, and scholarly publications
Fulfills Global Learning Objective: Global Engagement: Willingness to engage in local, global, international, and intercultural problem-solving.
