CULTURAL IMMERSION PROJECT PART 1 INSTRUCTIONS

Distant Encounter

The culture you choose for this project must be a different ethnicity, religion, cultural group, or have other significantly different cultural features (e.g., the elderly in nursing homes, disabled children, disabled adults, the homeless, prisoners, etc.).

As a reminder, you cannot select a cultural group that you have had previous experience with. For example, if you've interacted with many Cubans previously, you cannot use the Cuban culture for your project.

This also applies to your cultural background. For example, if you are from an Irish background, you cannot do your project on the Irish culture. The culture you select must be new for you.

You will read 3 scholarly resources on your cultural population of interest (must be dated 2005 or later). You may use a pertinent, unassigned chapter from McGoldrick et al. as one of your sources; however, you may not use the Hays and Erford chapters as a source.

You must also use the internet or media to examine at least 3 significant media resources related to the culture. For example, on the internet, you may find the following culturally useful and prominent types of sources:

• Online newspapers from the country

• Internet radio broadcasts

• Music of the culture

• Culturally-based movies or videos

• Culturally-specific online magazines or websites

• Organizations

You will answer the questions below. You may use 1st person in your answers. While this is not a regular academic paper (since it can answer questions in outline form and first person), you must still use current APA format. The paper must have a correct title page, and you must use a reference page.

Each question is accompanied by an estimated word count. The quality of your answer is more important than the word count. You may expand further, but you do not have to do so. Do not forget to put your name at the top of your answers.

1. What are some key things you have learned about this culture through reading the scholarly literature? [at least 300 words]

2. What are some key things you have learned about this culture through interacting with websites, online papers, and other media sources related to the culture? [at least 300 words]

3. Are there any current surprises in what you are finding out about this culture? [at least 100 words]

4. How does your search through the literature and the internet impact your expectations as you plan your group activities (Part 2 of the Cultural Immersion Project)? [at least 200 words]

5. In current APA format, list the scholarly sources and internet/media sources that you used for this part of the project.