Welcome To Rural Sociology 1000 Introduction to Rural Sociology

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Welcome To Rural Sociology 1000 Introduction to
Rural Sociology

• Mary Grigsby
• Associate Professor of Rural Sociology
• Division of Applied Social Sciences

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Topics of Discussion

• Topics of Discussion
• Class Business
• Culture Video
• Subcultures

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Internet Assignment

• Rice Its More Than Just a Food in Japan
• Japanese Rice Policy
• Links from online assignment are correct

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Questions on the Video

• How does Mildred Reed Hall define culture?
• Why is culture so important to human beings?

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Questions on the Video

• 3. What is the informal rule of behavior (norm)
  that Mildred Reed Hall describes that is
  different among Japanese than it is among
  Americans?
• 4. Why does Mildred Reed Hall believe people in
  America today need to have traditions, laws, and
  values that are shared?

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Questions on the Video

• 5. How does Peter Rose describe the American
  People? What are the primary roots? What are the
  secondary roots?
• 6. What are the three subcultures that the video
  features?

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Questions on the Video

• 7. What is ethnocentrism? Give an example of
  ethnocentrism that has shaped the culture of
  America?

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Questions on the Video

• 8. What factors kept the dominant culture away
  from the Cajuns for a long time?
• 9. What is an example of how the Chinese of the
  Mississippi Delta have adopted some of the ways
  of the dominant culture?

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Questions on the Video

• 10. What is an example of the distinctive culture
  of the Cherokee that makes them a subculture?