Clarissa David Jeremy Rider

Jherri Simpson Victoria Carey

Courtney Thomas Valena Singleton

Danielle Nilson Carly Shornak

Richard Momii

The Americas’

Cultural Identity

The Effect of Rap in North America

-The way they dress: baggy or skinny jeans, chains, sneakers, etc…

-The way they dance: jerking, bootydo, stanky leg, etc… -The way they talk: slang vocabulary -The way they look at the opposite sex: 44%

of teens think about sex while listening to rap music -What they drink: Vitamin Water, Ciroc Vodka, Cristal Champagne, etc…

Rapper Effects

Questions to consider

-Will you let your children listen to rap music?

-How do you think you have turned out since listening to rap?

-Could anything be better in your life without rap being involved?

Hip Hop’s Influence on Latin America

Hip Hop’s Influence on Latin America

Reggaeton

-”The newest and most promising export from Latin America” quoted by Jon Garrido

-A medley and mix of hip hop and salsa -Raggaeton artist usually rap about urban life in the Spanish Language

-Originated in Puerto Rico, yet slowly reached other

Latin American areas -Now seen as a hip hop phenomenon - Famous artists include Julio Voltio, El Bambino,

and Daddy Yankee

Though reggaeton is deemed as “Latin”

Hip Hop, how and why do you think that it is such a

phenomenon in North America where

not all may be accustomed to

the Spanish language? How can

we relate? Why do we like it?

Question!

Television &Culture

North America & Television

-Canadians are portrayed as funny, lumber jacking people that say “eh” a lot. While Americans are . portrayed as obese partiers.

-Canadian and American celebrities

star in movies together.

-South Americans are portrayed as taking jobs.-Many famous actresses and actors are in American movies.

South America &

Television

Physical Appearance Hey• On television, beauty is

portrayed as being thin, with straight hair and flawless skin.

• Women need make-up to look appealing.

• Muscular men get all of the ladies.

• “Girls don’t like dirty hair!” –AXE

Hey, TV! What’s in???• Television shows us the latest fashions

and trends.• People usually follow celebrities; so what

we see them wear or have, we WILL go out to find something similar.

Question!

What are some stereotypes that you've heard and how do they affect the way we think about people?

Sports!!

USA sport popularity: Football, Basketball,Baseball, Ice Hockey, Soccer

Canadian sport popularity: Ice Hockey,Lacrosse

South American sport popularity: Soccer, Basketball, Horse Racing, Athletics

-David Bureny is a photographer from Vancouver, Canada. He is a contemporary photographer who works with manipulated coastal landscape images. -Nature Photographer of the Year

Artists from North America:

Tauba Auerbach:representing her style which is a collage of patterns,

often causing optical illusions. She is based out of California but has shown

work from New York spanning to Sweden, Norway, Spain and Portugal.

Technological and Nuclear Future for America

ANOTHER 1,000 DOMINICAN TOWNS GET PHONES, WEB ACCESS

As part of an initiative aimed at providing Internet broadband and home telephones in all towns with more than 300 inhabitants, the Dominican Telecom Institute (Indotel) will supply telecommunication access to another 1,000 rural communities in the Dominican Republic…

Mixed views on new Tech access

-They have been, and are doing great things in the Dominican Republic!

Bringing people and ideas together through communications can

only benefit everyone, especially the young folks, in the long term!Hats off to you!- Botemon, 13 Oct 2009 6:32 PM

-We can only hope this encourages more of our youth to latch on to

the ethos of low class American values.- ElTorodeCibao, 13 Oct 2009 6:36 PM

-Finally getting phones....that's great considering Alexander Graham

Bell died 100 years ago.....any idea when fresh water and consistant

electricity will show up?-DoggPound, 14 Oct 2009 8:11 AM

-dominicancupid will benefit from this-xwill7, 13 Oct 2009 5:47 PM

America is funding a Nuclear Future

• Article found via twitter– Mfgeducation

• Whether you're for or against nuclear power, you're probably helping to fund its future expansion.

• Florida customers of Florida Power & Light and Progress Energy pay a monthly fee to help the utilities pursue new nuclear reactors - which may not be built for years if ever.

• Pros of Nuclear Power Plants– does not pollute the air with lethal

smog or global-warming greenhouse gases

• Cons of Nuclear Power Plants– Cost billions of dollars and

roughly ten years to construct – The industry hasn’t solved the

toxic waste problem