This document provides instructions for an assignment asking students to create a 10-slide PowerPoint presentation exploring their own cultural identity. Students are prompted to describe their culture and any other integrated cultures, explain major cultural components and symbols, and evaluate the roles of race, class, age and gender within their culture, supported by examples and scholarly references.

1. Assignment 3: Exploring Your Culture
Part of successfully exploring other cultures is having a solid
foundation in the tenets of one’s culture. This assignment will
have you evaluate key components of your culture. When you
begin exploring the main foundation of other cultures, you will
be able to identify similarities or dissimilarities to your own.
This is also a good self-ethnographic activity.
Develop a presentation on the cultural identity with which you
align yourself. Consider the following:
Describe the culture you identify with.
Explain the major components of your culture.
Explain the various symbols associated with your culture
including their meanings.
Describe the other cultures you are integrated with besides your
own. What are the similarities and differences between these
cultures with which you are connected?
Evaluate the roles that race, class, age, and gender play in your
culture.
Support your statements with examples and scholarly
references.
You may use images and other media to present your
perspective. Use the speakers’ notes to explain your statements
in further detail.
Develop a 10-slide presentation in PowerPoint format. Apply
APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file
naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M1_A3.ppt. For
example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be
named SmithJ_M1_A3.ppt.