Study Guide
Test 1
Monday February 13th
Topics1.
What is Culture?
2. What is
political culture?
3. What are the
American Culture Values?
4.
Differences between political culture and pop culture
5. What are the American Dream values
6. What values do American adhere to
7. How do Americans deal with social class, capitalism,
private property, being secular in a religious society, etc.
8. What culture values are in Super Bowl ads. Be
ready to give examples.
Test 2
Wednesday March 28th
Topics
1. How the Western reflects American culture
2. How religion impacts the
culture
3. Issues generated by religion
4. To what extent are we a secular
society?
5. What do surveys show about the public's religious commitment
6. How TV reflects social values
7. How Super Bowl ads reflect culture values
8. Anit government feelings and effect on political culture
9. Values and
reality TV--why we watch and values projected
10. How TV shows reflect social
values
Test 2 Wednesday April 14th
Topics
1. Role of technology in the culture
2. How does technology changes such as
TV, computers, and cell phones change the way we think and behave.
3. What
are the positive and negative impact of technology? We tend not to think
of negative side of technology but it exist and does a lot to influence how we
feel and behave.
4. What is social networking and how does it influence are
attitudes and behavior.
5. What are some of the optimistic approaches used to
describe technologies when they are first introduced?
6. What problems do we
see technology solving?
7. How have we been changed by cell phones?
Test 1 Wednesday February 17th
Topics
What is Culture?
What is political culture?
What are the American Culture Values?
How are culture values
transmitted?
What agents of socialization transmit culture?
Are culture values
shared by
all in the society?
What produces change in the culture?
What are
some of
the forces that mitigate against transferring culture values?
How does political culture help perpetuate nationalism?
What are some
examples of cultural changes?
How does the Western reflect American
culture?
Readings:
Definition and Concepts
definitions
American Culture Values
The Western
High Noon
Shane
Test 3 Monday December 10th
10:30
Topics: Music
(Note: You can bring all your lyrics to the test to reference
during the
test.)
1. Protest Songs and Civil Rights Music of the 60's
2. Environmental Songs
3. Contemporary Rap as Protest
4. Criticisms of modern society
alienation
negative side of technology
damage to the environment
lost of traditional values
increase in crime
5. Demonstrate how music identifies problems and offers solutions.
6. How music is a metaphor for the times.
7. Why does music seem to be so important to young people?
8. How music is different and similar to other forms of cultural
expression,
such as, films, TV, movies.
9. How are music and politics tied together?
10. How does music serve social causes, express political statements,
and
provide a voice for the plight of the oppressed and repressed.
Test 2 Monday November 12th
Topics: values and music
1. The Values Divide Chapters 1,2,3,4.
What are the specific issues involved in the Values
Divide?
Who is on each side of the divide?
What is the impact of the divide on
presidential
politics?
Apply the conclusions of the book to the 2008
presidential election.
What support does White use to suggest that
values
divide Americans?
What does White see as the future of
presidential
politics in the U.S.
How does White's conclusions
compare to
that typically given in political science, sociology, and economics?
2. Country Music
What sentiments are captured in the
Country/Western music of 9/11?
Why is Country/Western music
so
patriotic and nationalistic?
What do the 9/11 country
songs tell
us about America and Americans?
What's different in country
music in
2008?
3. Protest Music
How does the
protest
music compare to the country music ?
What is the
essence of
protest music?
Describe the
components
of an anti-war song?
Readings Online:
Definition and Concepts
definitions
The Western
High Noon
Shane
American Culture Values of the U.S.
Readings: White chapters
1,2,3,4. Wray chapters 12,7.
Introduction
1. Definition of Political Culture
2. American Culture values according to Wray
3. American Dream and the changing American Dream
Culture Divide
1. Demographics
Place
Social, ethnic, age
2. Social Issues
3. TV shows
4. Lifestyles--families,
5. Traditional vs. moderns
6. Religion and church goers vs. non church goers
7. Morality writ large vs. morality writ small
8. Blue states vs. red states
Other
1. Role of values in presidential elections
2. Superbowl ads
3. Materialism
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