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The Cultural Iceberg Cheat Sheet by

Activity Sheet to accompany Edward T. Hall's (1970) concept of culture as an iceberg.

Activity 1: The Cultural Iceberg

Using the image below:
Write down examples of things we see and don't see

Your Cultural Iceberg

  

Activity 2(a): Questions on Cultural Identity

1: Name three cultural identi­fiers that you identify with most?
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2: From your list of identi­fiers above, select the one you identify with most strongly. Which identifier did you choose?
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3: What do you like most about the cultural identifier that you listed?
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4: List some stereo­types about your culture that do not apply to you
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Activity 2(b): Stereo­types

Name a stereotype associated with one of the groups with which you identify that is not consistent with who you are. Fill in the following sentence:

I am ______­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­_____
but I am NOT ______­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­______

Activity 3: Reflec­tions on Culture

Have you studied or worked with groups of people?
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Have you been aware of peoples’ cultures?
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Do you think that you have cultural awareness?
______­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­___­______
How has cultural awareness helped you? OR How has a lack of cultural awareness caused problems?
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