Importance Of Understanding American Culture

People can learn a lot of things from the past. As time go though the past gives us a lesson to learn. History is one of the important element that taught and inspire people to do great thing compare to the past. History taught us beliefs, values, and different traditions of a culture, even architecture had an influence by the past project. From the very beginning of architecture, people started to build a little tent using branch and stone. After that people start to build column to support the building. One of the examples that has shown the architecture had learn from the past is the acropolis of Athens and the white house at Washington D.C.

Every country around the globe has its own unique culture, social belief and structure, and values. American culture is not different in this regard. Two of the most significant values of American culture are a strong work ethic and the competitive spirit. This paper will examine how these values define American culture, how these values affected me personally growing up, and how these values influence my attempts to influence others.

American Lore is just like any other lore it has myths, legends, and fairy tales, but American lore shows the history of America and how we live today, with a twist to the story. With Legends, myths, and fairy tales it expresses the way americans think and how creative we can be to come up with these stories from things that could actually happen. Legends are based on historical facts Myths are based on religion and gods and goddesses. Fairy Tales are made believe not real, includes special creatures. Tall tales and legends are more based in American lore and is heavily based on history and the many traditional stories that are spread from generation to generation. American lore is based on, “power social status and prestige, control or dominance over people and resources. Achievement which is a personal success through demonstrating competence according to social standards . Hedonism pleasure or sensuous

In a society, people adhere to various rules and standards that are created and maintained in culture. On page 50, the definition of culture is shared beliefs, values, and practices that participants must learn. Defining one’s own culture can be quite difficult, much less hard to articulate, but it is often the deciding factor when it comes to making personal and social decisions. Independence is strongly rooted in American culture and helps identify modern society to the general population of American-raised children, and explains how the value of American independence has shaped my individual culture.

I find myself curious about the past. From ancient civilizations to the technological advancements that have made us who we are today, the past has been instrumental in the development of the present. Much like in essay “America” I too think of the United States when I hear the word America, even if you do an internet search for “America” the first result would be something pertaining to the United States. As an immigrant from Trinidad West Indies at the age of 13 all I knew of the United States was the name America that was associated with it. Knowing nothing more I was introduced to the American culture in the 7th grade. Never having study the history of the United States I have learned the culture and what it means to be an American from

The first reason why every U.S. citizen should learn our past history is that they need to learn of

The lessons of our past can me cited in an abounding amount of ways and these lessons have been being passed down from generations to generations. From being told in stories by grandparents who fought the wars and through documents and artifacts left behind and found that give us this greater understanding of our past. Our history has taught us many lessons and these are important to fathom because it has guided us and been the foundation to our world. We don’t want our history to be forgotten and basic American history is already beginning to fade from our knowledge. A basic study about American history was given to 2,500 random citizens from all backgrounds by the Intercollegiate Studies Institute. The test was a simple 33 questions on civic

Even moving to a new house can be a little nerve racking. Will there be enough space? How will the community be? These are all questions that can go through a person's mind when moving.

First I want to say every incoming students that you made the right choice. I know it`s hard to leave your home, your parents and friends but the moments you made that choice you have to stick to that. In my opinion, the best way to adapt to American culture and environment is by attending as many clubs and organizations, and various types of events as possible.

Kluckhohn and Strodtbeck advocate that cultures mature into different states depending on their value orientations. These orientations involve human’s relationships with nature, time, motive, human behavior, and other humans. Most cultures develop by putting their value into some aspects of these orientations over others. An example, Americans put value into nature and their relation to God. When only comparing the world’s industrialized nations, America is known for having a higher percentage of citizens that believe in God. Thus, this illustrates how America has been shaped by this orientation.

Learning about history is imperative in that it can prevent us from making the same mistakes. George Santayana said ¨Those who cannot remember the past are doomed to repeat it.¨ Therefore, we can use history as a sort of guidebook to avoid reiterating previous mistakes, and even to provide solutions to present problems. Those who do not learn about history won’t be able to improve the future.

“Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” This quote comes from a Spanish-born American by the name of George Santayana. In order for America to avoid repeating its own mistakes, it is imperative to study and comprehend history. Many problems that the US dealt with 50, 100, or even 200 years ago are similar to the ones we face as a country today. What have we learned from our past missteps that can aid us in current crises? What can we learn from our past successes? Are we doomed to recreate history in an endless loop no matter what?

Equal opportunity, achievement and success, material comfort, activity and work, practicality and efficiency, progress, science, democracy and free enterprise, freedom, and racism and group superiority are all key values of American culture. Of these American values I try to embrace all but one. I have grown up in a racist home, yet I try to be as open-minded as possible. Now that I am old enough to understand the extent of my parents’ beliefs, I have found that I disagree with their opinion on certain situations. In the past six or seven years I have been reorienting myself so that I do not become such people as my parents, and not to say they are horrible people, I only strive to have better personality and value traits than what they

As children we quickly learn from our mistakes, when a little kid puts their hand on a hot stove they pull it away quickly because it hurts. As adults, we learn to make informed decisions about politics and our life based on what had happened in the past. The reason why we take a history class is so we can learn from our past mistakes. We look at the way people did things in the past and we have the privilege of seeing how it ended for them, so we can form our own opinions and ideas from it. For example, today we are much more aware of foreign crisis because of the Holocaust. No one wants to see something like the Holocaust happen again so we are doing our best to find a safe way to fight ISIS and other similar groups. People can also make

American culture refers to the traditions and practices of the people of the United States. Culture comprises of the nature of buildings, religion, music language and marriage. The population of the United States is more than 320 million people making it the most culturally diverse country in the globe. Books such as Crabgrass Frontier, Manifest Destination and Muscular Christianity are important sources of information about American culture. This paper is a reflection on the methods that these books use in providing information about the evolution of the US culture. The paper examines the relationship between these three sources and ways they challenge or inform an understanding of the American society during the late 19th and early 20th century. There is an analysis of the efficiency of the issues tackled by these books in influencing the contemporary discourse surrounding American culture. The major argument of this paper is that Crabgrass Frontier, Manifest Destination and Muscular Christianity provide reliable information about the evolution of the US culture and they supplement each other through the use of relevant examples.