American SHS
What is "Culture?"
Fantastic Places
Quirky Customs
Youtube Memories
About the Class
100
I hope you all ____________ the test! (If you do well, you'll ______ it!)
pass
100
______ is that which we eat or drink to grow.
food
100
A synonym of lovely, attractive, or good-looking is...
beautiful
100
The opposite of respectful is...
disrespectful
100
In the video "Kids Share their Cultural Traditions," what did one Korean boy show the others how to do?
a New Year's Bow
100
How many points is the test worth?
60 points
200
A long break is called a ___________. For example, everyone looks forward to summer _________.
vacation
200
A belief or custom passed on through time, family, and community is called __________.
tradition
200
The opposite of the city is the ~~. There are usually a lot of farms and ranches here.
countryside
200
This is a synonym of strange, odd, or unusual.
quirky
200
In the video "Daily life in American High School", how did Paul (the boy making the video), get to school?
by school bus
200
What is Jennifer's last name?
Basco
300
What are the two failing letter grades in US high schools?
D and F
300
A group of people living in the same place, or having something in common is usually called a _________.
community
300
SHORT SPEECH TIME!
Talk about a place that might be nice to visit, but not to live in for 30 seconds.
300
SHORT SPEECH TIME!
Talk about Japanese customs for 30 seconds.
300
In the video Kids Share their Cultural Traditions, one girl was named after her what?
great-great grandmother
300
How would you say this in English (properly)?
もう一度繰り返していただけますか？
Could you repeat that please?
Could you please repeat that?
400
SHORT SPEECH TIME!
Talk about your favorite memories of high school for 40 seconds.
400
This image below was used to help make this class. It's a combination of diagrams and pictures to make some information easy to understand. What is this kind of picture called?
infographic
400
Usually, cities are places with an exciting _________, with many restaurants, bars, and shows to watch in the evening.
nightlife
400
What is the synonym for something standard, typical, common or expected?
It's ___________ for Japan to get a lot of rain in June and September.
normal
400
SHORT SPEECH TIME!
Talk about which video from class impressed you the most for 40 seconds.
Good job!
400
Name one way "To Succeed in this Class" according to the syllabus.
500
When does the American school year begin?
August or September
500
SHORT SPEECH TIME!
Talk about the culture of Japan for 50 seconds.
500
This is an example of a...
h______________ _____________
historic monument
500
Use two good words for the blanks below. Please answer in a full sentence.
It's 1._______ to chat with strangers in the USA or Canada, but 2._______ to do so in England and Denmark.
1. friendly / normal / common
2. strange / uncommon
500
Mrs. Eats was surprised about a tray of coins at many cash registers in the US. What are the trays for (or, what can you do with the money?)
take a penny, leave a penny
You can take or leave small change.
500
SHORT SPEECH TIME!
Talk about what you learned from the Yamanashi Advertisement Project for 50 seconds.
600
What is the missing word? Please SPELL it out. The first and last letters are given.
Students in their 2nd year of high school are called 10th graders. They're also called S????????s.
s o p h o m o r e s
(pronounced "sof-morz")
600
Write or say this sentence in order:
much more / and food. / consists of / come to understand / I have / traditions / than / that culture /
I have come to understand that culture consists of much more than traditions and food.
600
SHORT SPEECH TIME!
Introduce the town you live in (or your hometown), and talk about the good points, and what you can see or do for 60 seconds.
600
Name two countries or regions where it's RUDE to give a thumbs up.
Anywhere in the Middle East
Western Africa
Russia
Greece
600
What were two things Mrs. Eats noticed about American public toilets?
(Hint, these were points 3 and 4)
The toilets were so tall
and
the gaps in toilet stalls are very wide (on both the sides and the bottoms)
600
Talk about what CULTURE is, and what you have learned about it for 1 minute.
