Culture
Coming-of-Age
100

Name two things that definitely contribute to culture.

Language, food, holidays, religious beliefs.

100

This German word translates to "novel of formation."

Bildungsroman

200

Name another two things that are definitely a part of culture. 

Language, food, holidays, religious beliefs.

200

Another word for bildungsroman is [          ].

Coming-of-age

300

True or False: Eye color is a part of a person's culture.

False.

300

Name two themes common in bildungsromans.

Identity, loss of innocence, first love/ relationship, changing/developing of morals.

400

Explain why you selected either True or False: A person's skin color is part of their culture.

True: Because skin color can contribute to shared experiences.

False: Because biological factors like skin color are not part of culture. 

400

True or False: A first kiss always happens in a bildungsroman.

False.

500

The difference between things that make up culture and things that are not culture is that culture is based on experiences, practices/expressions, beliefs that are both [        ] and [        ] by a group of people not [            ].

Shared, learned, individualistic

500

Name another example of a bildungsroman.

The Summer I Turned Pretty, Divergent, The Uglies [Answers will vary but students must justify]