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Brainstorm and record your ideas for Guiding Questions here:

What is cultural identity? How does cultural identity define me? How does cultural identity affect my background? Do my surroundings have anything to do with cultural identity? What defines culture? What is culture? Where am I when cultural identity is the most prominent feeling?

Guiding Activities: To answer the following question- Do my surroundings have anything to do with cultural identity? In class, we could brainstorm a list of our surroundings, both macro and micro scale. We can brainstorm a list including things that are found around the world, but especially focus on things that are exclusive to Hawaii and affect our everyday lives. After brainstorming our surroundings, such as family, beaches, and that of the sort, we can go home and individually write about one or two items listed and how they could potentially affect or not affect our cultural identity.