Mencken “On Being an American”

To Prepare for this discussion, read or review the following……
• Hall et. al. “Representation”
• Mencken “On Being an American”
• Lynd and Lynd “Middletown Faces Both Ways”
• Dill and Zambrana “Critical Thinking about Inequality”
• Video: Electric Didact “Intro to Semiotics” Link video https://youtu.be/DMoG-7R-UDY
Post, a brief response to the following questions in which you….
For this post, please respond in a minimum of 250 words. Make sure to cite (using MLA or APA in-text citation)
when you reference an idea from the sources that you read or watched. You must refer to at least 3 of the
readings in your response.
After watching the video as well as reading the texts for this week:
• I want you to add a picture which exhibits how you view American Culture. Then explain why this picture
depicts your interpretation of American culture.
• What values are embodied within this representation? (ex. freedom, hard work, etc.)
• Is this symbol represented the same across all groups of Americans? Why divergent emotions could be
elicited by this symbol for various identity groups?
The person who chooses the best (my interpretation of the best) will have their chosen photo as the course
page photo. Here are instructions on how to upload a photo.