Teaching Literature

There are many ways you can go about teaching someone about a culture. This can include book, television shows, readings, movies and more. I would start out by asking the class what they know about the Japanese culture. I want to know what they think Japanese people eat, wear, do, and live. I would ask the class where these ideas about the culture came from. Where they taught this previous year in school? And why do they think this is really how the culture is. I would use “Memoirs of a Geisha” to teach them about the Japanese Culture. I want them to understand that they are a different culture from us. The Japanese culture has many different traditions then the American culture. I would let the class what the movie. Then I would ask are there any change in the classes opinions about the culture. I want the class to learn there are secrets in every culture. The Japanese culture had their way of prostitution without making it flat out known. They way they dress sometimes like Americans but other times the women had on a certain robe type dress. They have make-up, making their face really white and have tiny red lips. At one point there was a girl hooking up with her boyfriend. That was frowned upon just like in any culture before marriage. The town they showed and the style of the houses is different from the American culture. The houses are closer together and everyone is closer. There are always eyes watching you it seems like. I would tell the class my thoughts about the Japanese culture and what I learned from the movie. I just would want the class to walk away knowing the Japanese culture is similar and different then Americans and others cultures.