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This digital story is about diversity in America, the country where we live. America is known
as a melting pot because the population is made up of people from many different countries.
These people bring to America various parts of their culture, which creates the diverse
country that we live in. The next few pictures show people from different cultures. In other
countries people speak in different languages, eat different foods and listen to different
music. It is important to be accepting of these differences and treat everyone equally.
Learning about different cultures is also very interesting and having this understanding
helps to be more accepting of others and the various backgrounds that they come from. People
from all of these countries that are living in America have brought parts of their own
culture with them including food, music and dance to share with us. American culture has
developed overtime since so many people come from other countries. We have just looked
at images of people from India, China, Africa and Mexico. One important part of culture
that I mentioned before is food. Every country has a specific food that they are famous for.
Italy has spaghetti, America has hamburgers and Japan has sushi. When going out to eat,
there are so many choices of restaurants because of other cultures around the world have brought
their different types of food to share with us. Being able to try new foods and knowing
which culture they came from is an important aspect of understanding diversity. Another
aspect of American culture that has been shaped because of diversity is music. Within America
there are so many types of music including jazz, hip-hop, rock, classical and folk. All
of these genres have been created around the world and brought to America. Since there
are so many types of music that it is important to listen to a wide variety. One last part
of culture that I am going to talk about is dance. Every culture has certain type of dance
that is specific to them. These next few images show traditional Indian dancing, flamenco
dancing from Spain and tap dancing, which was started in America. Watching different
types of dance can give you a sense of the country itself and its traditions. Dance is
often overlooked when discussing diversity but has a significant role within the culture
of a country. I hope that by looking at all of these different parts of American culture
it is clear how other countries have contributed to our diversity. And also the significance
of accepting and learning about different cultures.