𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 (𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐱𝐭)

• Culture

  the ideas, customs, and social behavior of a particular people or society
• Homogeneous


  to be of the same kind; alike
• Edo period


  a historical era in Japan that focused on life in culture
• Colonization

  the process of invading and establishing control of a country and its indigenous peoples
• Xenophobia

  the dislike and discrimination of people from another country
• Windrush generation

  the name of people who emigrated to Great Britain after WW2
• Harmonious


   to be in tune and balanced with your surroundings
• Assimilate

   to intake and absorb something
• Activism


  the process of campaigning to bring about change
• Apartheid


  (in South Africa) a policy or system of societal segregation based on a person's race
• Reappropriation


  the reclaiming of oppressed cultures and heritage
• American dream

  anyone in the US could become successful regardless of their background
• American riches

  after WWII, the US became a global superpower
• Rosie the Riveter


  an iconic image of working women
• Levittowns

  affordable housing in the suburbs
• Discriminatory Housing Laws

  housing segregation, black families excluded from obtaining mortgages
• Elizabethan Era
• A patriarchal society (men had more power than women.)
• Women were expected to be obedient and subservient
• Men were expected to be stoic and commanding
• To be born out of wedlock (marriage) meant you were illegitimate and had no rights to inherit from your parents.
• A woman’s honor was based on their innocence and purity, they were expected to remain a virgin until marriage.
• A man’s honor was based on his reputation and accomplishments