Your second writing assignment for this semester is to write a 2 to 3-page paper on the following topic:
Select either , Four Families or At the Winter Sea Ice Camp, and create a well-
organized and carefully written essay in which you describe and analyze the way of life — or ways of
life — presented in the film. What dimensions of culture are featured in the film? What does the viewer
learn about those dimensions of culture that are featured? How are those aspects of culture presented in
the film? What message do you think the film is trying to convey to the viewer, and how does it go
about conveying that message?
This topic calls for you to engage with the cultural content of the film you select as well as the strategies
used in the film for presenting that cultural content.
You may want to refer to the document that lists additional suggested questions to think about in
analyzing films,