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Freetime + Sports (America)

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Baseball
People pay lots of money
Millions watch it (TV)
Athletes are idealized
Big part of life in high school and college
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Freetime + Sports (France)

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Soccer World Cup
Tour de France
Fans are “Blue”
Le Stade de France
Passionate about it from a young age
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Family + Rights of Passage (America)

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Family structure changing with single parent families
Kids spend less time with families (work)
Rise in divorce
Baptism/Bat Mitzvah
Marriage
Sweet 16
Graduation from high school
First job
First child
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Family + Rights of Passage (France)

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Family plays a large role in life
Sundays are a day to be with family
Respect old people
Communion
Driver’s license
Marriage
Le bac
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Travel + Vacation (America)

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Two week vacations
People travel most around Thanksgiving
Take vacations all year
Never stop moving

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Travel + Vacation (France)

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Five weeks of paid vacation
Right for French people
Going to mountains or camping are popular vacation destinations

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Working + Professions (America)

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Don’t have guaranteed paid vacations
Vacation is not a right
Only two-three weeks of paid vacation 
Forty hour work week
Private enterprises establish norms
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Working + Professions (France)

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Five weeks of paid vacation
Three-seven weeks of paid vacation
Thirty-five hour work week
Lots of bureaucrats

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Holidays (America)

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Fourth of July
Barbeques
Parades
Public holiday
Fireworks
Result of independence from Great Britain
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Holidays (France)

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Bastille Day (July 14)
Public holiday
Military parades
Picnics
Fireworks
Marseillaise is national song
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Arts (America)

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Rock
Jazz
Recent traditions/style have influenced rest of the world

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Arts (France)

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Important (cultural center)
Bizet
Ravel

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Diversity (America)

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African Americans still fighting for rights/equality
Civil War
NAACP
KKK
Large Hispanic population (34 million)
Multicultural cities (Latinx/Central American)
Debate around illegal immigration

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Diversity (France)

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Becoming more multiethnic
Highest Muslim population in Europe
Recent riots
SOS Racisme
Prejudice
Multicultural cities (North/West Africa with French as official language)
Conflict between African/Arab cultures + traditional French culture

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Government Services + Role (America)

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Popular elections
Social security
Food subsidies
FEMA
Philosophy of “we the people”
16 y/o can drive
Expensive car insurance
View as symbol of independence + autonomy
Danger of inexperienced drivers
Considered right of passage
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Government Services + Role (France)

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Health services for everyone for life
Large role in transportation, health insurance, + banking
Historic revolution
5th Republic
Constitutional government
18 y/o can drive
Have to take courses at driving school
Only relative importance for young people
Can drive moped at 14
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Identity, Language, + Patrimony (America)

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Majority of people are monolingual
Need for people to understand/speak Spanish
Chinese + Arabic becoming more important
Many famous writers/poets + painters
Tradition of musicals
Historical monuments + museums

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Identity, Language, + Patrimony (France)

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Teaching other languages starts in elementary school
Most people speak 2 languages
Important to speak other languages w/ neighboring countries
Great thinkers + painters
Many famous theaters/monuments/museums

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Transportation (America)

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Car used most often
Necessary for going to work + leisure activities
Lot of public attention on cars
Cheaper gas prices
Head of industry in Detroit
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Transportation (France)

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Metro more important in big cities
Use buses/trains in smaller cities
High gas prices
Tradition of communal transportation

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School (America)

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Most finish secondary studies in high school
Necessary to finish certain courses + receive a certain number of credits to get diploma
Internet access is essential
Need diploma to enter college

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School (France)

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Many high schools + professional schools
Baccalauréat (Bac) test to get admitted to university
Internet access is encouraged for high schoolers

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Social Media (America)

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Facebook, Craigslist, + Twitter
Leading country in usage
Founded many social media sites

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Social Media (France)

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5th in world in terms of participation
Copains d’avant popular
80% of population use

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Food (America)

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Fast food restaurants
Processed food
To-go food
Problems w/ obesity
Causes health issues
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Food (France)

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Classic cuisine
Worldwide reputation
Use natural ingredients
Famous for bread/cheese/pastries/coffee
Spend long lunch w/ friends
Public campaigns to improve food quality
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Ecology + Environment (America)

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EPA
Regulations for CO2
Community + local recycling efforts
Clean Air Act
Hurricane Katrina
Exxonmobil spill
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Ecology + Environment (France)

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Protection for air/water
Noise reduction efforts
Part of EU (work w/ other nations to protect habitats/endangered animals + use resources more effectively)
L’accord Grenelle to put environmental protections on houses/buildings

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