Culture Assignment

[festive1]

So my 6 year old brought home an assignment that's due at the end of the month. It's called: My Culture. It's requirements are at least 4 examples of the following categories (in picture form-he is in 1st grade after all).
Flag from your country
Food enjoyed in your culture
Traditions of your culture
Holidays celebrated
Special dress worn
With captions for the pictures, in either poster or book form.

Only problem is, we don't have a different culture... We're kind of generic Americans Both hubby and I were not raised with any foreign cultural influences. I'm a conglomerate of Polish, Irish, Anglo-Saxon... and hubby is a mutt of French, Anglo-Saxon, and German descent... But neither of us celebrates any foreign-type cultural stuff, neither do our families.
I'm resisting the urge to do an Atheist culture... we could wear spaghetti strainers on our heads, enjoy the flesh of infants, and celebrate festivus or some naked dancing for the solstice. I think that would probably get him into trouble with his teacher and peers though. But a girl can dream
I'm glad they're doing this for the kids who are 1st generation Americans, but it kind of stumps me as to what we should do for the project. Any ideas?

[Tiberius]

Flag: US Flag.
Food: Erm...hamburgers?
Tradition: 4th July Fireworks
Holiday: Thanksgiving
Special dress: Can't help you there.

[festive1]

The only thing I can think of for food in relation to American culture is the horridly high rates of obesity... I was thinking a can of Crisco would serve nicely

[Tiberius]

Just thinking, your state probably has a flag, so that would be a bit more unique than the US flag.

[festive1]

We only moved here 5 years ago, I don't feel I can claim to be a Marylander yet

[Something completely different]

Hey, tell me from where in Germany your "hubby" (assume it means husband) is from. Would be easy for me to find out more about that place.
And I have been to Poland various times, especialy in Gdanzk and have been a participant in a small project for furthering Polish-German friendship, so I might be able to find out a few things about the Polish place you decend from.

[festive1]

Oh, dear... We are so far removed from that... My husband's great-grandfather's last name was Grimm, as in Grimm's fairy tales (some distant relation they claim), that's his mom's side. Oh! and right before he died, my husband's maternal grandfather admitted he was 1/2 Native American. I forget the tribe, but he was raised by his white grandparents who hated Indians and were evidently quite cruel to him Hubby's father's side were French Huguenots from Canada. I have no clue where my Polish side comes from. My grandfather's first language was Polish and he always had an accent, but he was born here in the US. It was his parents who came over, not sure if they were married in Poland or here though. My dad's mom was Scots-Irish and his dad was English.

[Something completely different]

A decendant from the Grimm brothers - impressive. They were from "Hanau" in the state of "Hessen" - maybe take some info from that - It use to be a independant nation and I could send you some info about traditions and other.

What I heared of the Hugenots - was a pritty sad story of a prosecuted people - maybe to sad for a schoolclass for children.

Poland. mhmmmm You could just take polish culture in total?

And on the subject of native americans I`m completly lost.

[jonb]

A flag


Chow mein


Tradition


Holiday


Special dress

[festive1]

Jon...