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Module 3 Assignment InstructionsWatch the following videos:1. Watch this 6.5 minute video, in which cultural anthropologist Dr. Ken Guest deconstructs a Happy Meal™ with students: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCilhmcWSSA As you watch the video, reflect on the messages about U.S. (American) culture that are present.2. Visit these two websites to view examples of Happy Meal™ and other McDonald’s menu items from around the world:https://www.rd.com/food/fun/mcdonalds-happy-meals-around-the-world/ (source: Readers Digest)https://twistedsifter.com/2011/12/exotic-mcdonalds-dishes-around-the-world/ (source: Twisted Sifter)Complete the following questions:1. What is in this meal, and where did it come from? What specificchanges in the U.S. (American) diet do you see in the Happy Meal™ we learnabout in the video?2. What specific examples of advertising do we see in this particularHappy Meal™?3. Think about the Happy Meal™ toy in this example. How do you thinkthe Happy Meal™ toy might relate to ideas of gender in U.S. (American)culture?4. What can we learn about U.S. (American) culture from a McDonald’sHappy Meal™?5. Choose one example of a Happy Meal™ food from outside of theUnited States. Are we seeing different cultural values (or different foodpreferences) in contexts outside the United States?Specifically, we are thinking about fast food and culture.What can we learn about U.S. (American) culture from a McDonald’s Happy Meal™? It also is interesting to contrast foods and messaging in American Happy Meals™, with foods and messaging with McDonald’s meals sold in other cultural settings. Are we seeing different cultural values (as well as different food preferences) in contexts outside the United States?Your previous work in this module, and the one video and two websites (all linked below, and on a separate course page called URLs for Assignment) will provide you the foundation for doing this assignment.1. Watch this 6.5-minute video, in which cultural anthropologist Dr. Ken Guest deconstructs a Happy Meal™ with students. As you watch the video, reflect on the messages about U.S. (American) culture that are present.2. Visit these two websites to view examples of Happy Meal™ and other McDonald’s menu items from around the world:https://www.rd.com/food/fun/mcdonalds-happy-meals-around-the-world/ (source: Readers Digest)https://twistedsifter.com/2011/12/exotic-mcdonalds-dishes-around-the-world/ (source: Twisted Sifter)3. Use the M3 – Worksheet (Word document) to complete and submit the assignment. Save your work as a Word document called LastName_FirstName_M3