HWC Day 6 -Culture & the Social Sciences

Objectives:  Establish a basis for studying culture by defining the characteristics and seven elements of culture.  Define history and the social sciences as they will be utilized in HWC.

Task:  Good afternoon!  When you arrive to class, please hand in your "Foundations Investigation" on the podium in the front of the room.  We'll spend the first portion of class reviewing your culture notes from Friday.  Specifically, you'll use a dollar bill to demonstrate the characteristics and elements of culture.  Then, we'll watch the Primer presentations and take notes on the social sciences.
  
Homework:

• TODAY - Primer presentations 
• TODAY - Foundations Investigation due (reminders HWC Day 2 post)
• Wednesday, February 4 - Watch and evaluate "Man & His Culture" (below) BEFORE class
• Thursday, February 5 - Globalization & Diversity chapter 1 reading quiz (reading notes may be used)
• Friday, February 6 -  Primer vocabulary quiz
• Wednesday, February 11 - Unit 1 Test (study guide will be posted on the Moodle on or before Thursday, February 5)

Extending class activities:
Christina Sterbenz "The Most Popular Map of the World is Highly Misleading" (Business Insider, 12/12/13)

Man & His Culture
Consider:  This video clip is 60 years old.  What aspects of this video are outdated?  What aspects of the video are still relevant?