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Thursday, September 10, 2015

CPWC Day 7 - Cultural Transfer & Cultural Change

Objective:   Apply knowledge of culture to explore individual elements.  Analyze an ethnography for ethnocentrism.

Task:  As you arrive to class, please get out your i-Pads to read "Body Ritual Among the Nacerima."  Use the close reading strategies below while your read the ethnography.
  1. Highlight main ideas
  2. Underline supporting details
  3. Put a "?" next to any ideas that you don't understand
  4. Put a "*" next to any ideas that connect to previous learning
After reading, please answer the questions that follow the reading.    If you finish early, please begin work on your 7 Elements of Culture project.

Next, we'll take notes on processes of cultural transfer and cultural change.  Finally, we'll end class with a discussion on the Nacermina article and a brief reflection.

Homework:
  • Friday, September 11 - Narrative, drawing, or captioned photograph detailing 7 elements of culture submitted to Schoology dropbox by 3:00 pm
  • Monday,  September 14 - Unit 1 Quiz (Themes of Geography, Characteristics of Culture, Elements of Culture, Cultural Regions Map)

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