CULTURE AND DIVERSITY

WE DISCUSSED WHAT MAKES UP CULTURE AND HOW UNIQUE EACH CULTURE AROUND THE WORLD IS. WE LOOKED UP BRUNO MARS WHO PERFORMED IN THE SUPER BOWL AND FOUND HE IS PUERTO RICAN, UKRAINIAN/HUNGARIAN JEWISH, SPANISH AND FILIPINO. WHAT A MIX! LOOK AT ANOTHER PERSON IN YOUR LIFE OR A FAMOUS PERSON AND DESCRIBE THE DIFFERENT CULTURES IN HIM OR HER. TELL WHICH CULTURE/REGION THEY ARE FROM BASED ON THE READING TODAY.

MARGARET MEAD AND ANTHROPOLOGY

WE STUDIED THE LIFE OF MARGARET MEAD AND HER MANY ACCOMPLISHMENTS AS AN ANTHROPOLOGIST. SHE EMPHASIED THE IMPORTANT OF STUDYING OTHER CULTURES AND SEEING THEIR DIVERSITY AS A RESOURCE. NEXT MONTH WE WILL BE LOOKING AT DIVERSITY AND CROSS-CULTURAL STUDIES MORE. FOR THIS WEEKEND, FIND OUT ALL THE COUNTRIES YOUR ANCESTORS CAME FROM AND BE ABLE TO LOCATE THAT COUNTRY OR COUNTRIES ON A MAP.

JANE GOODALL AND HER STUDY OF CHIMPANZEES IN AFRICA

WHAT SURPRISED YOU THE MOST ABOUT WHAT JANE GOODALL DISCOVERED IN THE CHIMPANZEES SHE OBSERVED. HOW DOES THEIR BEHAVIOR SEEM MORE LIKE US? DESCRIBE.

HOW DID A WOMAN DOCTOR ALICE HAMILTON MAKE OUR WORKPLACES MORE SAFE?

LOOK UP POOR CONDITIONS IN DIFFERENT WORKPLACES. ALICE HAMILTON BROUGHT ATTENTION TO LEAD POISONING IN WORKPLACES. WHAT ARE SOME OTHER HAZARDS IN WORKPLACES? WHAT ARE HAZARDS IN A FOOD PLACE LIKE AT NYU?

MARY LEAKEY AND HER DISCOVERIES OF FOSSILS

COMPLETE THE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE FOSSIL DISCOVERIES OF MARY LEAKEY. SHE FOUND BONES MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD OF OUR ANCESTORS. ARE APES OUR ANCESTORS? SINCE WE HAVE BEEN READING BIOGRAPHIES OF WOMEN SCIENTISTS, JASMINE WANTS TO WRITE HER OWN BIOGRAPHY OR AUTOBIOGRAPHY. THAT WILL BE HER ASSIGNMENT.

HYPATIA--PART 2

WAS HYPATIA KILLED BECAUSE SHE WAS A WOMAN OR BECAUSE SHE WAS A PAGAN? GIVE YOUR REASONS BASED ON THE DISCUSSION IN CLASS.

PICK A WOMAN SCIENTIST WE HAVE DISCUSSED SO FAR OR ONE YOU KNOW AND WRITE A PARAGRAPH ABOUT WHAT MADE HER SO GREAT.

RESEARCH ONLINE ABOUT HER LIFE MORE AND DISCUSS WHAT INFLUENCES HELPED HER BECOME GREAT.