AGENDA:
1. Vocab review game
Friday, June 5, 2015
Thursday, June 4, 2015
June 4
AGENDA:
1. In class writing assignment
Respond to a prompt:
- This movie, Babies, uses contrasting places to represent ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. Through a cultural lens, explain, not summarize, how their contrast contributes to the meaning of the work.
OR
- Babies joyfully captures the earliest stages of the journey of humanity that are at once unique and universal at the same time. Growing up is universal. But it is also vastly different depending on where one grows up. Understanding other cultures and cultural differences is important in today's world. What insight did the movie Babies give you to understand that everyone belongs to many different communities and/or groups defined by (among other things) geography, religion, ethnicity, income, cuisine, interest, race, ideology, or intellectual heritage. And yet, we are all human and share more than we think.
OR
- How does the role of mother differ throughout the world? Through belonging babies develop new understandings of themselves and the world around them. Our desire to belong is universal, but expresses itself in different ways. Evaluate this statement, referencing the movie, Babies, and our desire to belong and its universality.
OR
- In these troubled times with the world in search of its bearings, and wayward minds use the terms "culture" and "civilization" in an attempt to turn human beings against one another, there is an urgent need to remember how fundamental cultural diversity is to humanity itself. Explore the idea of culture and what it means. To help, think about this Buddhist chant:
"In truth there is no East or West.
Where then are South and North?
Illusion imprisons the world,
Reality frees it on every side."
1. In class writing assignment
Respond to a prompt:
- This movie, Babies, uses contrasting places to represent ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. Through a cultural lens, explain, not summarize, how their contrast contributes to the meaning of the work.
OR
- Babies joyfully captures the earliest stages of the journey of humanity that are at once unique and universal at the same time. Growing up is universal. But it is also vastly different depending on where one grows up. Understanding other cultures and cultural differences is important in today's world. What insight did the movie Babies give you to understand that everyone belongs to many different communities and/or groups defined by (among other things) geography, religion, ethnicity, income, cuisine, interest, race, ideology, or intellectual heritage. And yet, we are all human and share more than we think.
OR
- How does the role of mother differ throughout the world? Through belonging babies develop new understandings of themselves and the world around them. Our desire to belong is universal, but expresses itself in different ways. Evaluate this statement, referencing the movie, Babies, and our desire to belong and its universality.
OR
- In these troubled times with the world in search of its bearings, and wayward minds use the terms "culture" and "civilization" in an attempt to turn human beings against one another, there is an urgent need to remember how fundamental cultural diversity is to humanity itself. Explore the idea of culture and what it means. To help, think about this Buddhist chant:
"In truth there is no East or West.
Where then are South and North?
Illusion imprisons the world,
Reality frees it on every side."
Wednesday, June 3, 2015
June 3
AGENDA:
1. Complete Babies
2. In class writing assignment
Respond to a prompt:
- This movie, Babies, uses contrasting places to represent ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. Through a cultural lens, explain, not summarize, how their contrast contributes to the meaning of the work.
OR
- Babies joyfully captures the earliest stages of the journey of humanity that are at once unique and universal at the same time. Growing up is universal. But it is also vastly different depending on where one grows up. Understanding other cultures and cultural differences is important in today's world. What insight did the movie Babies give you to understand that everyone belongs to many different communities and/or groups defined by (among other things) geography, religion, ethnicity, income, cuisine, interest, race, ideology, or intellectual heritage. And yet, we are all human and share more than we think.
OR
- How does the role of mother differ throughout the world? Through belonging babies develop new understandings of themselves and the world around them. Our desire to belong is universal, but expresses itself in different ways. Evaluate this statement, referencing the movie, Babies, and our desire to belong and its universality.
OR
- In these troubled times with the world in search of its bearings, and wayward minds use the terms "culture" and "civilization" in an attempt to turn human beings against one another, there is an urgent need to remember how fundamental cultural diversity is to humanity itself. Explore the idea of culture and what it means. To help, think about this Buddhist chant:
"In truth there is no East or West.
Where then are South and North?
Illusion imprisons the world,
Reality frees it on every side."
1. Complete Babies
2. In class writing assignment
Respond to a prompt:
- This movie, Babies, uses contrasting places to represent ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. Through a cultural lens, explain, not summarize, how their contrast contributes to the meaning of the work.
OR
- Babies joyfully captures the earliest stages of the journey of humanity that are at once unique and universal at the same time. Growing up is universal. But it is also vastly different depending on where one grows up. Understanding other cultures and cultural differences is important in today's world. What insight did the movie Babies give you to understand that everyone belongs to many different communities and/or groups defined by (among other things) geography, religion, ethnicity, income, cuisine, interest, race, ideology, or intellectual heritage. And yet, we are all human and share more than we think.
OR
- How does the role of mother differ throughout the world? Through belonging babies develop new understandings of themselves and the world around them. Our desire to belong is universal, but expresses itself in different ways. Evaluate this statement, referencing the movie, Babies, and our desire to belong and its universality.
OR
- In these troubled times with the world in search of its bearings, and wayward minds use the terms "culture" and "civilization" in an attempt to turn human beings against one another, there is an urgent need to remember how fundamental cultural diversity is to humanity itself. Explore the idea of culture and what it means. To help, think about this Buddhist chant:
"In truth there is no East or West.
Where then are South and North?
Illusion imprisons the world,
Reality frees it on every side."
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
Monday, June 1, 2015
June 1
AGENDA:
1. Introduction - Cross Culture Diversity and the study of Anthropology - It's hard in general to summarize your culture when you live within it. Babies - a simple personal story interweaving the themes of race, identity, gender, and the essential human needs to create and to belong.
2. Four column format for movie: Japan, US., Mongolia, Namibia - similarities/differences
3. Begin movie, Babies, a beautiful and reflective film. There are no words and no subtitles - just observing. It is like being an anthropologist watching the lives unfold on screen and comparing what's happening in your own experiences and culture.
HW: STUDY FOR FINAL!
1. Introduction - Cross Culture Diversity and the study of Anthropology - It's hard in general to summarize your culture when you live within it. Babies - a simple personal story interweaving the themes of race, identity, gender, and the essential human needs to create and to belong.
2. Four column format for movie: Japan, US., Mongolia, Namibia - similarities/differences
3. Begin movie, Babies, a beautiful and reflective film. There are no words and no subtitles - just observing. It is like being an anthropologist watching the lives unfold on screen and comparing what's happening in your own experiences and culture.
HW: STUDY FOR FINAL!
Thursday, May 28, 2015
Wednesday, May 27, 2015
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