9/6/19

Turnitin.com codes:
5th Period Class ID: 22950937       Enrollment Key: Asia

6/7 Period Class ID: 22207057      Enrollment Key: Africa

Today we discussed the importance of perspective and bias when looking at culture. We discussed the rituals of the Nacirema peoples which surprise! turned out to be American spelled backwards. :)

We then looked at the 8 Cultural Universals or Elements of Culture (click link for definitions). We looked at examples of each one and discussed the questions the elements try to answer.

Cultural Universals Class Notes (Don't worry about the Cultural perspective paragraph listed on the first slide. I will introduce it on Monday, I just gave a heads up about it today).

Cultural Universals definitions

Homework Tonight: Fill in examples for each of the Cultural Universals to describe Seattle area culture (Ex: Starbucks under Economy). On the bottom of the chart, link below, write examples of elements of your personal control that differ from the mainstream. (Ex: the dominant language of the area is English. If you speak Spanish or Chinese at home you would write this in personal culture/language box). Some boxes for Seattle will have many, others may only have 1 or 2. Some of your personal culture boxes may remain empty.

To those that have already filled out the Who am I survey (link below) Thank you!.

Upcoming Dates:
9/9: Seattle Culture Chart
9/11: Syllabus due
9/13: Scavenger Hunt due
9/13: Santos Who Am I Survey due