HW ASSIGNMENTS  (Skip Days #4 & #7)

In Class:  Summer Reading Major Quiz-Things Fall Apart

In Class:  Define Culture

In Class:  Discuss Whether Cultures/Societies have "personality" traits

• Anthro 07/08 Article #31 pg 175 "Body Ritual Among the Nacirema"
• Acrobat " Six Suggestions For Learning About Peoples & Cultures"

In Class: Discuss what "tools" are needed to learn properly about other cultures

• Acrobat Hamlet Summary
• Anthro 07/08 Article #11 "Shakespeare in the Bush" pg. 71
• Anthro 07/08 Article # 3 "Eating Christmas in the Kalahari" pg. 19

In Class:  Discuss Readings and talk about cultural relativism/determinism & cultural diffusion

In Class: 

• Discuss reading
• DVD--Portions of
  "The Gods Must be Crazy"

HW:  Read Acrobat "The World of Anthropology"
(Read all but especially 24-29)

In Class:  Look at the "science" of anthropology

• "Why Don't You Say What You Mean?" 
   
•  "The F Word"

In Class:  Introduce the cultural institution of language 

• "Making Sense Without Words"
• "The Gift of Tongues"

In Class:  Continue with study of Language

In-Class: Two videos:

• "What is Culture?"
• Video--From CBS's 60 Minutes--"The Sea Gypsies"

HW:  Study for TEST:

• Unit I (Defining Culture)
• Unit II (The Institution of Language)

In Class: Look at the Institution of the Family

In Class:  Continue with vocabulary related to the Institution of the Family

All read 196-205 then:

• --Westoff, Jacobs, Carroll, Jay--Read Hindu Marriage section
• --Woodruff, Blumberg, Graf, Waters--Read Arab marriage section
• --Duplessie, Taylor, Gailbraith, Lobrano, Menezes--Read Chinese marriage section

Finally,  All read 211-214 to finish

In Class:  Types of Courtship & Marriage throughout the world

• "When Brothers Share a Wife" pg. 95
• "Arranging a Marriage in India" pg. 109
• " Who Needs Love..." pg. 114

In Class:  Specific examples of courtship & marriage

HW:  Read Acrobat Handouts:

• "Why Arctic Women Give Up Their Young"

• " Society & Sex Roles"

In Class:  Build up list of terms related to religion & Magic

• The Secrets of Haiti's Living Dead" pg. 171
• " Baseball Magic" pg. 178

In Class:  Non-traditional religious practices

In Class: Introduced to a few key economic terms

In Class:  Finish up notes from Wednesday

Monday 10/22-Day 1

In Class: 

• Review Economic Systems
• Examine Reciprocity in Detail

Tuesday 10/23-Day 2

In Class: 

• Discuss Article and concept of leadership (and how it might vary from culture to culture)

• Societal Institutions
  • Family
  • Religion
  • Economic System
  • Political System/Government

In Class:  Well, I know you've been waiting for this but....

Weather for tomorrow is rain...if it rains super hard, I will be in school and you will have class.  If it does not rain hard, you will have a free period (DO NOT GET IN TROUBLE!)

The best way to check to see if I am around is to send someone to my office around 9:15 am, if my black bags are not near my desk (I have two--one for papers one for my laptop) then you WILL NOT have class.  If the bags are there--then class.

The person who checks on this should "pass the word".  Worst case scenario is you come to the classroom and find out you have a free!

• Build up list of key terms
• Develop a list of major themes/short essay type questions
• Check to make sure you understand all the thesis-based articles we read....

In Class:  Review via a Trivia contest with three teams

In Class: Unit II Test on Societal Institutions

In Class: Begin DVD "Nanook of the North"

In Class: Finish DVD on "Nanook of the North"

• Read Handout related to Kiva  "You, Too, Can Be a Banker to the Poor"
• Japan--Map Quiz--will be posted by noon on November 5th--Quiz will be on WEDNESDAY!!!

In Class:

• Go over Unit II Test--get quarter grades
• Introduce class Global Community Service--Kiva
  • Goal is to micro loan to six people in the World...
  • Who do you want to loan money?
  • What is a reasonable dollar amount?
  • Other issues?
• Review Map of Japan (emailed to you....)
  • Japan Map Key
  • Blank Japan Map (for practice)

• Start with Map Quiz
• Begin Japan-Unit I Geography

Answer the following questions--type out and hand in as HW (answer in your own words!):

• What is Shinto?
• Why are shrines so important in Shinto?
• How can the Japanese follow both Shinto &
  Buddhism--how can two religions and their tenets co-exist?
• How do we see Shinto practiced in Japan today?

In Class--Ancient Japanese History

http://www.japan-guide.com/e/e2165.html

Answer the following questions--type out and hand in as HW:

• Name & Describe the temple of the Fujiwara.
• What's the oldest surviving temple in Nara & who built it?
• What's the largest?  Who built it?
• What is Kasuga Taisha?  How is it different from
  the other structures in Nara?
• What six structures/features do most Japanese Buddhist temple have?

In Class--

• Go over HW questions
• Video "Tale of Genji" on Kyoto Court

In Class--Begin Feudal/Medieval History
                  (Kamakura & Ashikaga)

• Research Kiva.com site...pick you top three people you'd like to loan money to...
• Bring in $12.50 for Kiva loan (use your own $ if possible)

In Class--30 minute class--brainstorm with Kiva Partners & select loanees

In-class- Finish Shogun Period (Tokugawa)

In Class--

• Go over format of Test
• Watch excerpts:
  • Review of Japanese history
  • DVD "The Last Samurai"

• Look at political, social & economic changes during the Meiji Era

1. Who did Japan first go to war with after the Meiji Restoration?  What treaty ended the war and what did the Japanese gain?
2. What caused the Russo-Japanese War?  What treaty ended this war and what did the Japanese gain?
3. Whose side did the Japanese fight on in World War I?  What were the Twenty-one Demands?
4. How did the Japanese economy change during the early 1920's?  Late 1920's? 
5. Why were the Japanese upset with  the agreement at the Washington Navel Conference?  What did America do in the 1924 that further upset the Japanese?
6. Why did Japan occupy Manchuria in 1931?  How did Japan rule over Manchuria?  What happened between China and Japan in 1937?
7. How did the western powers try to contain Japan from 1938-1941?  Who had Japan made "friends" with during that period?
8. What was the immediate cause/reason why the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor--bringing the US into World War II?

In Class--

• Hand in HW
• Early History Tests--Get back & review
• Imperial Japan (continued)--receive handout

In Class-

• Finish up WW II
• NEW DVD Footage--"Japan's War in Color"

In Class-

• Notes on the US Occupation of Japan (1945-1952) (25 minutes)
• Propaganda slides--student analysis (20 minutes)
• Hand out packet for reading/student presentations (5 minutes)

In Class--Work on Japanese Occupation Presentations

In Class--Student will role-play Japanese from the Occupation

In Class-

• Nikhil's presentation
• Continue DVD "Reinventing Japan"

• pgs. 135-and top of 141
• pgs 153-159

In Class--

• Discuss reasons for Japan's great economic growth post WW II-1989
• Look at economic downturn/slowdown 1989-present

In Class-Test on Modern Japanese history

In Class:  Japanese Bathing Habits

In Class:  The Culture of Pachinko

In Class-Go over draft of review sheet

In Class-Continue with review sheet

You will take you exam in room 24 (directly across the hall from our classroom!)

THIRD QUARTER BEGINS

Read
(If you have trouble printing these,
I recommend you read these online).

• "The Telephone Pole"
• "Tanaka-kun"
• "OL [Office Lady]"

In Class:  Go over Manga history & stories

http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa061000.htm

http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa061700.htm

http://www.suite101.com/print_article.cfm/japan_retired/42273

In Class:

• Video on school life
• Assign presentation topics on Japanese Culture (give out instructions)

In Class:  Your lucky day...extra time to work on presentations because of Giants Super Bowl Win!!!

In Class:

• Presentations emailed to me by 8 am
• Japanese Modern Culture Day #6--Student Presentations (first seven chosen at random)

In Class:

• Japanese Modern Culture Day #7--Student Presentations (last six students)

In Class:

• Finish last presentation (Emily's--she was sick)
• Video on Tokyo lifestyle

It seems there is some confusion as to what is coming up for class on Tuesday 2/12.  As I said in class last week, you will have a 40 minute mini-test on Japanese culture.   Topics include:

Bathing, Pachinko, Sumo, Kaisha/Company Life, Family Life & Schooling
Tokyo Lifestyle and your presentations on:

• Geisha (traditional female entertainers)
• Yakuza (Japanese Mafia)
• Japanese Gardens
• Kabuki (Traditional Japanese plays)
• Sake (Rice Wine)
• Bonsai (miniature trees)
• Sushi (Fish & Rice)
• Kimono (traditional dress)
• Harajuku (Tokyo "hip" neighborhood & youth culture)
• Hanami (Cherry blossom viewing)
• Shinkansen (bullet train)
• Bento (box lunches/meals)
• Yakyu (Japanese baseball)

In Class:

• 30-40 MINUTES MINI-TEST
• Handout Africa Political Map
  • Africa Map Key
  • Blank Maps (for practice)
• Remind students to pick up Africa text (did you buy it already?)

In Class:

• MAP QUIZ
• Reading quietly Africa book pages 1-19

In Class: Intro to African Geography

In-Class--Ancient Africa

In-Class-Pre-colonial African Empires

In-Class-Continue with Pre-colonial West African Empires

In-Class-

• Slavery & It's Effects on Africa
• Watch portion of Amistad on Video (if time allows)

In-Class-Early European excursions/settlements into Africa

In-Class-Berlin Conference

In-Class-

• African Responses to Colonialism
• Types of Governments established by Europeans

• Brainstorm three term paper topics (Japan, Africa or Middle East--history and/or culture);
  Put topics on a piece of paper w/ your name on it!
• Africa Reading pgs. 125-132

In-Class-African efforts towards self-autonomy/independence

In-Class-

• Catch up/Finish Notes
• Video on African Independence

In Class-Take Test!

Fourth Quarter Begins

In class--Start looking at term paper guidelines & deadlines:

In-Class-

• Review Term Paper Guidelines
• Look At Term Paper Checklist/Rubric (In Word)

In class--Go over using Brunswick Library resources for research (ProQuest, JSTOR, Etc.)

In class--The unique history of South Africa

In class--South Africa (cont.)

In class--view DVD "Cry Freedom"

• "Africa in Transition" pgs 109-116 (from 106-116 but start at "The colonial legacy" on pg 109)
• African Ask:  'Why isn't anyone telling the good news?' (click on link--takes you to web page.  If you have trouble loading the page, hit refresh in your browser)

In class--Discuss Post-colonial Africa

In class--Watch DVD on South Africa

• Pick up Middle East book
• Work on DVD paper

In class--

• Begin Middle Eastern Geography Reading pgs. 1-12
• Hand out Middle East Map Quiz

• Map Quiz
• Notes on Middle Eastern Geography

In class-Finish up overview on Middle Eastern farming & industry

In Class--One-one-One Quick reviews of paragraphs & Biblios

In Class-Overview of Ancient Middle Eastern History

In Class-Finish Ancient Middle Eastern History

In-Class-Discuss basic tenets of Islam; DVD on Islam

In Class-Finish DVD on Islam

In Class--One-one-One Quick reviews of Note cards

In Class-

• Look at historical split between Sunnis & Shiites
• Understand the rapid growth of Islam under the Umayyads & the Abbasids

In Class-Cover Islamic World up to the 20th century

• Seljuk Turks
• Crusades
• Mongols
• Safavids
• Ottoman Empire

In Class-One-one-One Quick reviews of Outlines

In Class-Test on the Middle East-Geography & History

HW-Re-read last 4 paragraphs pg. 67 & 176-181 (1st two paragraphs)

In Class-Begin Israeli History notes

In Class-Modern Israel

In Class-

• TURN IN TERM PAPERS (Hard & Digital Copies)
• Continue with Jewish History--give out Word file...
  • Arab-Israeli Conflict Post-WW II

In Class-Finish up Arab-Israel Conflict

In Class-Review for Exam

In Class-Review for Exam

• Exam Return Day
• Student Evals