for Monday, September 8 - 1) read carefully through the course syllabus; be prepared to ask (or answer) any questions about it; 2) read the handout "Understanding Humans";3) furiously finish your summer reading. See ya!!
for Tuesday, September 9 - 1) begin summer reading essay, according to the class handout; due Monday, 9/15; 2) using the formula on page 11 of "Understanding Humans", pick another American custom, and jot down (to discuss in class -I'll check whether or not you did it) situations in which it is compulsory, preferred, etc.; 3) bring laptop to class, so that we can read the Hamlet summary together.
for Thursday, September 11 - 1) read "Shakespeare in the Bush " (In AE) and make list of Tiv and U.S. cultural differences, to use for class discussion; 2) read handout on "Bedbugs; bring both to class for discussion purposes; 3) do family dinner observation on levels of culture, handout given to you in class.
for Friday, September 12 - do your own bedbug example, to hand in (worth 10 points)
for Monday, September 15 - Summer Reading Essay due; read "Six Suggestions for Learning about Peoples and Cultures" (download from Mr. Booth's site, Acrobat)
for Wednesday, September 17 - 1) think about (and be prepared to defend in class) which use of the word "race" is most appropriate; 2) read "Humankind: One Race or Many", and expect a reading quiz (remember that you can use your reading notes but NOT the readings themselves for reading quizzes).
for Thursday , September 18 -- Read "The X's, and complete the study guide questions at the end; also read and be ready to discuss (e.g.,what does this have to do with prejudice or race?) "The IQ Experiment"
for Monday, September 22 - Read "Culture, Not Race Explains..." (Boothian Acrobat download)
for Tuesday, September 23 - You have nothing specific to read or write for class. However, be warned that on next Monday, 9/29, we will have a full period test on all of the stuff we've studied thus far. So this would be a great time to organize your notebook, etc.
for Wednesday, September 24 - Read handout "Adolescent Bigotry"; be ready to discuss the types of prejudice you see in the reading, as well as the solutions that the article offers
for Friday, September 26; and Monday, 9/29 - study for test on Monday
for Wednesday, 10/1 - complete prejudice essay, and bring ."Invisible Knapsack" reading to class
for Thursday, 10/2 - Read "Economic Systems" (Boothian download), pp. 158-172
for Friday, 10/3 - finish handout (pp. 172-175), read "Eating Christmas..." in the AE reading book, and be SURE to bring auction item to class.
Wednesday, 10/8 -
A) Homework due today -Read "Too Many Bananas" and "Underground Potlatch", both in the AE readings book
B) What we did in class today - 1)worked on economic terms, 2) did "primitive" and "advanced" societies economic comparisons, 3)discussed "Bananas" and "Potlatch"; 4)Read "Mrs. Schapazian"
C) Homework for next class - Bring in auction object (legal, willing to part with it, something most other class members would want, secret)
Thursday, 10/9 -
A) Homework due today - object
B) What we did in class today - silent auction and follow-up discussion
C) Homework for next class - 1) prepare to write an in-class essay on whether our economic system is more like that of the !Kung or the Kwakiutl; 2) define as many economic terms on the handout sheet as you can; be prepared to ask questions about the others in class
Tuesday, 10/14 -
A) Homework due today - Be prepared to write the comparative economic systems essay in class
B) What we did in class today - 1)Finished economic terms; 2) wrote in class essay; returned prejudice essays
C) Homework for next class - Download and read "Keeping Social Order" from Mr. Booth's website; read pages 215 - 221 carefully, taking reading notes.
Wednesday, 10/15
A) Homework due today - "Keeping Social Order", pp. 215 - 221
B) What we did in class - "The Island" scenario, types of government
C) Homework for next class - Read "Life Without Chiefs" (AE #13)
Thursday, 10/16
A) Homework due - AE #13
B) What we did in class - finished types of government, identified qualities of leadership by identifying class leader
C) Homework for next class - Read xerox "Waiting as a Power Game" and AE "30 ("Haiti's Living Dead"
Monday, 10/20
A) Homework due - "Waiting", "Living Dead"
B) What we did in class - discussed leadership styles, identified own leadership development, discussed "Waiting" with Mr. Mulvoy , returned !Kung - Kwakiutl in-class essays
C) Homework for next class - be prepared for reading quiz on "Living Dead" and " Life without Chiefs"
Tuesday, 10/21
A) Homework due - reading quiz preparation
B) What we did in class - political system self survey, evolution of political systems, discussion of Haiti's living dead and social control, introduction of Political Systems Field Project (due Monday, 10/27)
C) Homework for next class - Read "Upper School Handbook discipline handout, prepare questions for class; begin field project
Thursday, 10/23
A) Homework due - handbook and questions
B) What we did in class - reviewed handbook, looked at "mystery document"
C) Homework for next class - bring notebook to class to be reviewed and graded
Friday, 10/24
A) Homework due - notebook ready for inspection
B) What we did in class - Inspected notebooks, watched first half of film "Dead Birds"
C) Homework for next class - work on field projects; begin to review for test on economics and politics next Wednesday. Be sure you define all of the relevant terms, bring any questions to class on Monday
Monday, 10/27
A) Homework due - field projects due
B) What we did in class - finished "Dead Birds" and discussed; reviewed for test
C) Homework for next class - study for test
Wednesday, 10/29
A) Homework due - study for test
B) What we did in class - test on economic and political systems
C) Homework for next class - Read xerox "Riddle of the Pig"; be prepared to discuss the questions which follow
Thursday, 10/30
A) Homework due - "Riddle of the Pig"
B) What we did in class - discussed political spectrum, "Pig", Azande witchcraft, and the function of religion in society
C) Homework for next class - Read handout "Baseball Magic" (AE #32); download and begin to read ""Religion and Magic: from Mr. Booth's site
Tuesday, 11/4
Homework due - "Baseball Magic:, beginning of Boothian download
What we did in class - Mr. Mulvoy led a discussion on "Baseball Magic" and the function of religion in culture
Homework for next class - "Review "Riddle of the Pig" and complete accompanying questions; read pp. 246-255 in Boothian download "Religion and Magic"
Wednesday, 11/5
Homework due - Riddle and questions, 246-255 in Religion and Magic
What we did in class - returned and discussed tests and papers; grades; began discussion of "Riddle"
Homework for next class - Finish "Religion and Magic " handout (pp. 255 - 265)
Thursday, 11/6
Homework due - finish handout
What we did in class - discussed functions of religion and relevant vocabulary; discussed Azande witchcraft example
Homework due for next class - Read "Rituals of Death" Xerox
Monday, 11/10
a) Homework due - "Rituals of Death"
b) What we did in class - Rituals of Death, taboo examples, "Major League"
c) Homework due for next class - download and read Boothian download "Family and Kinship"
Tuesday, 11/11
a)) Homework due - "Family and Kinship"
b) What we did in class - defined family, began to look at kinship terminology
c) Homework for next time - "When Brothers Share a Wife", and "Who Needs Love", #'s 14 and 21 in AE
Thursday, 11/12
a) Homework due - 2 articles - Brothers, Love
b) What we did in class - discussed articles, discussed reasons to marry
c) Homework for next class - "Death Without Weeping (AE 16)
Friday 11/13
a) Homework due - article "Death"
b) What we did in class - discussed article, began looking at kinship systems and genograms
c) Homework for next time - Read (In AE) #15 and #19 ("The Visit", "Arranging a Marriage")
Monday, 11/17
a) Homework due- #'s 15 and 19
b) What we did in class- article discussion, further look at genograms, assigned paper (due Tuesday,11/25)
c) Homework due for next time - Read Xerox (From Warfare to Structural Steel", Feed Themselves? and "The Arrow of Disease" (AE #34)
Thursday, 11/20
a) Homework due- 2 articles (above), work on paper
b) What we did in class- finished up "family and kinship" terms, discussed articles, began "Population Explosion"
c) Homework due for next time - work on family paper, read and complete first three pages of "Population Explosion"; read article # 33 "Why People Can't Feed Themselves"
Friday, 11/21
a) Homework due- "Population Explosion", article #33 as above
b) What we did in class- f discussed types of cultural change, discussed Mohawk article
c) Homework due for next time - finish paper
Tuesday, 11/25
a) Homework due- family paper
b) What we did in class - discussed remaining articles, finished "Population Explosion", collected family paper
c) Homework due for next time - Read #38 "A Plunge into the Present", get organized for test on supernatural, family, and culture change, and check out this website about Mohawk structural steel workers, furnished by Danny: www.pojonews.com/enjoy/daytrips/2002/mohawk ironworkers
HAPPY TURKEY!!!!
Monday, 12/1
a) Homework due- #38 as above; remember to review "The Arrow of Disease" and "Why Can't People Feed Themselves?"; there might be a quiz asking you the theme of each.
b) What we did in class- reviewed above articles, finished "Population Explosion"
c) Homework due for next time - study for test on Friday or Tuesday (note change); make sure you own a copy of the Japan book (from the bookstore)
Tuesday, 12/2
a) Homework due - study for test, get Japan book
b) What we did in class- watched "Nanook"
c) Homework due for next time - Nanook notes , Part I (see handout)
Thursday, 12/4
a) Homework due - Nanook notes, Part I
b) What we did in class - finished Nanook
c) Homework due for next time - Nanook notes, Part II; read "Inuit Youth"
Friday, 12/5
a) Homework due - Nanook notes, Part II, "Inuit Youth"
b) What we did in class - discussed Nanook themes
c) Homework due for next time - test
Tuesday, 12/9
a) Homework due - test
b) What we did in class - test
c) Homework due for next time -
NOTE: Extra credit laden history film on Friday, 12/5, at 6:30 in the GA Upper School Lounge!
"Rabbit Proof Fence is an excellent film!"
- S. A. Duennebier
FREE PIZZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FREE PIZZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FREE PIZZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!FREE PIZZA
Attention - the web is back! Mr. Mulvoy posts the following assignments. Good luck!!!
Homework = Read pages 53-58
Wednesday 1/21
In Class = Downfall of the Tokugawa Shogunate
Homework = Read Pages 58 – 70
Friday 1/23
In Class = The Meiji Restoration & Imperial Japan – Perry Impact Map
Homework = - Article Review on Japan
Monday 1/26
In Class = The Road to World War II
Homework = Read Pages 70-81
Tuesday 1/27
In Class = World War II
Homework = Read New York Times Article
Thursday 1/29
In Class = In class writing on New York Times Article
Homework = Study for quiz
Friday 1/30
In Class = Quiz on Modern Japan
Homework = TBA
okay, Duennebier is back at the helm, here's the plan for class before winter break:
Monday, 2/9
a) Homework due - test
b) What we did in class - test
c) Homework due for next time - text, pp. 85 - 93
Tuesday, 2/10
a) Homework due - text, pp. 85 - 93
b) What we did in class - discussed reading, completed sociogram
c) Homework due for next time - handout "The Japanese Family"
Thursday, 2/12
a) Homework due - "The Japanese Family"
b) What we did in class - discussion of Japanese family changes, designing the "aparto"
c) Homework due for next time - handouts entitled "The Life of a Japanese Wife", "The Life of a Japanese Husband", and "The Quiet Revolution"
HAPPY WINTER BREAK!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, 2/17
a) Homework due - handouts entitled "The Life of a Japanese Wife", "The Life of a Japanese Husband", and "The Quiet Revolution"
b) What we did in class - finished the "aparto" and discussion of Japanese family
c) Homework due for next time - Read "High School Students in Japan" and "Japan's High Schools"
Wednesday, 2/18
a) Homework due - Read "High School Students in Japan" and "Japan's High Schools"
b) What we did in class - Discussed Japanese high schools, compared with the U.S.; Mr. Mulvoy went over the Japanese history test
c) Homework due for next time - Read "Bullied to Death" and "Japanese College Years"
Friday, 2/20
a) Homework due - Read "Bullied to Death" and "Japanese College Years"
b) What we did in class - discussion of articles, film "The College Years"
c) Homework due for next time - tea ceremony readings
Monday, 2/23
a) Homework due - tea ceremony readings
b) What we did in class - Japanese tea ceremony
c) Homework due for next time - tea ceremony reaction paragraph; text, pp. 96 - 105
Wednesday, 2/25
a) Homework due - tea ceremony reaction paragraph; text, pp. 96 - 105
b) What we did in class - discussion of Japanese workplace
c) Homework due for next time - Do a search for book reviews of Robert Whiting's "You Gotta Have Wa" (one particularly good site is http://thediamondangle.com/books/wa.html) ; in any case, be able to define the concept of "Wa" and know how it has influenced American baseball players in Japan .
Thursday, 2/25
a) Homework due - Do a search for book reviews of Robert Whiting's "You Gotta Have Wa" (one particularly good site is http://thediamondangle.com/books/wa.html) ; in any case, be able to define the concept of "Wa" and know how it has influenced American baseball players in Japan .
b) What we did in class - Japanese ports and recreation (baseball, sumo, pachinko)
c) Homework due for next time - study for largely essay test on modern Japanese culture
Friday, 2/26
a) homework due - study for largely essay test on modern Japanese culture
b) what we did in class - the test, silly
c) homework due for next time - NONE, except to bring Africa book to class
Tuesday, 3/2
a) homework due - bring Africa book
b) what we did in class - Africa - first impressions, geographical barriers and enablers
c) homework due for next time - re-skim text, pp. 1-17; read pp. 17-20 and 26 - 35; begin to work on physical and political maps of Africa
Wednesday, 3/3
a) homework due - re-skim text, pp. 1-17; read pp. 17-20 and 26 - 35; begin to work on physical and political maps of Africa
b) what we did in class - finished barriers; looked at ethnocentric statements
c) homework due for next time - continue to work on maps; skim text, pp. 41-47; read 51-54 and 74 - 76
Friday, 3/5
a) homework due - continue to work on maps; skim text, pp. 41-47; read 51-54 and 74 - 76
b) what we did in class - slides of early hominids
c) homework due for next time - maps to turn in; map quiz in class
Monday, 3/8
a) homework due - maps to turn in; map quiz in class
b) what we did in class - map quiz, hominid evolution
c) homework due for next time - text, 81 - 91 (early African Kingdoms)
Tuesday, 3/9
a) homework due - text, 81 - 91 (early African Kingdoms)
b) what we did in class - early African kingdoms, slides and film
c) homework due for next time - begin Ancient African Kingdoms comparison chart, due Friday (leave blank space on the back); bring in notebooks for notebook check
Thursday, 3/11
a) homework due - begin Ancient African Kingdoms comparison chart, due Friday (leave blank space on the back); bring in notebooks for notebook check
b) what we did in class - ancient African civilizations film
c) homework due for next time - comparison chart due
Friday, 3/12
a) homework due - comparison chart due
b) what we did in class - patterns paragraph; wrap up of pre-contact African history
c) homework due for next time -three research paper topics (written to hand in); text, pp. 91-97
HAPPY SPRING BREAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tuesday, 3/30
a) homework due - three research paper topics (written to hand in); text, pp. 91-97
b) what we did in class - returned charts, collected topics, discussed causes of slave trade, "Sugar Trade"
c) homework due for next time - Read xerox "The Cruelest Commerce
Wednesday, April Fools
a) homework due - Read xerox "The Cruelest Commerce
b) what we did in class - ;"To be a Slave" - Amistad clip, slave trade slide sow, spirituals
c) homework due for next time - mystery document analysis
Thursday, 4/2
a) homework due - mystery document analysis
b) what we did in class - mystery document, justifications for slavery, legacy of slavery
c) homework due for next time - text, pp. 103 - 111 (European exploration); handout on the legacy of slavery
Monday, 4/5
a) homework due - text, pp. 103 - 111 (European exploration); handout on the legacy of slavery
b) what we did in class - legacy of slavery, term paper prep; evaluating sources (Lexington document)
c) homework due for next time - text, pp. 111- 122
Tuesday, 4/6
a) homework due - text, pp. 111- 122
b) what we did in class - "Contact in the Congo"; introduction to exploration
c) homework due for next time - 1) Read 2 articles on colonialism and make a pro and con colonialism list to bring to class; 2) turn in your thesis topic; 3) read text pp. 122 - 125. (we don't meet until Monday, 4/12 :()
Monday, 4/12 - NEWS FLASH! AFRICAN HISTORY TEST ON FRIDAY!!!
a) homework due - 1) Read 2 articles on colonialism and make a pro and con colonialism list to bring to class; 2) turn in your thesis topic; 3) read text pp. 122 - 125. (we don't meet until Monday, 4/12 :()
b) what we did in class - "Contact in the Congo"; collected thesis statements, returned quizzes and mystery document analyses
c) homework due for next time - text, pp. 125 - 132; review and be ready to hand in pro and con colonialism arguments (see above)
Tuesday, 4/13
a) homework due - text, pp. 125 - 132; review and be ready to hand in pro and con colonialism arguments (see above)
b) what we did in class -African colonialism map analysis, slide show of colonialism, assessing the impact of colonialism
c) homework due for next time - Read "Patterns of African Independence" xerox
Thursday, 4/15
a) homework due - Read "Patterns of African Independence" xerox
b) what we did in class - discussed patterns of independence, read "Gentleman of the Jungle"
c) homework due for next time - study feverishly for the test tomorrow
Friday, 4/16
a) homework due - study feverishly for the test
b) what we did in class - El Testo
c) homework due for next time - text, pp. 252 - 264
Tuesday, 4/20
a) homework due - text, pp. 252 - 264
b) what we did in class - returned test, paper theses; previewed note card procedures, began introduction to South Africa
c) homework due for next time - begin note cards, (due Thursday, 4/29) begin test essay rewrites if desired
Wednesday, 4/21
a) homework due - begin note cards, (due Thursday, 4/29) begin test essay rewrites if desired
b) what we did in class - began viewing "Cry Freedom"
c) homework due for next time - "Cry Freedom" journal; work on note cards
Thursday, 4/22
a) homework due - "Cry Freedom" journal; work on note cards
b) what we did in class -viewed and discussed "Cry Freedom"
c) homework due for next time - "Cry Freedom" journal; read short story "The Toilet" (from Somehow Tenderness Survives)
Monday, 4/26
a) homework due - "Cry Freedom" journal; read short story "The Toilet" (from Somehow Tenderness Survives)
b) what we did in class - "Cry Freedom"
c) homework due for next time - note cards, movie journal, read "Country Lovers"
Tuesday, 4/27
a) homework due - note cards, movie journal, read "Country Lovers"
b) what we did in class - "Cry Freedom"
c) homework due for next time - due Thursday - 1) 20 note cards 2) using the web, write down the key events, developments in South Africa from 1977 - present. You should have 5 - 10 items. Be prepared to turn this in along with a bibliography of the web site(s) you used.
Thursday, 4/29
a) homework due - due Thursday - 1) 20 note cards 2) using the web, write down the key events, developments in South Africa from 1977 - present. You should have 5 - 10 items. Be prepared to turn this in along with a bibliography of the web site(s) you used.
b) what we did in class - finished S. Africa; previewed research paper outline
c) homework due for next time - work on outline; read handout on famine and bring to class
Monday, 5/3
a) homework due - work on outline; read handout on famine and bring to class
b) what we did in class - wrapped up South Africa; began "Famine in Bamba"
c) homework due for next time - read tribalism role play, and "The Mystique of the Masai" in the AE book
Tuesday 5/4
a) homework due - read tribalism role play, and "The Mystique of the Masai" in the AE book
b) what we did in class - finished famine; role play on tribalism
c) homework due for next time - work on outlines and first drafts; begin to prepare for in-class open book essay test on "Modern Problems in Africa" on Friday
Thursday, 5/7
a) homework due - work on outlines and first drafts; begin to prepare for in-class open book essay test on "Modern Problems in Africa" on Friday
b) what we did in class - did role play, discussed Masai, predicted revolutions, read African proverbs
c) homework due for next time - prepare for test
Friday, 5/8
a) homework due - the test
b) what we did in class - the test
c) homework due for next time - rough drafts due Tuesday; if confused about format, etc. consult The Pocket Guide to Writing History. Be sure your paper is 4 - 6 pages long and DOUBLE SPACED. Remember also to use parenthetical citation.
Tuesday, 5/11
a) homework due - rough drafts due Tuesday; if confused about format, etc. consult The Pocket Guide to Writing History. Be sure your paper is 4 - 6 pages long and DOUBLE SPACED. Remember also to use parenthetical citation.
b) what we did in class - finished "criteria for Revolution"; looked at African proverbs; previewed the Middle East; turned in rough drafts
c) homework due for next time - begin Middle East map project; buy the Middle East book (it's actually pretty good), and skim Chapter 1, looking for the usual barriers and enablers to development. Please bring books to class.
Wednesday, 5/12
a) homework due - begin Middle East map project; buy the Middle East book (it's actually pretty good), and skim Chapter 1, looking for the usual barriers and enablers to development. Please bring books to class
b) what we did in class - discussed barriers and enablers; read and discussed Judaism and Christianity (pp. 73 - 77)
c) homework due for next time - text, pp. 83 - 93
Thursday, 5/13
a) homework due - text, pp. 83 - 93
b) what we did in class - watched part 1 of film on Islam
c) homework due for next time - text, pp. 93 - 102
Monday, 5/17
a) homework due - text, pp. 93 - 102
b) what we did in class - part 2 of Islam film; returned tests
c) homework due for next time - finish Middle East maps; study for Middle East map quiz
Tuesday, 5/18
a) homework due - finish Middle East maps; study for Middle East map quiz
b) what we did in class - map quiz; Islam documents
c) homework due for next time - text, pp. 176-187.
Thursday, 5/20
a) homework due - text, pp. 176-187.
b) what we did in class - behind the veil - women in Muslim society
c) homework due for next time - pp. 187-192; 197 - 201
Friday, 5/21
a) homework due - pp. 187-192; 197 - 201
b) what we did in class - the founding of a Jewish state - timeline
c) homework due for next time - 201 - 213
Monday, 5/24
a) homework due - text, pp. 201 -213
b) what we did in class - finished Jewish state timeline
c) homework due for next time - Read "Whose Homeland?" debate in preparation for 30-minute in-class writing on Wednesday
Wednesday, 5/26
a) homework due - Read "Whose Homeland?" debate in preparation for 30-minute in-class writing on Wednesday
b) what we did in class - in class writing
c) homework due for next time - final draft
Thursday, 5/27
a) homework due - final drafts due; REMEMBER THAT ROUGH DRAFTS MUST BE TURNED IN AS WELL, OR YOU CANNOT RECEIVE A GRADE ON YOUR FINISHED PAPER
b) what we did in class - exam review
c) homework due for next time - exam review
Friday, 5/28
a) homework due - exam review
b) what we did in class - exam review, course evaluation
c) homework due for next time - study for the exam (1PM Tuesday afternoon)
a) homework due -
b) what we did in class -
c) homework due for next time -