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Course Reading and Homework
Assignments by Week |
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Reading must be completed
during the week (there is a quiz
each Thursday) and assignments are
due Tuesday of the following week. Sixty
percent (60%) of your grade is based upon this written work
since it implies you understand, apply and communicate the
lecture and text materials that deal with each topic.*
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| Week
1 |
Read Chapters 1-2, summaries Chapters 3-4; go
to the site http://www.aaanet.org and write a single paragraph
describing one of the areas of interest recognized by the American
Anthropological Association. |
| Week
2 |
Read Chapters 5-6. Using reliable information from the Net,
write 1-2 pages on aspects of culture in Greenland, rural Malaysia
or Tibet (China) that will be most relevant to your making an
adjustment to a two-year work assignment there. |
| Week
3 |
Read Chapter 7. Use http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/academic/cult-sci/anthro/lost_tribes/hg_ag/index.html.
Write at least a paragraph on what can you learn from this web
site that supplements information in Chapter 7. |
| Week
4 |
Read Chapter 8. Use http://anthropology.wadsworth.com/ferraro_4e/
and enter the InfoTrac College Edition. Do a subject search
on potlatch or Kula ring and write up to a page that supplements
the information in Chapter 8. |
| Week
5 |
Read Chapters 9-11. For your own family, draw a kinship diagram
that spans at least two generations and write out in sentence
form what kinship system it is (and why), who are your consanguineal,
affinal, and (if any) fictive kin, how you behave differently
among categories of your kin, and what rules of descent characterize
your kin group. |
| Week
6 |
Read Chapter 12. http://anthropology.wadsworth.com/ferraro_4e/
and enter the InfoTrac College Edition and find Michael Harkin’s
article on the Nuu-chah-nulth (Nootka). Write a page on the
characteristics of a good chief. |
| Week
7 |
Read Chapter 13. Do a subject search for a site called “United
for a Fair Economy.” Read the overview for “Shifting
Fortunes: The Perils of the Growing American Wealth Gap”
and write a one page summary on the growing wealth gap. |
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8 |
Read Chapter 14. Do a subject search for cargo cults and write
a page describing the general features of cargo cults that a
family member can understand (e.g., skip the anthropological
jargon). |
| Week
9 |
Read Chapter 15. Use Yahoo to find “Arts and Humanities”
and then “Cultures and Groups.” Select a country
and browse through various sites to learn about a) artistic
tradition, b) what art forms are most prominent, and c) how
art links to other aspects of culture. Now, write a 1.5-2 page
paper on the art. |
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10 |
Read Chapters 16. Do a subject search for the organization
Cultural Survival. When on the home page, write a page that
explains a) the purpose of Cultural Survival, b) kinds of projects
it sponsors, and c) themes for up-coming issues of its journal
Cultural Survival Quarterly. |
| * Note |
This is a college class and college-level
writing is required. Clarity and proper use of language, grammar,
etc. are important. If you are a weak writer or have little
experience, visit the Writing Center for assistance. Also,
start now with the Writing Center or Learning Resource Center
prep programs for Graduate Writing Test.
Be sure to post your written work to
the correct week in the communications area of WebCT (Week
1 under Week 1, etc).
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