Objective: To understand, and hopefully appreciate, the many unique differences between cultures that exist.
Your Job: You are responsible for researching and presenting unique (what many would call strange) aspects of different cultures.
From the list below, choose 5 topics to explore. For each topic, you will try to find a different culture to represent it. You will present your research in both written and visual form.
For each topic include:
- a 5 sentence paragraph explaining the strange custom.
- a 5 sentence paragraph describing the people that practice this custom.
- a map of where these people live
- and at least one picture to visually show the cultural practice.
The List:
Gender roles
Religion
Food
Worship
Clothing
Architecture
Traveling
Body
Dance
Art
Literature
Beliefs
Entertainment
Living conditions
Concepts of beauty
Concepts of wealth
Concepts of God
The Links
Below you will find some links that should help you get started with your project. They are just that - a start.
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC IS A GREAT PLACE TO START: http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/
They have all sorts of archived stories about all kinds of people from all over the world.
http://www.joshuaproject.net/peopctry.php?rog3=BM&rop3=107734
http://www.go2peru.com/cix_witch_market.htm
http://www.travelchannel.com/TV_Shows/Bizarre_World
http://bizarre-blog.travelchannel.com/read/south-africa-diving-into-culture
http://travel.discovery.com/tv/bizarre-foods/bizarre-foods.html.
http://trifter.com/practical-travel/world-cuisine/extremely-controversial-bizarre-and-unusual-delicacies-around-the-world/
http://www.bukisa.com/articles/26013_bizarre-culture-of-primitive-tribes-from-around-the-world
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Technology and Explorers/Conquerers
In a word document, you are to find a picture for each of the following terms/people. Then, you are to define the terms in your own words.
The pictures should be sized to about 3x3 inches.
For the people, you are to explain their major contributions to the Age of Exploration. For example, discuss when and where they explored.
Chronometer
Astrolabe
Quadrant
Sextant
Caravel
Lateen Sails
Cortez, Hernan
Dias, Bartholomew
Drake, Francis
Ericson, Leif
Gama, Vasco Da
Henry the Navigator
Magellan, Ferdinand
Pizarro, Francisco
Ptolemy
Soto, Hernando De
The pictures should be sized to about 3x3 inches.
For the people, you are to explain their major contributions to the Age of Exploration. For example, discuss when and where they explored.
Chronometer
Astrolabe
Quadrant
Sextant
Caravel
Lateen Sails
Cortez, Hernan
Dias, Bartholomew
Drake, Francis
Ericson, Leif
Gama, Vasco Da
Henry the Navigator
Magellan, Ferdinand
Pizarro, Francisco
Ptolemy
Soto, Hernando De
Friday, March 5, 2010
Daily Geo 3/9 - 3/12
Map Test: South America - http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/Samerica.html
1) A region of Guyana west of the Essequibo River is also claimed by which bordering country?
2) What term is used for the imaginary line on Earth that marks the boundary where one day ends and the next begins?
3) China and which Southeast Asian country border the Gulf of Tonkin?
4) Mines near Bogota make this South American country one of the world’s leading producers of emeralds.
5) Which state is known as the cornhusker state?
6) Name the largest city on the island of Taiwan.
7) The Inland Sea borders three of the four major islands that make up which country in Asia?
8) The Cayman Islands are a dependency of which European country?
9) Saginaw bay lies off the coast of which state?
10) The Seine River is to France as the Orinioco River is to what?
11) Which country in Europe is famous for its fjords – Norway, Spain, Switzerland?
12) Sinhala is the principal language of which island country off the coast of South Asia?
13) The Gulf of Oman is to the Arabian Sea as the Gulf of Tonkin is to what?
14) Ruins of centuries-old pueblos can be found in which state – Minnesota or New Mexico?
15) Which large country bordering the Coral and Arafura Seas has a population more than 85 % urban?
1) A region of Guyana west of the Essequibo River is also claimed by which bordering country?
2) What term is used for the imaginary line on Earth that marks the boundary where one day ends and the next begins?
3) China and which Southeast Asian country border the Gulf of Tonkin?
4) Mines near Bogota make this South American country one of the world’s leading producers of emeralds.
5) Which state is known as the cornhusker state?
6) Name the largest city on the island of Taiwan.
7) The Inland Sea borders three of the four major islands that make up which country in Asia?
8) The Cayman Islands are a dependency of which European country?
9) Saginaw bay lies off the coast of which state?
10) The Seine River is to France as the Orinioco River is to what?
11) Which country in Europe is famous for its fjords – Norway, Spain, Switzerland?
12) Sinhala is the principal language of which island country off the coast of South Asia?
13) The Gulf of Oman is to the Arabian Sea as the Gulf of Tonkin is to what?
14) Ruins of centuries-old pueblos can be found in which state – Minnesota or New Mexico?
15) Which large country bordering the Coral and Arafura Seas has a population more than 85 % urban?
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Daily Geo 3/2-3/5
Map Test: World Lakes: http://www.ilike2learn.com/ilike2learn/lakemaps/Lakes.html
1) Pearls are harvested in the Sulu Archipelago, a group of islands off the coast of which country?
2) Central America’s most populous country has more than 12 million people. It borders Mexico. Name it.
3) What country on the Mediterranean Sea endured over 10 years of civil war between two groups, Muslims and Christians?
4) Which U.S. site is the location of the United States depository for silver?
5) Since 1797, what commercial center on the Erie Canal has been the capital of New York?
6) Chapultepec Park, which was once the site for Aztec rulers, is in what capital city?
7) Oil production in the United Arab Emirates is centered on the country’s capital city. Name the city.
8) Which country, once under the control of Ghengis Khan, has an economy dependent on cashmere and wool?
9) Which country is bordered by the Netherlands and Denmark?
10) Which state is known as the Ocean state because of its 400 miles of coastline?
11) Which country does not have English as an official language – Bahamas, Costa Rica, Jamaica?
12) Which country’s government continues to struggle with flood abatement projects along the Po River.
13) Peanuts are the principal export of this African country that is almost completely surrounded by Senegal. Name it. -
14) Most Sikhs live in an Indian state that shares its name with a region that was divided between India and Pakistan in 1947. -
15) In 1980, the United States broke diplomatic relations with what country? -
1) Pearls are harvested in the Sulu Archipelago, a group of islands off the coast of which country?
2) Central America’s most populous country has more than 12 million people. It borders Mexico. Name it.
3) What country on the Mediterranean Sea endured over 10 years of civil war between two groups, Muslims and Christians?
4) Which U.S. site is the location of the United States depository for silver?
5) Since 1797, what commercial center on the Erie Canal has been the capital of New York?
6) Chapultepec Park, which was once the site for Aztec rulers, is in what capital city?
7) Oil production in the United Arab Emirates is centered on the country’s capital city. Name the city.
8) Which country, once under the control of Ghengis Khan, has an economy dependent on cashmere and wool?
9) Which country is bordered by the Netherlands and Denmark?
10) Which state is known as the Ocean state because of its 400 miles of coastline?
11) Which country does not have English as an official language – Bahamas, Costa Rica, Jamaica?
12) Which country’s government continues to struggle with flood abatement projects along the Po River.
13) Peanuts are the principal export of this African country that is almost completely surrounded by Senegal. Name it. -
14) Most Sikhs live in an Indian state that shares its name with a region that was divided between India and Pakistan in 1947. -
15) In 1980, the United States broke diplomatic relations with what country? -
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