ANTHROPOLOGY 100 DR. MONICA C. ROTHSCHILD-BOROS
Wednesday 6:30 – 9:50pm FALL 2008
SYLLABUS
This is a Blackboard Vista (BbV) Enhanced Course
Required Texts: Cultural Anthropology:The Human Challenge, Haviland, Prins, Walrath, & McBride 12th ed. Only
Online Reader – you will find these articles in the BbV
Course site – you are expected to read these
Web links – you will find these in the BbV Course site all
of the Links are active so you can open them very easily
- you are expected to read these
Required Work: Study Test Questions: Each week, starting with WEEK
2, you will submit in Bb 3 or 6 study test questions
based upon the chapter(s) for the week.
Weekly chapter quizzes: which will be taken in Bb Vista
– they must be taken each week by Saturday at 11 pm –
do not procrastinate!
3 Assignments – Their due dates are indicated in your
syllabus
2 Midterms
1 Final
Throughout the text, you are introduced to numerous anthropologists whose contributions are highlighted in boxes entitled “Anthropologists of Note”. Be sure to read all of these.
WEEK 1 Aug 27 The Essence of Anthropology
WEEK 2 Sept 3 The Characteristics of Culture
WEEK 3 Sept 10 Becoming Human: The Origin and Diversity
of Our Species (This is Chapter 4)
WEEK 4 Sept 17 Language & Communication
Hand in Assignment 1: Visit an Ethnic Market
WEEK 5 Sept 24 Social Identity, Personality & Gender
WEEK 6 Oct 1 ***TEST 1***
WEEK 7 Oct 8 Patterns of Subsistence &
Economic Systems
WEEK 8 Oct 15 Sex & Marriage
WEEK 9 Oct 22 Family & Household (you will be reading the 11th ed. Chapter which will be handed out the previous week)
EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY:
Having read the article in your Online Reader – What is your mother’s worth? Get 2 quotes for the following services: chauffeur, cooking, cleaning, laundry (not dry cleaning), childcare, tutoring (by an adult – not a high school student), psychological counseling, medical treatment, & bookkeeping (not accounting). Take the average of the quotes to find the cost, figure out how much time she spends on each task per week & calculate her annual salary. Then share this with her and the rest of your family & report on her reaction to your findings. Be prepared to share this with the class. I need to see all of your math as well as your mother’s and family’s reactions. This is the only Extra Credit Opportunity you will have in this course.
WEEK 10 Oct 29 Kinship & Descent
Grouping by Gender, Age, Common Interest
& Class
Hand in Assignment 2: Creating Your Family Tree (Option 1)
WEEK 11 Nov 5 ***TEST 2 ***
Politics, Power & Violence
(You will be responsible for this chapter on
your Own – the Pp lecture will be posted in
Bb Vista)
WEEK 12 Nov 12 Spirituality, Religion & the Supernatural
Hand in Assignment 2: Create a myth, ritual or
Taboo or do a movie review (Options 2 & 3)
WEEK 13 Nov 19 The Arts
WEEK 14 Nov 26 Virtual Class: Watch the movie, you will
have to rent this - “What’s Cooking” –
compare and contrast how Thanksgiving is
celebrated in the different households in the
movie with how you celebrate Thanksgiving.
Thanksgiving Assignment- check the
Assignment for when this is due
WEEK 15 Dec 3 Process of Change & Global Challenges, Local
Responses & the Role of Anthropology
WEEK 16 Dec 10 ****FINAL EXAM****
HOW TO REACH ME:
E-MAIL: mrboros@ occ.cccd.edu– this is the most effective way of reaching me. I do answer my e-mails. This is an effective way to touch base if you are having problems or need to talk. Playing ostrich doesn’t make them go away; it only makes them worse. Do not leave a message on my voice mail. I won’t get it!
http://occonline.occ.cccd.edu/online/mrboros/
This is my campus web page – check it out for other info
Creating Weekly Chapter Test Questions
WEEKLY TEST QUESTIONS: These are due no later then 6 pm on Tuesday. LATE QUESTIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
Beginning with Chapter 2 (some weeks you will have 2 chapters due - that means 6 questions) you will be creating 3 test questions per chapter. You cannot create questions that are just based upon 'definitions' of the terms.
These questions must show not only your understanding of the chapter material but also help your classmates learn the lessons in the chapters. That means that the questions must address the issues and not be based on 'factoids'. Your questions should not try to trick or stump your peers; instead they should help them learn. These questions must come from 3 different parts of the chapter. I will compile your questions, editing out duplicates and questions that don't seem to help your classmates and post them in Blackboard Vista under 'Study Questions'. You will use them as a study too. You can take these practice tests as often as you like. I will include some of the best questions from these lists on your midterm and final exams.
Here are some examples of student questions - be sure to follow the FORMAT of the questions.
When 'Wolf Lies Down' complained about unauthorized borrowing of his tools to his elders, this resulted in the banning of this practice. What did this illustrate? (pp. 325-326)
a. Law defines its relationships among society's members and marks out proper behavior under specified circumstances.
b. Law allocates the authority to employ coercion in the enforcement of sanctions.
c. Law functions to redefine social relations and to ensure flexibility.
*d. All of the above.
e. None of the above
Among the Kings of Hawaii, England, and France, what was the basis for the legitimacy of their rule of power? (p. 334)
a. Wealth
b. Age
*c. Divine Right
d. Inheritance
e. Moral Actions
In which type of case dispute resolution, do the parties concerned expose their arguments but are not taking part in the final decision? (p. 326)
a. Mediation
*b. Adjudication
c. Talking in Circles
d. Negotiation
e. Conciliation
TEST QUESTION FORMAT:
1. At the end of your question you must put the pg number on which the correct answer can be found.
2. You must supply 5 possible answers.
3. You must use lower case a,b,c,d,e - with a period after each and 1 space before the answer
4. You must identify the correct answer with an * before the letter - such as *c.
5. Do not skip a line between your answers.
QUESTION CONTENT:
1. Create questions that 'test' concepts'
2. Especially in the first 4 weeks you can have questions that 'test' the understanding of the meaning of key terms but do not copy the book definitions, put the ideas into your own words.
3. While you can have 1 question that has an answer of 'all of the above' - you cannot have more then one question like that.
QUESTION POINT VALUE:
1. Each question is worth 5 points for a total of 15 point. Weeks with 2 chapters are worth 30 points.
2. You will lose points if the format is incorrect or if the question is not correctly formed (this means it doesn't read well/is confusing - if I don't understand it, your classmates won't either) , or if the question is 'factoid' based rather then issue based or if it is incorrect.
3. You must post them in Bb V – go to Assignments and click on the chapter and post your questions by 6pm each Tuesday. LATE WORK IS NEVER ACCEPTED!
4. This is an important part of your course grade - if you don't do these, you will deprive yourself of getting an A in the course. For students who are poor test takers, these will help to ensure your success!
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS: You will find all of this in Bb Vista, with active links
3 typed & stapled assignments, each with a cover page - your name must be in either the top right or left corner: If your name appears in the center of the cover page, you will lose points! When you see 3-4 pages in length that doesn't mean that 2 ½ pages will be o.k. The length of paper must be at least 3 full pages. Each page will have margins that are no more than 1 inch all around, double spaced in any legible font sized 12. You will write these papers with indented paragraphs, not with block paragraphs with numerous skipped spaces in-between. These are compositions not poetry.
Short papers will be marked down. Unstapled papers will NOT be ACCEPTED. (I DON'T CARRY AROUND A STAPLER!) Papers WITHOUT a cover page will NOT be ACCEPTED.
These assignments are DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASS ON THE DATES INDICATED ON THE SYLLABUS. {If you hand in the assignment after I have taken attendance, you will be marked down 1 grade - this means that I don't want you to type your paper during class and hand it in at the end!} . They take longer then you think and this will ensure that you hand it in on time. Computers always crash when you can afford it the least! Don't leave papers to the last minute.
If you hand in an assignment late, (this means after class and up to the next class meeting, not longer) you will not be able to get higher than a “C” on it.
This is a “real world” lesson. This not only rewards those students who meet their deadlines; but it also teaches you to meet them. This is a skill that is important in the “real world”. It also hopefully will prevent you from leaving an assignment to the last minute.
IF YOU KNOW YOU WILL BE MISSING THE CLASS WHEN AN ASSIGNMENT IS DUE, E-MAIL IT TO ME before CLASS STARTS - never AFTER! If you e-mail me the paper after the class has started it will be marked LATE.
ASSIGNMENT 1: {Due week 4- check syllabus} - Everyone must do this one
VISIT AN ETHNIC MARKET: Visit an ethnic market and compare it to the Ralph's, Vons, Albertson's or other ‘Anglo’ market where you usually do your shopping. If you regularly shop at an ethnic market and never use an "Anglo" market, then reverse this assignment and visit an ‘Anglo’ market. Be sure to pay attention to the meat, produce, bakery, dairy, and spice departments: be specific! I want to see lots of details.
Are there any specific aromas or smells associated with these departments? Take notes while in the market. BRING YOUR SYLLABUS WITH YOU TO SHOW THE SHOP OWNER THAT THIS IS AN ASSIGNMENT, IF YOU ARE ASKED “What are you doing?” Do not visit a market that is representative of your ethnicity. This means if you are Asian you cannot visit any Asian market; if you are Hispanic you cannot visit any Latin American market. You are supposed to feel "out of your element." You are supposed to ‘stick out like a sore thumb’ – you are not supposed to be able to ‘pass’ for the ethnicity of the market. This is your opportunity to be a field anthropologist.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR:
• Go to each of the departments mentioned above & identify what products you had not seen before in the market you typically shop in.
• Did you notice a difference in product variety or quantity?
• Did you notice a difference in display/presentation?
• Did you notice the absence on products that you had expected to find?
• Did you notice any aromas?
• Could you read the labels on the cans/jars? If not could you figure out what was inside them?
• What are the prices like? You will have to go to the market you typically shop in after this visit to get a price comparison for the items you identified at your ethnic market.
• Were the employees helpful or suspicious of you?
• Did you feel different in this market then in your “regular one”?
• Note all of the similarities and differences between the market you typically shop in and this ethnic market.
• Would you shop in this ethnic market in the future? if so, why and if not why not? Be sure to address all of the above questions and issues. Be adventurous! Buy an ethnic “delicacy” and tell us how it was or share it with the class.
Markets you can visit:
99 Ranch Market (Asian), Ebisu (Japanese), El Toro (Mexican), Super Irvine Market (Persian), Laxsmi (Indian) markets in Little Saigon (Vietnamese), Wholesome Choice (Middle Eastern, Indian), Frescia or Zion (Korean) & there are so many ethnic markets in Orange County; these are only a handful -there is probably one in your own neighborhood that you have ventured into to explore - this is your chance. Take a friend or parent along - you will have a bigger adventure and you will be able to use them as a sounding board for your ideas and observations, you can also include their reactions as well. You can also visit markets & areas in L. A. County such as Little India (Cerritos), Korea Town (L.A.), Chinatown (L.A.) or Little Tokyo (L.A.) You will receive information in your Reader on the 1st day of class that will help you find a place to go. Have fun with this assignment, be adventuresome, descriptive & take a friend or a family member, it's more fun and you then can compare impressions & include their comments! Remember, you are supposed to feel "out of your element."
{3-4 pages} (50 points)
WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT 2 : 3 Options - you must select 1 of these
ASSIGNMENT 2: Option 1 (this due the week we Cover Kinship & Descent) check your syllabus
Create a Family Tree: This assignment will help to make the issue of Kinship & Descent more real as well as personal for you. You will create a Family tree that traces both your biological mother's & father's side of the family. For some this task will be easier then for others – you may have a family Bible that holds this information, you may have relatives you can interview or you may have to use one or more of the following websites