Dr. Monica C. Rothschild-Boros
ANTHROPOLOGY 100
DR. MONICA C. ROTHSCHILD-BOROS
Monday & Wednesday 8:00 – 9:25 am (Web Enhanced) – While we meet twice each week I have made this a Blackboard (Bb) enhanced class.
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"Amy Lee (8am) - don't understand or HELP ….. "; "Jim Jones (8am) - family crisis", "Jeff King (8am) –Chapter 2 test questions"
This is what will appear in the subject. That way I will know how to prioritize my answers so that emergencies and time sensitive issues can be answered first. Then in the body of your e-mail you can go into detail about your problem or work etc.
Many of you have e-mail addresses that do not include your name - such as “Whalelover or Donuteater” and then you make things worse by forgetting to sign your messages. I will not answer any e-mail that is not formatted as indicated above. I will not spend the time "guessing" who the message is from! I will just send it back to you –to be fixed!
PLEASE DO NOT SEND ME JOKES, CHAIN LETTERS OR ASK ME TO FILL OUT INFO FOR YOUR ADDRESS BOOK. IT IS ALSO YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT MY E-MAILS TO YOU ARE NOT BLOCKED OR CONSIDERED ‘SPAM’.
Required Texts:
Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge by Haviland, Prins, Walrath, & McBride 12th edition.
Online Reader: Articles for each chapter are in your Online Reader–these are the topics for class discussions – don’t let your classmates down by not doing your reading!
Web Links: You will find these in the BbV Course site all of the - Links are active so you can open them very easily
Course Requirements: READ YOUR CHAPTER(s) BEFORE COMING TO CLASS & BE PREPARED TO PARTICIPATE IN CLASS DISCUSSIONS
1) Each week you will have an ONLINE chapter quiz (the weeks we have 2 chapters –you have 2 quizzes) – these become available on Sunday at 12am must be taken by the following Saturday at 11pm.
2) Each week you will submit through Bb - 3 CHAPTER TEST QUESTIONS – these must be submitted by Tuesday at 6pm – LATE WORK IS NEVER ACCEPTED. Remember that your work is time stamped & if you miss the deadline Bb will not accept it.
3) There are 2 major course Assignments – THESE MUST BE SUBMITTED IN CLASS on the Wednesday they are due – check the Syllabus for the exact date.
4) There are 3 exams: 2 mid-terms & a final - each is a unit exam, none are cumulative. These MUST be taken during the class.
5) ATTENDANCE: Is taken at the beginning of each class. If you come in late you will be marked Late. 2 Lates = 1 absence. This also goes for leaving early. There is a direct link between good attendance and good grades! Don’t undermine your academic success by not coming to class! If you miss 6 classes (the equivalent of 3 weeks) you will get no higher then a B in the course – regardless of what your graded work indicates. If you miss 8 classes (the equivalent of 4 weeks) you will get no higher then a C in the course – regardless of what your graded work indicates.
6) WARNING: FORGETTING TO SUBMIT WEEKLY TEST QUESTIONS or TAKING THE WEEKLY CHAPTER QUIZ can be the difference between passing or failing the course. When you miss work you get a ZERO - these add up very quickly - so be good to yourself - don't forget to submit your work on time! If you are doing 'A' work but have too many missed items you may find yourself with a C or worse! Don't undermine your academic success due to poor TIME management skills and or procrastination. Having weekly work puts less pressure on you to do well onthe midterms and final.
7) CHECKING YOUR GRADES is your responsibility. Each week you must check your grades in Bb Vista to make sure that the work you have submitted or handed in during the class & that has been returned to you graded has been entered. Keep all of your graded work for the entire semester. You cannot wait until the end of the semester to tell me that you are missing grades from week 3.
Student Learning Outcomes: Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
1. Compare and contrast anthropology with other social sciences and describe anthropological fieldwork methodologies, emphasizing participant observation, interviewing strategies, and related ethical issues.
2. Describe the component parts of culture and their integration including: economic systems, modes of subsistence, marriage and kinship, social organization, political systems, religion, and art.
3. Identify the underlying similarities as well as the wide range of variabilities of human cultures as valid approaches to universal human challenges, and relate this to your personal experiences.
4. Describe the process of globalization and the ways they shape, and are shaped by different aspects of culture in human communities throughout the world and critically comment on some of the ethical issues and how anthropology addresses them.
WEEK 1 FEB 2 & 4 The Essence of Anthropology
WEEK 2 FEB 9 & 11 The Characteristics of Culture
WEEK 3 FEB 16 NO CLASS – PRESIDENT’S DAY
FEB 18 Becoming Human: Origin & Diversity of our Species (Chapter 4)
WEEK 4 FEB 23 Becoming Human: Origin & Diversity of our Species - continued
FEB 25 Language & Communication
Assignment 1: ethnic market - due today
WEEK 5 MAR 2 Language & Communication (continued)
MAR 4 Social Identity, Personality & Gender
WEEK 6 MAR 9 Social Identity, Personality & Gender (cont.)
MAR 11 ***TEST 1***
WEEK 7 MAR 16 & 18 Patterns of Subsistence & Economic Systems
WEEK 8 MAR 23 & 25 Sex & Marriage (Chapter 9a)
WEEK 9 MAR 30 & APR 1 SPRING BREAK
WEEK 10 APR 6 & 8 Family & Household (Chapter 9b) - text is in Bb
Having read the article in your Online Reader under Chapter 8 – “What is your mother’s worth?” You are going to apply this to your primary care giver when you were young. Get 2 hourly 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. I must see your math. 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. This is more time consuming then it looks. This is the only Extra Credit Opportunity you will have in this course. It is worth 20 points. This is due Apr. 8
WEEK 11 APR 13 & 15 Kinship & Descent & Grouping by Gender, Age,
Common Interest & Class
Assignment 2: Option 1 due 4/15
WEEK 12 APR 20 Grouping by Gender, Age, Common Interest &
Class (continued)
APR 22 ***TEST 2 ***
WEEK 13 APR 27 & 29 Politics, Power & Violence
WEEK 14 MAY 4 & 6 Spirituality, Religion & the Supernatural
Assignment 2: Options 2 or 3 due 5/6
WEEK 15 MAY 11 & 13 The Arts
WEEK 16 MAY 18 & 20 Process of Change & Global Challenges,
Local Responses and the Role of Anthropology
WEEK 17 MAY 25 NO CLASS – MEMORIAL DAY
MAY 27 ***FINAL EXAM***
REQUIRED WORK: All of this info is in Bb as well – YOU MUST GO INTO Bb TO SUBMIT YOUR WORK.
WEEKLY TEST QUESTIONS: LATE QUESTIONS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED
Beginning with Chapter 2, (some weeks you have 2 chapters – that means 6 questions) you will be creating 3 test questions per chapter. These questions must not just be “definitions” of terms. They must also show that you can apply the lessons learned in the chapter. These questions must come from 3 different parts of the chapter. I will put all of your questions together and hand them out in class – you will use them as study tools. Some weeks you will be working on them in class, other weeks we won’t have the time. I will select some of the best of these and include them in your Exams! Here are some examples of questions previous students have created. Also note the format – you must submit them using this format – you will lose points for not following these instructions. You are going to send these questions through Bb.
When 'Wolf Lies Down' complained about unauthorized borrowing to his elders, this resulted in the banning of this practice. What did this illustrate? (Pg. 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 social flexibility.
*d. All of the above
e. None of the above
Among the Kings of Hawaii, England, and France, what was the legitimacy of their rule of power? (Pg. 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 of the final decision? (P.326)
a.mediation
*b.adjudication
c.talking circle
d.negotiation
e.conciliation
Notice the FORMAT: At the end of the question you will put the page(s) where the correct answer can be found. You will have 5 possible answers and the correct answer will have an * in front of it.
The questions will be graded on “quality.” They must contribute to the class’s learning experience.
You must create questions that are not just ‘definitions’ of key terms. By chapter 5 you can no longer create ‘definition’ questions. Also you can have only 1 question where the answer is “all of the above”.
You must create questions that show you can apply the lessons learned in the chapter.
These questions will be posted each week in Bb as Self -Study tests These ‘study quizzes’ are a learning tool. Some of the best questions will appear in each of the exams. {The 3 questions are worth 15 points}
WEEKLY CHAPTER QUIZZES: MISSED QUIZZES CANNOT BE MADE UP – WATCH YOUR CALENDAR.
They become available on Sunday at 12am and you must take these by the following Saturday at 11pm. They disappear after the time is up. Some questions are “fill in the blank” – these are spelling sensitive – so I check those to make sure that you get credit for a correct answer that you can’t spell correctly. These quizzes will also give you a sense of what the midterms are like – this is another important study tool. {15 points each}
2 WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS: Everyone will do the same Assignment 1. You will have several options to select from for Assignment 2.
· Each Assignment will be typed & stapled.
· Each assignment will have a cover page – with your name in the top right corner of the cover page: If you don’t have a cover page – I will not accept the work. If your name isn’t in the correct place you will be marked down.
· 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 & not accede 5 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. You will number each page. 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. – This means that it will be late and thereby marked down.
· Papers with names in the wrong place will be marked down.
· 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, no later; 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, – YOU CAN E-MAIL ME YOUR PAPER AS A WORD ATTACHMENT or copy & paste it into the body of your e-mail message mrboros@ occ.cccd.edu . I must receive the paper by 8am of the day it is due for you to receive full credit. If you email it to me after the class has started you will be marked down a grade – if you email it to me after the class has ended up to the next class meeting you will not get higher then a “C”.