Unit 4 PPT PowerPoint

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ESSENTIAL UNDERSTANDINGS APPLIED TO THE UNITESTATESUNIT 4DATE

Humanities 10 : the importance of culturaluniversals and the struggle for equality worldwide


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EssentialQuestions(Write these on your title page!)

What must we understandbefore we can address the

importance of cultural

universals and the search for

equality throughout the world?

How do the stories of a culturereflect their values and beliefs?

How do classic heroes differfrom modern heroes, and what

is their purpose?


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How doesPlaying forChange reflect

all three of thefollowing?

a. cultural universal

b. cultural conflict

c. cultural tradition

8 lines 5 minutes

TYPE 2WRITING


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TYPE ONEWRITING(write the questions first)

How do you think the earliest

people learned? Who taught

what to whom, and how did they

teach it?

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Storytelling

Notes/VocabSTORY TELLING is culturally universal:

People began telling stories longbefore they started

writing them down

Oral tradition: passing down stories told aloud fromgeneration to generation

embellishment: how stories change over timethrough exaggeration

Didactic: designed to teach

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genres (categories) of story telling

anecdote: short instructional/entertaining story about some happening,usually personal

legend: widely told story (location and culture specific) usually with some

basic in truth (jersey dev il, lockness monster, sasquatch)

folktale/folklore:exists only in oral tradition, story which not only reflects

values and traditions, but encourages heroic/correct behavior (bloody

mary)

fable: short story with animal characters that teaches a lesson or moral

(torto ise and the hare)

proverbs:short sayings that express a common truth or familiar

experience (dont cry over spilled milk)

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Storytelling Notes/Vocab
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genres (categories) of story telling(cont.)

MYTHS:

Originated in oral ancient tradition (many share similarities)

Entertaining story with a serious purpose (explain or instruct)

Myths focus on gods

Explain: origin, natural phenomenon, death, nature

NATURAL PHENOMENON: happenings in nature (ex:earthquakes, floods, sunrise, characteristics of animals,

etc.)

EPICS:

LONG NARRATIVE STORIES/POEMS ABOUT A HERO ANDHIS ADVENTURES


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Vocab related to

HEROES AND EPICSCharacteristics of the CLASSIC HERO:

unusual birth

part god/favored by gods

extraordinary strength

kills monsters with special weapons

goes on an arduous journey - QUEST

visits the underworld

unusual death

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EPIC POEM:750 AND 650 B.C.Erhapsode (STORYTELLER): HOMER

OdysseusClassic hero of the odyssey


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Important characteristics

of Odysseus/The OdysseySYMBOLIZESthe journey oflife and its challenges

Stresses the VALUESof:

Using ones brain to get outof tough situations

GUILE(trickery): Odysseus

escapes the cyclops

Pride (HUBRIS) as bad behavior / TRAGIC FLAW(Odysseus yells his

name to the cyclops)

Rudeness as bad behavior (Circe turns men to pigs)

Making difficult decisions (Scylla and Charybdis)

Withstanding temptation (Sirens)


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Vocab related to

HEROES AND EPICSSUPERHERO: modeled after classic hero

TRAGIC FLAW:a flaw leading to the downfall of a hero or

heroine (usually pride)

MODERN HEROES:

everyday heroes

dont typically have a flaw in our minds

didnt ask to be heroes

right place right time

Man Is Rescued by Stranger on Subway Tracks
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PURPOSES OF THESE STORIES

Symbolizethe human experience

Embody the spiritual valuesof a culture


NATURAL PHENOMENON: happenings in nature (ex:earthquakes, floods, sunrise, characteristics of animals, etc.)

Provide models of virtuous behavior (adventures of heroes, mistakes

of fools)

Illustrate striking similarities as well as differences between cultures

Preserve elements of culture/history

Encourage pride in culture

Teach moral lesson/correct or incorrect behavior


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Symbolizethe human experience

Embody the spiritual valuesof a culture


NATURAL PHENOMENON: happenings in nature (ex:earthquakes, floods, sunrise, characteristics of animals, etc.)

Provide models of virtuous behavior (adventures of heroes, mistakes

of fools)

Illustrate striking similarities as well as differences between cultures

Preserve elements of culture/history

Encourage pride in culture

Teach moral lesson/correct or incorrect behavior


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Vocab related to

BELIEFSRELIGION: the belief in and worship of God or gods/goddesses

DIETY/DIVINITIES: GOD/GODS

MONOTHEISTIC: ONE GOD

POLYTHEISTIC:MULTIPLE GODS

RITUAL: A TRADITION THAT INVOLVES RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

PHILOSOPHY:belief system without gods

FATE: the force that guides the outcome of ones life

SUPERSTITION: irrational beliefs that certain things will influence

outcomes

OMEN: an event regarded as a sign of good or evil


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________________ the human experience

Embody the spiritual ______________ of a culture

Explain: _____________, natural phenomenon, ______________

NATURAL PHENOMENON:___________________________________________________

___________________________________________________

__________

Provide models of virtuous behavior (adventures of ___________,

mistakes of _____________)

Illustrate striking _________________ as well as differencesbetween cultures

Preserve elements of _____________/history

Encourage ___________ in culture

Teach ____________ lesson/correct or incorrect behavior



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INEQUALITY

Types of INEQUALITY we will study:

RACIAL(color, ethnicity)

SOCIAL CLASS(based on wealth, power,

education, occupation)

GENDER(men/women)

RELIGIOUS


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INEQUALITY VOCABINEQUALITY:an unfair situation, in which some

groups in society have more money,opportunities, power, etc. than other

DISCRIMINATION:the practice of treating one

person or group differently from another in an

unfair way:

RACISM:unfair treatment of people, or violence

against them, because they belong to a different

race

STEREOTYPE:to decide unfairly that a type of

person has particular qualities or abilities because

they belong to a particular race, sex, or social

class


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INEQUALITY VOCABPREJUDICE:an unreasonable dislike and distrust

of people who are different from one in some way,

especially because of their race, sex, religion etc.

BIAS:an opinion about whether a person, group,

or idea is good or bad which influences how youdeal with it

ETHNOCENTRISM:evaluating other peoples and

cultures according to the standards of one's own

culture

MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVE:a way of

thinking that involves ideas from many different

countries, races, or religions


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Martin Luther King

Jr.

I Have A Dream SpeechAugust 28, 1963

March on Washington,

Washington, DC

Steps of the Lincoln Memorial


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INEQUALITY VOCABINEQUALITY:an _______ situation, in which some

groups in society have more __________,______________, ____________ etc. than others

DISCRIMINATION:the practice of treating one

person or group ___________ from another in an

_____________ way:

RACISM:unfair _____________ of people, or

____________ against them, because they belong

to a different race

STEREOTYPE:to decide unfairly that a type of

person has particular qualities or ___________

because they belong to a particular ________, sex,

or ______________


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INEQUALITY VOCABPREJUDICE:an _____________ dislike and

distrust of people who are different from one in

some way, especially because of their _______,

______, _____________ etc.

BIAS:an ________ about whether a person,group, or idea is _________ or _________ which

influences how you deal with it

ETHNOCENTRISM:the idea that ___________

race, ________, group etc. is better than any other

MULTICULTURAL PERSPECTIVE:a way of

thinking that includes ideas from many different

__________, __________, or ______________


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Forrest Gump and American

Culture

Choose ONE of the following THESIS

STATEMENTS:1.THE FILM FORREST GUMP DEPICTS SEVERAL

inequalitiesTHAT EXIST IN AMERICAN

CULTURE, FOR INSTANCE

__________________, _________________ AND___________________.

2.THE FILM FORREST GUMP PORTRAYS

SEVERALAmerican beliefs and values, FOR

INSTANCE __________________,

__________________ AND

________________________.3.3. THE CHARACTER OF FOREST GUMP

EXEMPLIFIES CHARACTERISTICS OF BOTH

THE classic hero and the modern heroIN THE

SENSE THAT HE ____________________ AND

________________________.


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TIPS/REMINDERS

FOLLOWHOOKSWITH

BACKGROUNDTHATPROVIDES YOUR READER

WITH NECESSARY

INFORMATION AND

TRANSITIONS INTO YOUR

THESIS

OFTEN INCLUDED IN THISPART OF AN

INTRODUCTION

Title, author, setting,


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TIPS/REMINDERS

END INTRODUCTIONS WITH A

THESIS STATEMENT THATINCLUDES THE TOPICS OF EACH

BODY PARAGRAPH

TOPIC + OPINION = THESIS

The film Forrest Gump depicts several inequalities that exist in

American culture, for instance ___________, __________ and

___________.


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TIPS/REMINDERS

BEGIN YOUR

CONCLUSION BYRESTATING

YOUR THESIS INDIFFERENT WORDS

FINISH WITH A RECAP OF YOUR MAIN POINTS AND YOUR

FINAL THOUGHTS


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AVOID FIRSTPERSON( I )

AND SECONDPERSON ( YOU )IN YOUR

ESSAYSUNLESSAPPROPRIATEOR NECESSARY.

WRITINGTIPS/REMINDERS

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