TASK #1  Visit http://www.kiva.org/ and select and individual or organization you would like to see our loan got to.

TASK #2 Culture provides the blueprint that people as a society use to guide their relationship with others. To develop an understanding of the concept of culture, our class will examine the rituals and routines of select groups around the world. In America’s multicultural society, It is important for us to understand that culture influences viewpoints, perspectives, social rules, and social institutions. Choose TWO case studies from the list below and generates notes on page #56 of your resource books. 

ARTICLE #1 Sometimes a Girl's Best Friend Is Not Her Father - Examining How Time Affects Cultural Values

ARTICLE #2 Yielding to the Dreamy Tug of Ancient Shadows - Examining the Collision of Traditional and Modern Practices in Asia

ARTICLE #3 How to Love the Arctic Sun? With Ceremony - Folk Tales and Their Cultural Implications

ARTICLE #4  Kampala Journal: Rating Beauty With a Tape Measure, Inch by Inch

ARTICLE #5 The Language of Love - Discovering the Cultural Aspects of Love and Courtship

ARTICLE #6 Islamic Revival Led by Women Tests Syria’s Secularism

Essay Question: The world has many different belief systems. Each distinctive belief system greatly influences the lives of their followers and the society in which they are based. 

Choose TWO belief systems from the list below and for each:

#1 Explain the key belief, ceremony, or tradition

#2 Discuss how ideas about these ceremonies have changed over time

You may choose from the following rituals and routines:  

Masai Marriage rites

The Sun Ceremony in the Northwest Territories

Puppet Shows in Indonesia

Political Activism Syrian Madrasa’s

Courtship Rituals in Japanese Dating Clubs

Beauty Pageant in South African