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Terminal Objective: Describe the way anthropology approaches the concept of cultural difference and boundaries (3) Enabling Objectives ssessment !dea bsorb ctivity Do ctivity "onnect ctivity
Differentiate between the way cultural boundaries#borders are perceived in popular culture$ as opposed to in anthropology% E2plain what can be said about cultural difference and boundaries in the European conte2t% !dentify the controversies and problems with drawing fast boundaries around Europe%
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Discussion &ee'ly mastery (ui) *idterm + multiple choice , true#false test Ethnography paper.inal + potentially addressed in final essay (uestion/ Discussion &ee'ly mastery (ui) *idterm + multiple choice , true#false test Ethnography paper .inal + potentially addressed in final essay (uestion Discussion &ee'ly mastery (ui) *idterm + multiple choice , true#false
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3tudents are re(uired to read and write an analytical summary of two ethnographies of their choice set in Europe$ one identified as a 4classic5$ researched prior to the fall of the 6erlin &all and dissolution of the 3oviet 7nion$ and one researched after that period% Each boo' relates to some or several terminal and enabling objectives% / .inal e2am will consist of a multiple choice , true#false test$ along with a final essay as'ing students to discuss the most salient points in understanding the peoples of Europe and the major themes impacting European identities% 3tudents are re(uired to focus in on four points#themes$ but otherwise have leeway in choosing which ones%
Terminal Objective: 0ecogni)e stereotypes of 4national character5$ foodways$ language$ history$ religion$ class$ migration$ nationalism$ music$ and culture change in the European conte2t (/)% Enabling Objectives ssessment !dea bsorb ctivity Do ctivity "onnect ctivity
Define the 8essentialist8 view of culture$ and e2plain why it is problematic% E2plain why it is problematic to associate European9 ness with 8race%8 !llustrate how Europeans stereotype#perceive see each other$ and in what conte2ts% Discussion &ee'ly mastery (ui) *idterm + multiple choice , true#false test Ethnography paper .inal + potentially addressed in final essay (uestion Discussion &ee'ly mastery (ui) *idterm + multiple choice , true#false test Ethnography paper .inal + potentially addressed in final essay (uestion Discussion &ee'ly mastery (ui) *idterm + multiple choice , true#false 0eadings 1resentation#lecture and class notes &ee'ly mastery (ui) Discussion Ethnography paper .inal essay
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Terminal Objective: Differentiate between regions$ peoples and languages of Europe (3) Enabling Objectives ssessment !dea bsorb ctivity Do ctivity "onnect
!dentify the boundaries of Europe as understood in geographic$ geo9 political and cultural conte2ts% Discussion &ee'ly mastery (ui) *idterm + map identification test Ethnography paper Discussion &ee'ly mastery (ui) "ountry wi'i project 0eadings 1resentation#lecture and class notes *ap games to help students identify European geography% &ee'ly mastery (ui) Discussion &ee'ly mastery (ui) Discussion
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:enerali)e what demographic data (population distribution$ aging$ etc%) says about the European cultural
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3tudents will build a wi'i page for a selected country over the course of the term covering demographics$ language$ ethnicity$ regional foods$ social policy and other subtopics covered in the class%
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!dentify the major ethnic groups of Europe and the ethnic minorities of Europe%
*idterm + multiple choice , true#false test Discussion &ee'ly mastery (ui) "ountry wi'i project *idterm + multiple choice , true#false test Discussion &ee'ly mastery (ui) "ountry wi'i project *idterm + multiple choice , true#false test Ethnography paper .inal + potentially addressed in final essay (uestion
Terminal Objective: E2plain how colonialism shaped and continues to shape Europe and it5s relationship with the rest of the world (-$ /$ 3) Enabling Objectives ssessment !dea bsorb ctivity Do ctivity "onnect ctivity
!dentify the watershed (8big8) moments in European history since the *iddle ges% E2plain what is meant by Europe being a ;se(uence of ideas%< E2plain the role of colonialism in the formation of Europe Discussion &ee'ly mastery (ui) *idterm + multiple choice , true#false test Ethnography paper .inal + potentially addressed in final essay (uestion Discussion &ee'ly mastery (ui) *idterm + multiple choice , true#false test .inal + potentially addressed in final essay (uestion Discussion &ee'ly mastery (ui) *idterm + multiple choice , true#false test Ethnography paper .inal + potentially addressed in final essay (uestion 1resentation#lecture and class notes &ee'ly mastery (ui) Discussion .inal essay
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