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For more course tutorials visit<br>www.uophelp.com<br><br><br>Acculturation. The textbook discusses the process of acculturation. After viewing the film, Indian School: Stories of Survival, answer the following questions:<br> <br>What is the definition of acculturation?<br> <br>
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ANT 101 Week 1 DQ 1 Acculturation For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Acculturation. The textbook discusses the process of acculturation. After viewing the film, Indian School: Stories of Survival, answer the following questions: What is the definition of acculturation? What happened to the Native American children in the film?
ANT 101 Week 1 DQ 2 Cultural Relativism For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Cultural Relativism. Cultural relativism asserts that every culture has its own set of customs and beliefs, and that culture must be understood by the standards and values of the people within that culture. Anthropologists think that things that might seem cruel or irrational in our own culture must be seen through the lens of cultural relativity, and that all cultures have practices or beliefs that can be seen by others as repugnant or incomprehensible.
ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 1 Race and Identity For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Race and Identity. Historian Robin Kelley stated, “Race was never just a matter of how you look, it’s about how people assign meaning to how you look.” With that in mind: After viewing the video clip, Social Implications of Race, what do you think is meant by the term racial smog? How do racial categories shape our identities and social status?
ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 2 Language, Status, and Identity For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Language, Status, and Identity. Anthropologists believe that language sends messages about who we are, where we come from, and with whom we associate. Based on the readings, can you explain how language can determine status? Provide specific examples that illustrate and support your point of view.
ANT 101 Week 2 Locating Scholarly Sources For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Locating Scholarly Sources. This assignment is intended to help you familiarize yourself with using the Ashford University Library for anthropological research, in preparation for your Final Research Paper. You will also become familiar with identifying the thesis statement in articles.
ANT 101 Week 3 DQ 1 Alternative Gender Roles For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Alternative Gender Roles. According to the textbook, gender is the social construct that is assigned and learned based on cultural concepts about the nature of sex differences and their place in social life In your forum response, pick one of the alternative genders discussed in the textbook, and explain how these gender roles function within their society.
ANT 101 Week 3 DQ 2 Rites of Passage For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Rites of Passage. A rite of passage is a ritual that helps mark a person’s transition from one status to another. All cultures have rites of passage to mark these important transitions. With that in mind, choose a rite of passage either from the textbook or from your own research. What is the function of this rite within the particular society?
ANT 101 Week 3 Rough Draft of Final Research Paper For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Rough Draft of Final Research Paper. To ensure that you are properly prepared for your Final Research Paper in this course, you must complete a draft that includes: a. Select a topic from the following list: Body Art and Ornamentation Child Rearing Practices
ANT 101 Week 4 DQ 1 Native American Religion For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Native American Religion. Read the article, Indian Prisoners Claim Spiritual Needs Ignored. Then, respond to the following questions: Should Native Americans be able to perform their ceremonies in prison? Do prisoners give up all rights when they enter prison? Does this include the right to practice their religion? Does this apply to all prisoners, or just to Native Americans?
ANT 101 Week 4 DQ 2 Social Groups For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Social Groups. There are a lot of different kinds of social groups in the United States such as clubs, fraternities, gangs, counterculture groups, and online communities. Identify a social group that you are part of, and then discuss which of the social control mechanisms (mentioned in Section 8.4 of the textbook) are applied in your group. Why do you think these forms of social control are effective?
ANT 101 Week 5 DQ 1 Feminization of Poverty For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Feminization of Poverty. The author of the textbook uses the term “the feminization of poverty.” What do you think the author means by that term? Why would women be more vulnerable to living in poverty? What cultural factors might contribute to that?
ANT 101 Week 5 DQ 2 Consumption and Globalization For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Consumption and Globalization. Chapter 10 provides an overview on the anthropological perspective on globalization. After viewing the film, Guatemala: The Human Price of Coffee, discuss the impacts of globalization on the coffee farmers in Guatemala. How does buying a cup of coffee at Starbuck’s effect coffee farmers in Guatemala? How does this relate to globalization? Would what you saw in the video, and what you read in the book, change your consumption patterns?
ANT 101 Week 5 Final Paper For more course tutorials visit www.uophelp.com Throughout this course, we have learned that culture is a powerful tool that allows humans to adapt to their own unique environments. In order to better understand cultural diversity, comparisons between cultures are often used to explain the similarities and differences across societies. In order to demonstrate your understanding of the adaptive nature of culture, you will prepare a research paper that requires you to think about what people are doing, why they are doing what they do, and how it ties in with their environment.
