This document contains information about several anthropology course assignments. It discusses topics like acculturation of Native American children, cultural relativism, race and identity, language and status, locating scholarly sources, alternative gender roles, rites of passage, Native American religion, social groups, feminization of poverty, and the impacts of globalization. It provides discussion questions, assignment descriptions and instructions for a final research paper comparing cultural practices in three societies.
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ANT 101 Child Rearing Practices
1. ANT 101 Week 1 DQ 1 Acculturation
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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?
Why did the American government decide to acculturate them into
Western culture?
How did this affect them long term?
Is acculturating others into another culture ever justified?
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ANT 101 Week 1 DQ 2 Cultural Relativism
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2. 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.
After reading the U.N. Declaration of Human Rights, explain whether
you think that cultural relativism can coexist with the idea of
universal human rights. Is it possible for anthropologists to promote
human rights without imposing, for example, their own Western
values and ideas of human rights?
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ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 1 Race and Identity
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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?
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ANT 101 Week 2 DQ 2 Language, Status, and
Identity
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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.
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ANT 101 Week 2 Locating Scholarly Sources
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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
4. Paper. You will also become familiar with identifying the thesis
statement in articles.
Similar to how different fields of study use distinct methodologies to
collect data, each scholastic field also utilizes specific databases to
locate scholarly articles. For this assignment, you will be locating
articles and texts from a variety of databases that are all commonly
used in anthropological research. In addition to being able to locate
articles, it is very important to be able to identify the thesis statements
of the articles or texts to make sure they will be useful in your
research.
To begin, click on the “Article Selector” quiz in the left navigation
menu of your online classroom. This will randomly assign you three
articles, and provide you with the proper APA citation. After you
have been assigned the articles, make sure to acknowledge that you
have received each of these articles and click “submit.” You may
want to write these down in a separate document, but you can also
view these in your Gradebook at any time. You will not be able to
access the Assignment until you have used the Article Selector.
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ANT 101 Week 3 DQ 1 Alternative Gender
Roles
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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
5. 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.
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ANT 101 Week 3 DQ 2 Rites of Passage
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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?
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ANT 101 Week 3 Rough Draft of Final
Research Paper (India and Japan Rearing
Practice)
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6. 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
Healthcare practices
The use of music or dance as a form of political protest/music or
dance as a reflection of cultural
issues, values and beliefs
Educational practices
Elderly care
Body Language and Proxemics
Rites of Passage
Conflict resolution
Marriage practices
Alternative gender roles
Alternative topics are possible, but must be approved by the
instructor at least a week before the
Week Three draft is due.
A thesis that reflects the requirements of the Final Research Paper.
7. A properly formatted reference page.
After you have decided upon a topic, the next step is to begin to do
your research. Since you will be comparing this topic across three
different cultures, it may be helpful to brainstorm a list of different
cultures that you are interested in researching. Utilizing the same
databases that you searched in the Week Two Assignment, conduct
key word searches to locate the scholarly sources you will be using to
aid in writing this paper. If you feel that you need a little help in
beginning this research, please view the Generating Search Terms
tutorial and/or the Finding Full Text Articles tutorial in the library.
Please keep in mind, that even though you are only required to use
three scholarly sources from the library, you will initially want to find
more than that to ensure that you are using the best three articles for
your topic and cultures.
After completing your research, now is a good time to compile your
sources in a reference page. Do not worry if you do not end up using
one of the sources in your Final Research Paper; you can always
remove any sources that you do not use later.
Once you have read through the sources you have located, you should
now be able to write a thesis statement that reflects the requirements
of the Final Research Paper. For help on creating the thesis statement,
please visit the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing
Center.
While not required for this assignment, it may be helpful to first
outline your thoughts to aid you in organizing how you will present
the information in your paper. If you are concerned about how to
successfully integrate the sources that you found, please view the
Incorporating Sources tutorial in the library. As you are incorporating
the information from your sources, think back on the Plagiarism Quiz
and the Article Selector Quiz to make sure that you are properly citing
sources. You can also view the Plagiarism Flow Chart, found in your
8. online course, to help ensure that you have properly incorporated
sources.
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ANT 101 Week 3 Rough Draft of Final
Research Paper
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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
Healthcare practices
The use of music or dance as a form of political protest/music or
dance as a reflection of cultural
issues, values and beliefs
Educational practices
Elderly care
9. Body Language and Proxemics
Rites of Passage
Conflict resolution
Marriage practices
Alternative gender roles
Alternative topics are possible, but must be approved by the
instructor at least a week before the
Week Three draft is due.
A thesis that reflects the requirements of the Final Research Paper.
A properly formatted reference page.
After you have decided upon a topic, the next step is to begin to do
your research. Since you will be comparing this topic across three
different cultures, it may be helpful to brainstorm a list of different
cultures that you are interested in researching. Utilizing the same
databases that you searched in the Week Two Assignment, conduct
key word searches to locate the scholarly sources you will be using to
aid in writing this paper. If you feel that you need a little help in
beginning this research, please view the Generating Search Terms
tutorial and/or the Finding Full Text Articles tutorial in the library.
Please keep in mind, that even though you are only required to use
three scholarly sources from the library, you will initially want to find
more than that to ensure that you are using the best three articles for
your topic and cultures.
After completing your research, now is a good time to compile your
sources in a reference page. Do not worry if you do not end up using
10. one of the sources in your Final Research Paper; you can always
remove any sources that you do not use later.
Once you have read through the sources you have located, you should
now be able to write a thesis statement that reflects the requirements
of the Final Research Paper. For help on creating the thesis statement,
please visit the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Writing
Center.
While not required for this assignment, it may be helpful to first
outline your thoughts to aid you in organizing how you will present
the information in your paper. If you are concerned about how to
successfully integrate the sources that you found, please view the
Incorporating Sources tutorial in the library. As you are incorporating
the information from your sources, think back on the Plagiarism Quiz
and the Article Selector Quiz to make sure that you are properly citing
sources. You can also view the Plagiarism Flow Chart, found in your
online course, to help ensure that you have properly incorporated
sources.
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ANT 101 Week 4 DQ 1 Native American
Religion
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Native American Religion. Read the article, Indian Prisoners Claim
Spiritual Needs Ignored. Then, respond to the following questions:
11. 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?
Give another example of what might be religious discrimination in
our own country.
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ANT 101 Week 4 DQ 2 Social Groups
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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?
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ANT 101 Week 5 DQ 1 Feminization of
Poverty
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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?
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ANT 101 Week 5 DQ 2 Consumption and
Globalization
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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?
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ANT 101 Week 5 Final Paper (Alternate
Gender Roles)
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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.
In this paper you will be comparing and contrasting one of the
following topics in three cultures (other than your own), providing an
analysis of the similarities and differences, and an explanation of why
these differences might exist.
In your rough draft you selected a topic from the following list:
Body Art and Ornamentation
Child Rearing Practices
Healthcare practices
The use of music or dance as a form of political protest/music or
dance as a reflection of cultural issues, values and beliefs
Educational practices
Elderly care
14. Body Language and Proxemics
Rites of Passage
Conflict resolution
Marriage practices
Alternative gender roles
Alternative topics are possible, but must be approved by the instructor
at least a week before the Week
Three draft is due.
In Week Three, you conducted your research and completed a Rough
Draft of the Final Research Paper. You have
also received feedback from your instructor on this draft. It is
important at this stage that you carefully take the time to review the
feedback that was provided. If based on this feedback, you feel the
need to conduct any additional research, now is the time to visit the
Ashford University Library and find additional sources.
Expand your rough draft into a seven to eight page research paper that
contains the following components:
a. A discussion of how three cultures (other than your own) approach
the topic, including specific
ethnographic examples.
A compare and contrast analysis of the similarities and differences in
how the three cultures approach the topic, from a culturally relativistic
perspective.
15. An explanation of why these differences or similarities might exist.
Take extra care as you are writing this paper to ensure that you have
given proper consideration to all of the notes that were provided to
you by your instructor. You will also want to allow plenty of time to
proof-read the Final Research Paper and double check for formatting
and the use of proper citations. If you are concerned about plagiarism,
please utilize the Plagiarism Flow Chart, found in your online course.
The paper must be seven to eight pages in length and formatted
according to APA style. You must use at least three scholarly sources
from the Ashford University Library to support your claims. Cite your
sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page. For
information regarding APA, including samples and tutorials, visit the
Ashford Writing Center, located within the Learning Resources tab on
the left navigation toolbar, in your online course.
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ANT 101 Week 5 Final Paper (American
Education and Western Influence)
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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.
16. In this paper you will be comparing and contrasting one of the
following topics in three cultures (other than your own), providing an
analysis of the similarities and differences, and an explanation of why
these differences might exist.
In your rough draft you selected a topic from the following list:
Body Art and Ornamentation
Child Rearing Practices
Healthcare practices
The use of music or dance as a form of political protest/music or
dance as a reflection of cultural issues, values and beliefs
Educational practices
Elderly care
Body Language and Proxemics
Rites of Passage
Conflict resolution
Marriage practices
Alternative gender roles
Alternative topics are possible, but must be approved by the instructor
at least a week before the Week
Three draft is due.
17. In Week Three, you conducted your research and completed a Rough
Draft of the Final Research Paper. You have
also received feedback from your instructor on this draft. It is
important at this stage that you carefully take the time to review the
feedback that was provided. If based on this feedback, you feel the
need to conduct any additional research, now is the time to visit the
Ashford University Library and find additional sources.
Expand your rough draft into a seven to eight page research paper that
contains the following components:
a. A discussion of how three cultures (other than your own) approach
the topic, including specific
ethnographic examples.
A compare and contrast analysis of the similarities and differences in
how the three cultures approach the topic, from a culturally relativistic
perspective.
An explanation of why these differences or similarities might exist.
Take extra care as you are writing this paper to ensure that you have
given proper consideration to all of the notes that were provided to
you by your instructor. You will also want to allow plenty of time to
proof-read the Final Research Paper and double check for formatting
and the use of proper citations. If you are concerned about plagiarism,
please utilize the Plagiarism Flow Chart, found in your online course.
The paper must be seven to eight pages in length and formatted
according to APA style. You must use at least three scholarly sources
from the Ashford University Library to support your claims. Cite your
sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page. For
information regarding APA, including samples and tutorials, visit the
Ashford Writing Center, located within the Learning Resources tab on
the left navigation toolbar, in your online course.
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ANT 101 Week 5 Final Paper (Elderly Care)
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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.
In this paper you will be comparing and contrasting one of the
following topics in three cultures (other than your own), providing an
analysis of the similarities and differences, and an explanation of why
these differences might exist.
In your rough draft you selected a topic from the following list:
Body Art and Ornamentation
Child Rearing Practices
Healthcare practices
The use of music or dance as a form of political protest/music or
dance as a reflection of cultural issues, values and beliefs
19. Educational practices
Elderly care
Body Language and Proxemics
Rites of Passage
Conflict resolution
Marriage practices
Alternative gender roles
Alternative topics are possible, but must be approved by the instructor
at least a week before the Week
Three draft is due.
In Week Three, you conducted your research and completed a Rough
Draft of the Final Research Paper. You have
also received feedback from your instructor on this draft. It is
important at this stage that you carefully take the time to review the
feedback that was provided. If based on this feedback, you feel the
need to conduct any additional research, now is the time to visit the
Ashford University Library and find additional sources.
Expand your rough draft into a seven to eight page research paper that
contains the following components:
a. A discussion of how three cultures (other than your own) approach
the topic, including specific
ethnographic examples.
20. A compare and contrast analysis of the similarities and differences in
how the three cultures approach the topic, from a culturally relativistic
perspective.
An explanation of why these differences or similarities might exist.
Take extra care as you are writing this paper to ensure that you have
given proper consideration to all of the notes that were provided to
you by your instructor. You will also want to allow plenty of time to
proof-read the Final Research Paper and double check for formatting
and the use of proper citations. If you are concerned about plagiarism,
please utilize the Plagiarism Flow Chart, found in your online course.
The paper must be seven to eight pages in length and formatted
according to APA style. You must use at least three scholarly sources
from the Ashford University Library to support your claims. Cite your
sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page. For
information regarding APA, including samples and tutorials, visit the
Ashford Writing Center, located within the Learning Resources tab on
the left navigation toolbar, in your online course.
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ANT 101 Week 5 Final Paper (India and
Japan Rearing Practice)
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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
21. 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.
In this paper you will be comparing and contrasting one of the
following topics in three cultures (other than your own), providing an
analysis of the similarities and differences, and an explanation of why
these differences might exist.
In your rough draft you selected a topic from the following list:
Body Art and Ornamentation
Child Rearing Practices
Healthcare practices
The use of music or dance as a form of political protest/music or
dance as a reflection of cultural issues, values and beliefs
Educational practices
Elderly care
Body Language and Proxemics
Rites of Passage
Conflict resolution
Marriage practices
Alternative gender roles
22. Alternative topics are possible, but must be approved by the instructor
at least a week before the Week
Three draft is due.
In Week Three, you conducted your research and completed a Rough
Draft of the Final Research Paper. You have
also received feedback from your instructor on this draft. It is
important at this stage that you carefully take the time to review the
feedback that was provided. If based on this feedback, you feel the
need to conduct any additional research, now is the time to visit the
Ashford University Library and find additional sources.
Expand your rough draft into a seven to eight page research paper that
contains the following components:
a. A discussion of how three cultures (other than your own) approach
the topic, including specific
ethnographic examples.
A compare and contrast analysis of the similarities and differences in
how the three cultures approach the topic, from a culturally relativistic
perspective.
An explanation of why these differences or similarities might exist.
Take extra care as you are writing this paper to ensure that you have
given proper consideration to all of the notes that were provided to
you by your instructor. You will also want to allow plenty of time to
proof-read the Final Research Paper and double check for formatting
and the use of proper citations. If you are concerned about plagiarism,
please utilize the Plagiarism Flow Chart, found in your online course.
The paper must be seven to eight pages in length and formatted
according to APA style. You must use at least three scholarly sources
23. from the Ashford University Library to support your claims. Cite your
sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page. For
information regarding APA, including samples and tutorials, visit the
Ashford Writing Center, located within the Learning Resources tab on
the left navigation toolbar, in your online course.
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ANT 101 Week 5 Final Paper (Marriage
Practice And Terrorism)
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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.
In this paper you will be comparing and contrasting one of the
following topics in three cultures (other than your own), providing an
analysis of the similarities and differences, and an explanation of why
these differences might exist.
In your rough draft you selected a topic from the following list:
Body Art and Ornamentation
24. Child Rearing Practices
Healthcare practices
The use of music or dance as a form of political protest/music or
dance as a reflection of cultural issues, values and beliefs
Educational practices
Elderly care
Body Language and Proxemics
Rites of Passage
Conflict resolution
Marriage practices
Alternative gender roles
Alternative topics are possible, but must be approved by the instructor
at least a week before the Week
Three draft is due.
In Week Three, you conducted your research and completed a Rough
Draft of the Final Research Paper. You have
also received feedback from your instructor on this draft. It is
important at this stage that you carefully take the time to review the
feedback that was provided. If based on this feedback, you feel the
need to conduct any additional research, now is the time to visit the
Ashford University Library and find additional sources.
Expand your rough draft into a seven to eight page research paper that
contains the following components:
25. a. A discussion of how three cultures (other than your own) approach
the topic, including specific
ethnographic examples.
A compare and contrast analysis of the similarities and differences in
how the three cultures approach the topic, from a culturally relativistic
perspective.
An explanation of why these differences or similarities might exist.
Take extra care as you are writing this paper to ensure that you have
given proper consideration to all of the notes that were provided to
you by your instructor. You will also want to allow plenty of time to
proof-read the Final Research Paper and double check for formatting
and the use of proper citations. If you are concerned about plagiarism,
please utilize the Plagiarism Flow Chart, found in your online course.
The paper must be seven to eight pages in length and formatted
according to APA style. You must use at least three scholarly sources
from the Ashford University Library to support your claims. Cite your
sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page. For
information regarding APA, including samples and tutorials, visit the
Ashford Writing Center, located within the Learning Resources tab on
the left navigation toolbar, in your online course.
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ANT 101 Week 5 Final Paper (Rites of passage
to death and afterlife in Japan)
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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.
In this paper you will be comparing and contrasting one of the
following topics in three cultures (other than your own), providing an
analysis of the similarities and differences, and an explanation of why
these differences might exist.
In your rough draft you selected a topic from the following list:
Body Art and Ornamentation
Child Rearing Practices
Healthcare practices
The use of music or dance as a form of political protest/music or
dance as a reflection of cultural issues, values and beliefs
Educational practices
Elderly care
Body Language and Proxemics
Rites of Passage
27. Conflict resolution
Marriage practices
Alternative gender roles
Alternative topics are possible, but must be approved by the instructor
at least a week before the Week
Three draft is due.
In Week Three, you conducted your research and completed a Rough
Draft of the Final Research Paper. You have
also received feedback from your instructor on this draft. It is
important at this stage that you carefully take the time to review the
feedback that was provided. If based on this feedback, you feel the
need to conduct any additional research, now is the time to visit the
Ashford University Library and find additional sources.
Expand your rough draft into a seven to eight page research paper that
contains the following components:
a. A discussion of how three cultures (other than your own) approach
the topic, including specific
ethnographic examples.
A compare and contrast analysis of the similarities and differences in
how the three cultures approach the topic, from a culturally relativistic
perspective.
An explanation of why these differences or similarities might exist.
Take extra care as you are writing this paper to ensure that you have
given proper consideration to all of the notes that were provided to
you by your instructor. You will also want to allow plenty of time to
28. proof-read the Final Research Paper and double check for formatting
and the use of proper citations. If you are concerned about plagiarism,
please utilize the Plagiarism Flow Chart, found in your online course.
The paper must be seven to eight pages in length and formatted
according to APA style. You must use at least three scholarly sources
from the Ashford University Library to support your claims. Cite your
sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page. For
information regarding APA, including samples and tutorials, visit the
Ashford Writing Center, located within the Learning Resources tab on
the left navigation toolbar, in your online course.
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ANT 101 Week 5 Final Paper (Wiccan religion
and Muslim Religion)
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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.
In this paper you will be comparing and contrasting one of the
following topics in three cultures (other than your own), providing an
29. analysis of the similarities and differences, and an explanation of why
these differences might exist.
In your rough draft you selected a topic from the following list:
Body Art and Ornamentation
Child Rearing Practices
Healthcare practices
The use of music or dance as a form of political protest/music or
dance as a reflection of cultural issues, values and beliefs
Educational practices
Elderly care
Body Language and Proxemics
Rites of Passage
Conflict resolution
Marriage practices
Alternative gender roles
Alternative topics are possible, but must be approved by the instructor
at least a week before the Week
Three draft is due.
In Week Three, you conducted your research and completed a Rough
Draft of the Final Research Paper. You have
30. also received feedback from your instructor on this draft. It is
important at this stage that you carefully take the time to review the
feedback that was provided. If based on this feedback, you feel the
need to conduct any additional research, now is the time to visit the
Ashford University Library and find additional sources.
Expand your rough draft into a seven to eight page research paper that
contains the following components:
a. A discussion of how three cultures (other than your own) approach
the topic, including specific
ethnographic examples.
A compare and contrast analysis of the similarities and differences in
how the three cultures approach the topic, from a culturally relativistic
perspective.
An explanation of why these differences or similarities might exist.
Take extra care as you are writing this paper to ensure that you have
given proper consideration to all of the notes that were provided to
you by your instructor. You will also want to allow plenty of time to
proof-read the Final Research Paper and double check for formatting
and the use of proper citations. If you are concerned about plagiarism,
please utilize the Plagiarism Flow Chart, found in your online course.
The paper must be seven to eight pages in length and formatted
according to APA style. You must use at least three scholarly sources
from the Ashford University Library to support your claims. Cite your
sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page. For
information regarding APA, including samples and tutorials, visit the
Ashford Writing Center, located within the Learning Resources tab on
the left navigation toolbar, in your online course.
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ANT 101 Week 5 Final Paper
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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.
In this paper you will be comparing and contrasting one of the
following topics in three cultures (other than your own), providing an
analysis of the similarities and differences, and an explanation of why
these differences might exist.
In your rough draft you selected a topic from the following list:
Body Art and Ornamentation
Child Rearing Practices
Healthcare practices
The use of music or dance as a form of political protest/music or
dance as a reflection of cultural issues, values and beliefs
Educational practices
Elderly care
32. Body Language and Proxemics
Rites of Passage
Conflict resolution
Marriage practices
Alternative gender roles
Alternative topics are possible, but must be approved by the instructor
at least a week before the Week
Three draft is due.
In Week Three, you conducted your research and completed a Rough
Draft of the Final Research Paper. You have
also received feedback from your instructor on this draft. It is
important at this stage that you carefully take the time to review the
feedback that was provided. If based on this feedback, you feel the
need to conduct any additional research, now is the time to visit the
Ashford University Library and find additional sources.
Expand your rough draft into a seven to eight page research paper that
contains the following components:
a. A discussion of how three cultures (other than your own) approach
the topic, including specific
ethnographic examples.
A compare and contrast analysis of the similarities and differences in
how the three cultures approach the topic, from a culturally relativistic
perspective.
33. An explanation of why these differences or similarities might exist.
Take extra care as you are writing this paper to ensure that you have
given proper consideration to all of the notes that were provided to
you by your instructor. You will also want to allow plenty of time to
proof-read the Final Research Paper and double check for formatting
and the use of proper citations. If you are concerned about plagiarism,
please utilize the Plagiarism Flow Chart, found in your online course.
The paper must be seven to eight pages in length and formatted
according to APA style. You must use at least three scholarly sources
from the Ashford University Library to support your claims. Cite your
sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page. For
information regarding APA, including samples and tutorials, visit the
Ashford Writing Center, located within the Learning Resources tab on
the left navigation toolbar, in your online course.
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