HUM 102 Module 2 - Supporting discussion and activities

1. The first peoples How does culture rise from forest to farm?
South-Up Ethnocentrism Blue Marble Fuller’s Map Fishbone Tolkien Humans Sagan Calendar Periods Matrix Matrix Answers Issues of change
The South-up Map
The World
1. List everything you see that is “wrong” with the map above.
2. Share with a partner or small group, then discuss with the class your small group’s findings.

2. The first peoples How does culture rise from forest to farm?
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Is your map ethnocentric? What are the issues with it?
Your map is racist!
1. Why do people argue that the
Mercator Projection map promotes
white supremacy, imperialism,
racism?
2. After reading this do you feel that
schools need to change their maps?
Do you think your racial ethnic
identity plays a role in how you see
this issue?
collapse map

3. The first peoples How does culture rise from forest to farm?
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• World maps showing: the modern definition of the
North-South divide
• The OSCE is the world's largest security-oriented
intergovernmental organization
• Countries described as high-income and advanced
economies by the World Bank and IMF
The Blue Marble photograph in its original orientation

4. The first peoples How does culture rise from forest to farm?
South-Up Ethnocentrism Blue Marble Fuller’s Map Fishbone Tolkien Humans Sagan Calendar Periods Matrix Matrix Answers Issues of change
Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion map

5. The first peoples How does culture rise from forest to farm?
South-Up Ethnocentrism Blue Marble Fuller’s Map Fishbone Tolkien Humans Sagan Calendar Periods Matrix Matrix Answers Issues of change
Using a herringbone or fishbone diagram to understand cause and effect
IshikawaWhat creates
divisiveness?
• Identify at least four “causes”
that contribute to the
problem. Connect these four
causes with arrows to the
spine. These will create the
first bones of the fish.
• Brainstorm around each
“cause” to document those
things that contributed to the
cause. Use the 5 Whys or
another questioning process
such as the 4P’s (Policies,
Procedures, People and Plant)
to keep the conversation
focused.
• Continue breaking down each
cause until the root causes
have been identified.

6. The first peoples How does culture rise from forest to farm?
South-Up Ethnocentrism Blue Marble Fuller’s Map Fishbone Tolkien Humans Sagan Calendar Periods Matrix Matrix Answers Issues of change
A diverse family tree full of bizarre ancestors and cousins, like something out of
a Tolkien novel
Trying to become human: From a
million years ago to around 70,000
years ago the world was like a Tolkien
novel – different species of humans
living at the same time, trying to win
the prize of being “top human.”
Early hominids (also includes our common ancestor with chimps)
Early hominin Archaic human Neanderthal “Hobbit” AMH
die out around 70k ya appear 500k ya

7. The first peoples How does culture rise from forest to farm?
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Understanding our place in time and history, Carl Sagan
The Cosmic Calendar is a method to
visualize the chronology of the universe,
scaling its current age of 13.8 billion
years to a single year in order to help
intuition in for pedagogical purposes in
science education or popular science.

8. The first peoples How does culture rise from forest to farm?
South-Up Ethnocentrism Blue Marble Fuller’s Map Fishbone Tolkien Humans Sagan Calendar Periods Matrix Matrix Answers Issues of change
Memory matrix of the different archaeological periods
Period Tools Economy Dwelling Clothes Society
World: Paleolithic
into Mesolithic
Europe and Africa:
Neolithic
Asia: Ancient China,
Jomon, and Jeulmun
pottery
N & S America:
Archaic period
Copper and Bronze
Age
Metal tools, potter’s
wheel
Civilization, craft and
trade
City-states Wool, linen, silk Ethnic gods, state
religion
Mumun and Yayoi
periods
Pottery, weaving,
slash-and-burn
farming
Food production,
shellfish, fishing, rice
paddy fields
Villages, pit-houses Silk, weaves, cotton,
cloaks and robes
Regional gods,
shamanism, animism
Formative period
Woodland period

9. The first peoples How does culture rise from forest to farm?
South-Up Ethnocentrism Blue Marble Fuller’s Map Fishbone Tolkien Humans Sagan Calendar Periods Matrix Matrix Answers Issues of change
Completed memory matrix of the different archaeological periods
Period Tools Economy Dwelling Clothes Society
World: Paleolithic
into Mesolithic
Chopper, handaxe,
and scraper
Hunting and
gathering
Nomadic: caves and
huts
Animal skins Bands of 25 – 100;
burial and ancestor
worship
Europe and Africa:
Neolithic
Harpoon, bow and
arrow, pottery, loom,
hoe, chisel; potter’s
wheel; awls, knives
Hunting and
gathering, fishing
villages, pre-farming
to farming
Semi-permanent to
permanent:
temporary villages
to walled cities
Animal skins, wool,
woven vegetable
materials
Tribes to chiefdoms;
shamanism to
polytheism
Asia: Ancient China,
Jomon, and Jeulmun
pottery
N & S America:
Archaic period
Copper and Bronze
Age
Metal tools, potter’s
wheel
Civilization, craft and
trade
City-states Wool, linen, silk Ethnic gods, state
religion
Mumun and Yayoi
periods
Pottery, weaving,
slash-and-burn
farming
Food production,
shellfish, fishing, rice
paddy fields
Villages, pit-houses Silk, weaves, cotton,
cloaks and robes
Regional gods,
shamanism, animism
Formative period
Woodland period

10. The first peoples How does culture rise from forest to farm?
South-Up Ethnocentrism Blue Marble Fuller’s Map Fishbone Tolkien Humans Sagan Calendar Periods Matrix Matrix Answers Issues of change
The Issue of
Change
1. Why is change so difficult
for us? Why do struggle to
adapt to change?
2. Between issues with our
map system and our
timeline system, why do
we struggle with updating
to a less ethnocentric
model?
3. Why can’t we adopt the
metric system?
What keeps us grounded in tradition and unable to make lasting changes?