ANTHROPOLOGY 100
DR. MONICA C. ROTHSCHILD-BOROS
Wednesday 12:45 – 2:20 – Hybrid Online – We will meet once a week on Wednesday.
Attendance in Class is an important part of this course. If you miss 4 classes–You will get no higher then a “B” in this course – regardless of the points that you have earned. If you miss 6 classes you will get no higher then a “C” in this course – regardless of the points you have earned.
How to gain Access to your course:
Once you have accessed the course in Bb be sure to close the MyOCC window.
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"Amy Lee (online) - don't understand or HELP ….. "; "Jim Jones (online) - family crisis", "Jeff King (online) –Chapter 2 test questions"
This is what will appear in the subject. That way I will know how to prioritize my answers so that emergencies and time sensitive issues can be answered first. Then in the body of your e-mail you can go into detail about your problem or work etc.
Many of you have e-mail addresses that do not include your name - such as “Whalelover or Donuteater” and then you make things worse by forgetting to sign your messages. I will not answer any e-mail that is not formatted as indicated above. I will not spend the time "guessing" who the message is from! I will just send it back to you –to be fixed!
PLEASE DO NOT SEND ME JOKES, CHAIN LETTERS OR ASK ME TO FILL OUT INFO FOR YOUR ADDRESS BOOK – IT IS ALSO YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THAT MY E-MAILS TO YOU ARE NOT BLOCKED OR CONSIDERED ‘SPAM’.
Required Texts:
Cultural Anthropology: The Human Challenge by Haviland, Prins, Walrath, & McBride 12th edition.
Online Reader:Articles for each chapter are in your Online Reader–these are the topics for class discussions – don’t let your classmates down by not doing your reading!
Web Links: You will find these in the BbV Course site all of the - Links are active so you can open them very easily – these are the links that appear in your lectures. If a link goes down in the lecture it will be fixed in Web Links – you must always notify me if a link is down.
Course Requirements: READ YOUR CHAPTER(s) BEFORE COMING TO CLASS
1) Each week you will have an ONLINEchapter quiz – these are available on Sunday at 12 am must be taken by Saturday at 11pm.
2) Each week you will submit via Bb–Responses to the CHAPTER QUESTIONS (these are embedded in your Pp lectures) – these must be submitted by Wednesday at 12:30pm, before class begins – LATE WORK IS NEVER ACCEPTED.
3) There are 2 major course Assignments – THESE MUST BE SUBMITTED IN CLASS on the Wednesday they are due.
4) There are 3 exams: 2 mid-terms & a final - each is a unit exam, none are cumulative. These MUST be taken during the class.
5) ATTENDANCE: Is taken weekly. There is a direct link between good attendance and good grades! Don’t undermine your academic success by not coming to class!If you miss 4 on campus classes you will not be able to get a grade higher then a B regardless of the points you have earned.If you miss 6 classes you will get no higher then a “C” in this course – regardless of the points you have earned.
6)WARNING:FORGETTING TO SUBMIT WEEKLY LECTURE QUESTIONS or TAKING THE WEEKLY CHAPTER QUIZ can be the difference between passing or failing the course. When you miss work you get a ZERO - these add up very quickly - so be good to yourself - don't forget to submit your work on time! If you are doing 'A' work but have too many missed items you may find yourself with a C or worse! Don't undermine your academic success due to poor TIME management skills and or procrastination. Having weekly work puts less pressure on you to do well onthe midterms and final
7) CHECKING YOUR GRADES is your responsibility. Each week you must check your grades in Bb to make sure that the work you have submitted or handed in during the class & that has been returned to you graded has been entered. Keep all of your graded work for the entire semester. You cannot wait until the end of the semester to let me know grades are missing.
Student Learning Outcomes:Upon completing this course, students will be able to:
1. Compare and contrast anthropology with other social sciences and describe anthropological fieldwork methodologies, emphasizing participant observation, interviewing strategies, and related ethical issues.
2. Describe the component parts of culture and their integration including: economic systems, modes of subsistence, marriage and kinship, social organization, political systems, religion, and art.
3. Identify the underlying similarities as well as the wide range of variabilities of human cultures as valid approaches to universal human challenges, and relate this to your personal experiences.
4. Describe the process of globalization and the ways they shape, and are shaped by different aspects of culture in human communities throughout the world and critically comment on some of the ethical issues and how anthropology addresses them.
WEEK 1FEB 4 The Essence of Anthropology
WEEK 2FEB 11The Characteristics of Culture
WEEK 3FEB 18Becoming Human: The Origin and Diversity of
our Species (this is chapter 4)
WEEK 4FEB 25Language & Communication
Assignment 1 due
WEEK 5MAR 4Social Identity, Personality & Gender
WEEK 6MAR 11***TEST 1***
WEEK 7 MAR 18Patterns of Subsistence & Economic Systems
WEEK 8MAR 25Sex & Marriage (Chapter 9a)
WEEK 9APR 1 SPRING BREAK
WEEK 10APR 8Family & Household (Chapter 9b)
Having read the article in your Online Reader under Chapter 8 – “What is your mother’s worth?” You are going to apply this to your primary care giver when you were young. Get 2 hourly quotes for the following services: chauffeur, cooking, cleaning, laundry (not dry cleaning), childcare, tutoring (by an adult – not a high school student), psychological counseling, medical treatment, & bookkeeping (not accounting). Take the average of the quotes to find the cost, figure out how much time she spends on each task per week & calculate her annual salary. I must see your math. Then share this with her and the rest of your family & report on her reaction to your findings. Be prepared to share this with the class. This is more time consuming then it looks.This is the only Extra Credit Opportunity you will have in this course. It is worth 20 points. This is due Apr. 8
WEEK 11APR 15 Kinship & Descent & Grouping by Gender, Age,
Common Interest & Class
Assignment 2: Option 1 due
WEEK 12APR 22***TEST 2 ***
WEEK 13APR 29Politics, Power & Violence
WEEK 14MAY 6Spirituality, Religion & the Supernatural
Assignment 2: Option 2 or 3 due
WEEK 15MAY 13The Arts
WEEK 16MAY 20Process of Change & Global Challenges, Local
Responses and the Role of Anthropology
WEEK 17MAY 27***FINAL EXAM***
REQUIRED WORK: All of this info & more is found in Bb as well
WEEKLY chapter QUESTIONS – these are embedded in the Pp lectures: LATE answers WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED – If you forget to do the work you will have earned yourself a ZERO for that chapter. Don’t undermine your academic success!
POINT VALUE FOR THE QUESTIONS IN EACH CHAPTER - All of these questions are designed to develop your critical thinking skills as well as let you apply the lessons of each chapter to your personal lives.
CHAPTER 1 ANSWER KEY (5 points)
CHAPTER 2 ANSWER KEY (40 points)
CHAPTER 4 ANSWER KEY (31 points)
CHAPTER 5 ANSWER KEY (28 pts)
CHAPTER 6 ANSWER KEY (34 pts)
CHAPTER 7 ANSWER KEY (24 pts)
CHAPTER 8 ANSWER KEY (21 pts)
CHAPTER 9a ANSWER KEY (28 pts)
CHAPTER 9b ANSWER KEY (16 pts)
CHAPTER 10 ANSWER KEY (11 pts)
CHAPTER 11 ANSWER KEY (16 pts)
CHAPTER 12 ANSWER KEY (26 pts)
CHAPTER 13 ANSWER KEY (28 pts)
CHAPTER 14 ANSWER KEY (30 pts)
CHAPTER 15 ANSWER KEY (27 pts)
CHAPTER 16 ANSWER KEY (10 pts)
WEEKLY CHAPTER QUIZZES: MISSED QUIZZES CANNOT BE TAKEN
You will find these in your Web Assisted class site. These are automatically graded. These are available on Sunday at 12am and you must take these by Saturday at 11pm. They disappear after the time is up. Some questions are “fill in the blank” – these are spelling sensitive – so I check those to make sure that you get credit for a correct answer that you can’t spell correctly. These quizzes will also give you a sense of what the midterms are like – this is another important study tool.{15 points each}
2WRITTEN ASSIGNMENTS: Everyone will do the same Assignment 1. You will have several options to select from for Assignment 2.
- Each Assignment will be typed & stapled.
- Each assignment will have acover page – withyour name in the top right corner of the cover page:If you don’t have a cover page – I will not accept the work. If your name isn’t in the correct place you will be marked down.
- When you see 3-4 pages in length that doesn't mean that 2 ½ pages will be o.k. The length of paper must be at least 3 full pages & not accede 5 pages.
- Each page will have margins that are no more than 1 inch all around, double spaced in any legible font sized 12. You will write these papers with indented paragraphs, not with block paragraphs with numerous skipped spaces in-between. You will number each page. These are compositions not poetry.
- Short papers will be marked down.
- Unstapled papers will NOT be ACCEPTED. (I DON'T CARRY AROUND A STAPLER!)
- Papers WITHOUT a cover page will NOT be ACCEPTED. – This means that it will be late and thereby marked down.
- Paperswith names in the wrong place will be marked down.
- These assignments are DUE AT THE BEGINNING OF CLASSON THE DATES INDICATED ON THE SYLLABUS. {If you hand in the assignment after I have taken attendance, you will be marked down 1 grade – this means that I don't want you to type your paper during class and hand it in at the end!} . They take longer then you think and this will ensure that you hand it in on time. Computers always crash when you can afford it the least! Don't leave papers to the last minute.
- If you hand in an assignment late, this means after class and up to the next class meeting, no later; you will not be able to get higher than a “C” on it.
This is a “real world” lesson. This not only rewards those students who meet their deadlines; but it also teaches you to meet them. This is a skill that is important in the “real world”. It also hopefully will prevent you from leaving an assignment to the last minute.
IF YOU KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE MISSING THE CLASS WHEN THE ASSIGNMENT IS DUE – YOU CAN E-MAIL ME YOUR PAPER AS A WORD ATTACHMENT or copy & paste it into the body of your e-mail message mrboros@ occ.cccd.edu . I must receive the paper by Noon of the day it is due for you to receive full credit.
ASSIGNMENT 1: Due Feb 25th
VISIT AN ETHNIC MARKET: Visit an ethnic market and compare it to the Ralph's, Vons, Albertson's or other “Anglo” market where you usually do your shopping. If you regularly shop at an ethnic market then reverse this assignment and visit an “Anglo” market. Be sure to pay attention to the meat, produce, bakery, dairy, and spice departments: be specific! Are there any specific aromas or smells associated with these departments? Take notes while in the market. BRING YOUR SYLLABUS WITH YOU TO SHOW THE SHOP OWNER THAT THIS IS AN ASSIGNMENT, IF YOU ARE ASKED “What are you doing?”
WHAT TO LOOK FOR:
•Go to each of the departments mentioned above & identify what products you had not seen before in the market you typically shop in. What was your reaction to seeing these 'new' items?
•Did you notice a difference in product variety or quantity? What do you think accounts for this difference?
•Did you notice a difference in display/presentation? What do you think accounts for this difference?
•Did you notice either the absence of products or the abundance of products that you had expected to find? Why were some produces either absent, abundant or in limited quantities?
•Did you notice any aromas? How did you respond to these aromas and why do you think you reacted that way?
•Could you read the labels on the cans/jars? If not could you figure out what was inside them? How did you react to this situation?
•What are the prices like? You will have to go to the market you typically shop in after this visit to get a price comparison for the items you identified at your ethnic market.
•Were the employees helpful or suspicious of you?
•Did you feel different in this market then in your “regular one”? Why?
•Note all of the similarities and differences between the market you typically shop in and this ethnic market.
•Would you shop in this ethnic market in the future? if so, why and if not why not? Be sure to address all of the above questions and issues. When answering all ofthe different questions above and recording your reactions - remember that you are a field anthropologist. Put your reactions in the context of anthropology. I want you to understand the different anthropologic concepts that you are experiencing. Be adventurous! Buy an ethnic “delicacy” and tell us how it was or share it with the class.
This paper should be 3 - 4 pages in length. You must have at minimum 3 full pages and at most 5 pages. I will not accept a longer paper. It is harder to write a concise and detailed short paper then it is the write a longer paper. Type the paper double spaced in 12 font.
Bring the paper toclass andhand it in. It must have a cover page that is properly formatted. I will NOT accept any paper without a cover page.
Markets you can visit:
99 Ranch Market (Asian), Ebisu (Japanese), El Toro (Mexican), Super Irvine Market (Persian), Laxsmi (Indian) markets in Little Saigon (Vietnamese), Wholesome Choice (Middle Eastern, Indian) & there are so many ethnic markets in Orange County; these are only a handful –there is probably one in your own neighborhood that you have ventured into to explore – this is your chance. Take a friend or parent along – you will have a bigger adventure and you will be able to use them as a sounding board for your ideas and observations, you can also include their reactions as well. You can also visit markets & areas in L.A.County such as Little India (Cerritos), Korea Town (L.A.), Chinatown (L.A.) or Little Tokyo (L.A.) You will receive information in your Reader on the 1st day of class that will help you find a place to go. Have fun with this assignment, be adventuresome, descriptive & take a friend or a parent, it's more fun and you then can compare impressions!
The first article in Chapter 1 of your Online Reader will give you more places to visit.}
{3-4 pages} (50 points)
ASSIGNMENT 2: (Option 1) – this is due April 15th
Create a Family Tree: This assignment will help to make the issue of Kinship & Descent more real as well as personal for you. You will create a Family tree that traces both your biological mother's & father's side of the family. For some this task will be easier then for others – you may have a family Bible that holds this information, you may have relatives you can interview or you may have to use one or more of the following websites
This Assignment & using the internet will take longer then you think – not because it is hard but because you will get so involved in what you are doing that you will lose track of time. These links are just suggestions – you do not have to use them
If you are European descent – these sites may help
If you are Native American – these links may help you and
If you are African American – these sites may help you
If your are Hispanic American – these sites may help
If you are Asian American –these sites may help
You will have a diagram like the ones used in your text; you will be doing this by hand. You will have a paper that gives the following information.
Go back to your Great-Great Grandparent level -if you cannot - don’t do this assignment.
• Include the years of their birth & death, if known
• Include where they were born & died, if known
• Include when, if applicable, they immigrated to the United States and where they settled
• Include who or what were the sources for this information; if you were talking to relatives, what was their reaction/response to your inquiries.
• Include what you learned about your family's history, what was confirmed and what was new.