October 12, 2017 Thursday

Classwork: Universals discussed today were:

• Government 

Government is the system of rules a society, culture, or tribe lives by. It can involve leadership positions, classes of society, and rank of a people.

The Inuit solved most of their conflicts through contests of strength or toughness.  

Homework: Discuss with your parents why the Inuit valued strength and toughness over other values such as justice or fairness or even intelligence.

October 11, 2017

Classwork: Today we discussed the Universals of Beliefs, Customs, and Traditions, along with Economics and some classes got to Food.

Homework: Discuss other forms of value besides currency(money) for economy.

October 10, 2017

Classwork: We continued our Universals of Culture Study with the Inuits by focusing on Clothing.

Homework: How does the environment affect the Clothing of the Inuit.

October 9, 2017

Classwork: Today we started the Universals of Culture Unit by studying the Inuit Culture.  We analysed our first photo of Art and Recreation, watched a small video and discussed how the environment can affect the Universal of Art and Recreation.

Homework: Describe to your parents how the environment affects the Universal of Art and Recreation.

October 6, 2017

Classwork: We defined what a Universal is and what the 11 Universals of Culture are.

• art and rec
• food
• religion
• traditions, beliefs, customs
• shelter
• government
• knowledge
• clothing
• economics
• language
• tools and technology

Homework: Discuss how the environment can affect these Universals