1) POST comments/reflections on TWO ideas, examples, or claims from the video lecture. 2) FIND one example of U.S. American ethnocentrism. You can use any media you want. (15 points) Remember that ethnocentrism is framing/presenting/showing U.S. American values, norms, beliefs, practices, material culture, or U.S. American people as “normal,” “natural,” “better,” “more advanced,” “smarter/stronger,” “more […]

For this assignment, please POST: 1) Reflections/comments on two ideas, claims, concepts, or points from the “Ethnocentrism, Cultural Relativism, and Moral/Ethical Questions” video lecture (20 points) 2) Now that we have examined what defines U.S. American culture, you also need to find one example of U.S. American ethnocentrism. You can use any media you want […]

For this assignment, imagine you are an evolutionary biologist/paleoanthropologist who has just uncovered a relatively complete fossilized hominid skeleton. You have determined that this is a new species and plan to publish your results in the peer-reviewed journal New Discoveries. You are also aware that new hominin species attract lots of public interest, so you […]

Watch two videos featuring the performance of a twentieth century music composition. Your choices must be from the twentieth or twenty-first century classical tradition, such as solo, orchestral or chamber music performances, not pop, rock, or jazz. Please note that this assignment is not a 20th or 21st century performance of music from the Classical […]