Name:_ Calvin Yang_____ Period:___2nd_____ Date:_9/2/2012_____ Ch. 1 -Identify or Define the following 1. Artifact-a man- made object as a whole; tools and jewelry 2. Culture-a particular society at a particular time and place; a people’s unique way of life 3. Technology-the practical application of science to commerce or industry; the ways in which people apply knowledge‚ tools and inventions to meet their needs 4. Hunter-gatherer: nomadic group whose food supply depends on hunting
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Detroit and the Rhythm & Blues era it makes me wish that I was around in those times to encounter this music first hand. Songs in this genre had clear‚ positive messages whether they were about love‚ struggle‚ or lessons each song consisted of a passionate voice or voices behind it. Just to break down the term “Rhythm and Blues” into my own words‚ I would have to say that it meant a personal encounter of someone’s experiences placed on top of a melody. When thinking of the term blues one may automatically
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Title of the Artifact: Transylvanian Swords Type of the artifact: It is a sculpture Material of the Artifact: These swords are made of bronze Date of creation of the Artifact: These Swords were found in Transylvania in 17th century BC Artifact Provenance: They were found in Homeric Troy Where artifact is located now: These unique Mycenaean swords are located in Romania. They are seven swords out of nine which were found in Transylvania. What attracted me in these swords is that they are so superior
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TESOL: 3.b.6: Provide standards-based instruction that builds upon students’ oral English to support learning to read and write This artifact is an example of the use of primary documents in a thematic unit based on ALCOS 3: Trace the chronology of events leading to the American Revolution‚ including the French and Indian War‚ passage of the Stamp Act‚ the Boston Tea Party‚ the Boston Massacre‚ passage of the Intolerable Acts‚ the Battles of Lexington and Concord‚ the publication of Common Sense
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Artifacts vs. Ecofacts Many people who know little about archaeology probably have little clue of the difference between artifacts and ecofacts. Yes‚ the prefixes of the words are different‚ but they’re both a type of “fact”. That’s probably what most people would seem to figure out between the two terms‚ and before I knew what they meant‚ I would just stick with artifact as it’s a more commonly used word to describe something found from the past. As far as I was concerned‚ ecofacts were
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Is it Language? In artifact number four my group was presented an image of “asemic art”. The image shows several variations of strokes. The image seems to be composed of circular or rounded strokes. There weren’t any strokes that seemed particularly sharp. In this image; there seems to be an element of creativity‚ which is a characteristic of language. I consider artifact four as a language because it’s creative‚ complex and redundant. However‚ there are some that would disagree because the writing
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Cultural Assessment and Analysis: The African American Culture Abstract In order to provide culturally appropriate care‚ an examination of one’s personal views‚ beliefs‚ and prejudices must be examined. The first portion of this paper will examine my personal values‚ beliefs‚ biases‚ and prejudices. The remaining paper will analyze the African American culture relating to the Ginger and Davidhizar’s Transcultural Assessment Model cited in Hood (2010). This model uses six key cultural
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organized cities through grid plans‚ and strong roman structures from roman concrete‚ are three artifacts that are some of the most historically significant developments in the civilization of ancient Rome. Roman Numerals‚ symbols that represent numbers‚ originated around 8th century B.C. to 2nd Century AD‚ to help record numbers in coins‚ art and stones. They are one of the most significantly important artifacts not only for Rome but the world as well. Leading to development and advancement in mathematics
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Asian American Cultural Group Today there are many students that come from different cultural groups and we as teachers need to understand their cultures and find ways we can best help them learn. One of the quickest growing cultural groups in the United States is the Asian Americans. It is estimated that 15 million Asians are living in the U.S today and have recently moved here. Asian Americans are known to be very successful‚ more successful than any other cultural group. Religion is very important
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human theme I chose was beauty. Beauty can be defined as a presence that bring an aesthetic experience‚ features or characteristics that are considered attractive and/or pure inner and outer Beauty of the body and soul. For India I chose music the artifact is Raja Abheri. Abheri is one of the most attractive‚ popular ragas known in India and Abheri is known for its attraction offering unimaginable settings for imagination. Beauty is represented in the Raga Abheri because the instruments are matching
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