Introduction
Welcome to your Spanish I ETHNOCENTRISM and CULTURAL RELATIVISM Webquest!
Learning Targets: I can define ETHNOCENTRISM and CULTURAL RELATIVISM.
I can give examples of ETHNOCENTRISM and CULTURAL RELATIVISM.
I can explain why these concepts are important in language class and in life.
Task
YOU WILL TURN IN TO ME THE HANDOUT WITH ALL OF YOUR ANSWERS. YOU MAY USE MORE PAPER IF YOU NEED ADDITIONAL SPACE TO ANSWER THE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS.
Complete these tasks IN THIS ORDER.
1. Honestly respond to the questions found at this link on scratch paper. Read the directions and carefully score yourself. Record your score on your handout.
http://www2.fiu.edu/~brownj/com3461/Ethnocentrism.pdf
2. Watch the following video and respond to the questions on the handout.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkVyR-znwog
3. Read the following passage and answer the questions on your handout.
A couple of years ago, Annette Sorensen, 30, an actress from Copenhagen, Denmark, and Xavier Wardlaw, 49, a movie production assistant from Denmark, were arrested for leaving their 14 month-old daughter outside a Manhattan restaurant on a chilly day, while they ate inside the restaurant. They left her in a baby carriage on the sidewalk. Many passersby called 911 to alert the police. New York authorities took the child away from her parents and temporarily placed her in foster care.
In an ensuing article in the New York Times, one Danish commentator observed that leaving a baby outside a restaurant is a very common practice in Denmark. The commentator wrote: "Often Danish parents leave their babies outside. For one thing, Danish baby carriages are enormous. Babies live high above the world on horse-carriage sized wheels. It's hard to get such a carriage into a cafe. Besides, Danish cafes are very smoky places. Additionally, in Denmark people have an almost religious conviction that fresh air, preferably cold air, is good for children. All Danish babies nap outside, even in freezing weather--tucked warmly under their plump goose down comforters. In Denmark all children own a sort of polar survival suit that they wear from October to April, and they get out every day even in winter."
In Copenhagen, Denmark
4. Complete the personal reflection. Be honest. Be specific. Avoid shallow answers such as "it's bad" or "it's good."
Tell me WHY it's bad or good. Tell me HOW you know.
5. If you complete everything and I've checked over it, go to www.duolingo.com and make an account and start playing.
Evaluation
Rubric
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Accurately and fully answers all parts of all questions.Doesn't copy from a peer or the internet--everything is in the student's own words. Writes in complete sentences and provides examples and explanations to all answers. Is obvious that student understands the concepts. |
A | 4 Distinguished |
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Accurately and fully answers most parts of most questions. Doesn't copy from a peer or the internet. Writes in complete sentences and provides examples and explanations to some answers.Student probably understands the concepts. |
B | 3 Proficient |
| Answers a few questions accurately and fully OR answers all questions with some inaccuracies. Doesn't use complete sentences. Doesn't copy from a peer or the internet. Student possibly understands the concepts, but there isn't enough evidence to know. | C | 2 Developing |
| Answers only a few questions inaccurately or incompletely. Nothing is copied from the internet. Doesn't understand the concepts. | D | 1 Novice |
| Incomplete OR Off topic OR copied from the internet OR copied from a peer's paper | U | 0 |
Conclusion
Credits
faculty.ycp.edu