Cultural Diversity - Disability extra                                                 

Disability is a broad term that compares actual ability to normal functioning. It is most often used to refer to an impairment. A person may be considered disabled if he or she has a condition that affects the ability to function without assistance at a level needed to maintain well-being. 

http://www.access-ability.org/types_of_disability.html

Disabilities is an umbrella term, covering impairments, activity limitations, and participation restrictions. An impairment is a problem in body function or structure; an activity limitation is a difficulty encountered by an individual in executing a task or action; while a participation restriction is a problem experienced by an individual in involvement in life situations.

http://www.who.int/topics/disabilities/en/

There are different ways of classifying disabilities. The types of condition included in the categories also varies, as does the number of disabilities listed. In general, a disability may be physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental or some combination of these. A disability may be present from birth, or occur during a person's lifetime.

Task 1: Research/Brainstorm in small groups

a.       Find a list of disabilities. How many conditions are listed?

        physical, cognitive, mental, sensory, emotional, developmental or a mix

b.      Think! Why are people disabled? Make a list of causes.

- Birthed with a disability  -Gained from an accident -psychological trauma   

c.       Brainstorm or research examples of disabilities in the following categories:

Physical: People that can't walk	Mental: Anxiety disorders	Intellectual: Down syndrome
Emotional: An inability to maintain relationships with peers or teachers	Developmental: Autism	Sensory: Blindness

Exercise #5

Exercise #4

With a partner, please answer the following. You may use internet resources to help you.

1.      Define:

a.       Stereotyping: is thinking that all the people with a certain character in them are the same

b.      Prejudice: Pre-judging people without interacting with them

c.       Bias: is an inclination of temperament or outlook to present or hold a partial perspective and a refusal to even consider the possible merits of alternative points of view.

d.      Discrimination : Thinking that you are better than someone because you have something others don't have.

2.      Give an example of each.

Stereotyping : To think that "all Muslims are terrorists"

Prejudice:  To suppose that someone is stupid from the way he looks.

Bias: To suppose that someone is stupid from the way he looks.

Discrimination: Believing that while skinned people are better than dark skinned ones.

WatchClass Divided

ü Understanding

With partners, answer the following:

1.      Where, when and with whom did this experiment take place?

 In an U.S elementary school at the 1960's with normal school kids.

2.      Describe the experiment.

The teacher told the kids that blue eyed people are better than the brown eyed ones then vice-versa.

3.      What were the results?

The kids who were supposed to be better than the others abused their superiority , and when it ended kids realized that it doesn't feel good to be looked down on.

4.      How successful do you believe it was?

I think it was a very successful experiment that yielded excellent results.

Reflection #1

The Video : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EoiV0LscR2Y&feature=youtu.be

What I learned :

During the past week we spent a lot of time making our cultural diversity video. While making it we faced some difficulties and we tried to overcome it and come up with a movie we are satisfied with.

   By making the video I learned some new things. While making the video I came across some emirate artifacts that I've never seen before and what they were used for. By interviewing people or at least trying to I learned more about people’s opinions and culture since we had people rejecting to be a part of the 

interview. By making the video as a team I also learned some new technological stuff about making videos.

Overall the process of making the video was a struggle but an enjoyable experience.

#Exercise 3

Quiz 2 – What are Multiculturalism, Assimilation and Acculturation?

True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer.

1.       A Multicultural society can be described as a society with a single set of values.	Flase
2.       A “salad bowl” represents varied and separate cultures.	True
3.       One aspect of Multiculturalism is respecting different cultures.	True
4.       Cultural Diversity can be represented by a “melting pot”	False
5.       Acculturation means learning the culture of your birth country.	False

Define in your own words:

1.       “Melting Pot” Different cultures melting into one.

2.       “Salad Bowl” Having a society with a base culture and people from different cultures living in it and affecting it.

3.       “Assimilation” Adopting another culture as if it's your own.

4.       “Acculturation” Have another culture but still hold on your own.

5.       “Enculturation” Learning your first culture.

Complete the sentence with words from the text:

Acculturation often results in changes to ____culture________________, _______customs______________and ___social institutions____________, as well as changes in food, ______clothing______________ and ____________language______________________.

Give a synonym:

varied	Diverse	respect	admiration	dominate	control
multiple	Many	central	middle	interacting	contact
specific	exact	represents	denotes	adopt	accept

Give the opposite:

varied	same	respect	hate	gradually	suddenly
multiple	few	common	Unique	dominant group	Minor group
specific	inexact	contrasted with	Exact with	adopt	refuse

Culture and Personality in Anthropology

Read the section about Culture and Personality in Anthropology. Answer these questions about that section:-

1.       Define “Anthropology” in your own words :

 the study of human behaviors and development

2.       What do you understand by “socialization of children” Give an example

The environment children are raised in. For example a kid raised in the U.S will interact in a different way from another raised in the U.A.E.

3.       Read this sentence again and give examples of childrearing in different societies and cultures: “socialization creates personality patterns. It helps shape people’s emotions, thoughts, behaviors, cultural values and norms to fit into and function as productive members in the surrounding human society. The study of culture and personality demonstrates that different socialization practices such as childrearing in different societies (cultures) result in different personality types.”

If you take a Chinese child and raise it in another country he will interact in manners of the country he was raised in not the Chinese way.

4.       Read this sentence again and say to what extent you agree: “all humans are the same when born, but childrearing in different societies causes deviations in behavior and personalities from each other.”

I totally agree with it because children minds when born are the same its shaped differently by the people and the place its taught in.

5.       Reflect on the reading above. Can you see a link between your culture and your personality? Think about that in relation to your own culture first, and then think about personality and culture in a different society. Reflect. Give examples.

Yes there is a link between my personality and my culture because whenever I interact  I consider my traditions and religion first which will lead to some actions while someone with different culture will take another actions.

Quiz 1 - What is Cultural Diversity

Portfolio Exercise #2

Read the UNESCO report. True or False? If FALSE, write the TRUE answer.

1. At least 6000 different languages exist in the world.	True
2. Over 200 million people live outside the country where they were born.	False
3. One aspect of Human Rights is respecting different cultures.	True
4. Cultural Diversity means a lack of respect for freedom of thought.	False
5. Cultural Diversity can make a society stronger.	True

Vocabulary practice. Define in your own words:

1. Heterogeneous  Diffrent     

2. Plurality : More than one

3. Migration : Moving

4. Fundamental : Basic

5. Collective strength : Group Power

Now read the rest of the article, and answer these questions by researching on the internet.

1. The article mentions food as an example of Cultural Diversity. Can you think of something else which could add interest and richness in a culturally diverse country?

Clothes , langauge

2. Name three ways in which people of different cultures can help a country to function in the new global economy.

1-New ways of thinking. 2-Creative solutions. 3-Language skills

3. From the internet, in relation to Cultural Diversity, find a picture and a definition of “Melting pot” and “Garden salad”.

4. Britain today is one of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. Look on the internet and find out which nationalities make up the “ethnic minority population of over 4 million”.

Asian , white

5. Australia is another of the most culturally diverse countries in the world. The University of Melbourne has a policy on Cultural Diversity. Read the two paragraphs and summarize them in your own words.

Melbourne Uni in Australia consider diversity one of the University aspects of strength.The Uni supports all the diffrent cultures thats in it ,and strive to achive the perfect environment.

Vocabulary practice. Give the opposite:

Varied	like	Increasingly	Decreasingly	Respecting	Disrespecting
Strength	Weakness	Improving	drop	Inclusive	exclusive
Majority	Minority	Tolerance	intolerance	Equality	inequality

Vocabulary practice. Give a synonym:

Diverse	Diffrent	Creative	Original	Uniqueness	oneness
Dignity	honor	Integrated	unified	Asset	Help
Global	Universal	Benefit	Gain