This artifact is a lesson that was created and delivered in a Fourth Grade Language Arts and Reading Class at Palm Spring Elementary School. The lesson was aligned with the Language Arts Florida Standards. The standards based content area objectives were presented and learned through literacy based strategies and activities which supported that understanding word meaning is essential to reading success. When developing this artifact I took into account the Gardner’s theory about the multiple intelligences
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Spanish and American holidays can be very different. They can also be very similar in many ways. The cultural difference can sometimes make it difficult to talk to or understand a person from the opposing culture. The cultural difference can have a negative effect on communication. This is mainly due to the fact people don’t fully understand people of a different culture. There are many different holidays in the two different cultures. American culture can sometimes differ from those of Hispanics
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Based on the examination of the major cultural characteristics of populations in North America prior to European contact‚ these societies were just as advanced as their European counterparts such as Spain. North America‚ an unknown continent to the rest of the world until 1492‚ thrived for centuries on its own with its advancements and discoveries in technology‚ like the irrigation system‚ languages‚ such as Algic‚ and religions created by native people and practiced by countless tribes within the
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One of the first artifacts in my life was a stuffed animal named Good Boy. He is a brown and black dog that my family got for me for a birthday or Christmas when I was three or four. He came with me to most places‚ especially for comfort when I would get shots. He would sleep with me like an animal‚ which was something that I loved. Good Boy was a silent friend to me that I will never forget. Another important artifact to me was a picture frame with about nine pictures of me and Conrad growing up
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My first artifact that is important to my life is my clothes. Clothes help keep me covered for no one to see my body. Protect me from harsh conditions. Also to keep my body safe from infections and diseases. The clothes I wear keeps me covered for no one to see my body. My clothes help my body stay safe from mental or physical harm. To keep my dignity from no one seeing what I don’t want them to see. It protects me from harsh conditions. Like if it’s raining or snowing‚ it keeps me from not getting
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master plan‚ no fixed structures‚ and no self-representation as a single entity. Their actions as a group are the result of local contacts and temporary synchronizations. These forms of collective performances are responsible for numerous ongoing cultural‚ social‚ and political transformations.” (Fischer-Lichte‚ 2009:1) It is within this social frame of performative collectives that counter-narratives take form. Such narratives conjure a linear view of history subverting it by disclosing subcultural
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Although we may have a low number of citizens averaging the third smallest state population wise we still had several different cultural differences within the community’s. For instance my town we have a steady population of Caucasian people and Hispanic people with a minority of Native American‚ Asian and African American within. The state alone has many more cultural ethnics within but we still maintain a steady bias of Caucasian and Hispanic. The big issue at the time is that in the past Hispanics
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The basic objectives of this course: American Cultural Experience was to basically understand American culture better‚ at least that is what I am getting from it. I don’t believe that you can understand another countries culture‚ unless you understand your own‚ so this class is helping me understand my own culture. I believe that the course has addressed questions like “what does it mean to be an American” very well‚ and through that I feel that I am understanding my country’s culture better. One
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What is a cultural ritual that conveys something about the culture? The culture of the United States of America is essentially Western‚ yet is affected by African‚ Native American‚ Asian‚ Polynesian‚ and Latin American societies. A strand of what might be portrayed as American society began its development once again 10‚000 years back with the movement of Paleo-Indians from Asia‚ Oceania‚ and Europe‚ into the district that is today the mainland United States. The United States of America has its
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The artifact that we intend to examine is the hit song “King Without a Crown” by the reggae music artist‚ Matisyahu. This music artist interests us because he is a popular performer who we have listened to voluntarily‚ with the particular song “King Without a Crown” ranking in the top 40 songs in America at one point in his career. Additionally‚ choosing a Matisyahu song is of interest to us as students at the University of Maryland because of Matisyahu’s live performance at UMD last year. Music
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